Mesh, tube and combo bags for onion packers in Mexico and the United States.
Onions fail at the neck. Whatever moisture the bulb gives off after it is packed collects there first, and once the neck stays wet the rot starts in the middle of the pallet where nobody can see it. That is why onion has been packed in mesh longer than almost anything else in the produce aisle, and why a pack that looks better but breathes worse is a false economy.
The real decision is not whether to ventilate — it is how much print area you are willing to trade for air, and whether the line is limited by throughput or by what the retailer demands on the shelf.
Same crop, different trade-offs. What separates them is how much air, how much print area and how gently the pack holds the product.
Onions need ventilation more than almost anything else on the shelf: trapped moisture at the neck is what starts the rot. A mesh body with a printed header gives you both the air and the print area, which straight mesh cannot.
See Header Bags specifications →High-volume onion lines are where tube bags earn their place. The roll keeps the clipper fed through the shift, and the non-woven mesh gives the neck of the onion the air it needs to keep from sweating in the bag.
See Tube Bags specifications →Onions need air at the neck and a retailer needs a printed panel. The combo is the only format that does both properly in one bag.
See Combo Bags specifications →The default onion pack in most of the world. Full ventilation around the bulb is what keeps the neck dry, and a dry neck is what keeps the bag from rotting in the middle of a pallet.
See All Mesh Bags specifications →Where the retailer's sustainability commitment covers the bag as well as the tray, the compostable tube replaces the conventional tube at the same capacities.
See Compostable Net Tubes specifications →Onion lines running long shifts, where a staple jam costs more in downtime than the closure costs in material.
See Heat Sealed Mesh specifications →The classic extruded-net application. Full air movement around the bulb and the product visible through the net at every angle.
See Vexar Mesh specifications →It depends on where the pack ends up. Going to a repacker or food service, an all-mesh bag ventilates best and costs least. Going onto a retail shelf, a combo bag gives you the printed face the chain wants while the net window keeps the air moving. Running high volume, a tube bag off the roll takes the operator out of the bottleneck.
Almost always trapped moisture at the neck. The bulb keeps respiring after it is packed; if the pack does not let that moisture out, it condenses and the neck stays wet. A more ventilated format usually fixes it.
Across the onion formats, from 1 lb up to 10 lb depending on the line. All mesh and tube bags run 1 lb to 7 lb; header and combo bags go to 10 lb.
Yes. Heat sealed mesh closes with heat instead of thread or metal, which is what several US chains now specify.
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