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Quick, put a cap on it.(disposable dish covers)(Product Test)
Before plastic wrap and Tupperware, granny used vinyl showercap-like covers to protect dinner leftovers in the fridge. The caps are still sold through catalogs like The Vermont Country Store. Recently, SC Johnson put a modern spin on them with a disposable version called Saran QuickCovers, sold in supermarkets for $3 per box of 10 to 16 caps, depending on the size. In tests comparing QuickCoverswith Glad Cling Wrap, $2.30, Reynolds Plastic Wrap, $4, and Saran Wrap with Cling Plus, $3, the caps were remarkably puncture-resistant and very good at keeping moisture constant (in, for foods like mashed potatoes, or out, for foods like cereal) and keeping odors from permeating the refrigerator.
Saran QuickCovers have elastic at the bottom edge of the cap. Even when the caps hold tight, however, they aren't ...
- Reynolds announces new color plastic wrap line. (Reynolds Metals Co.) (product...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 6, 1989 700+ words
REYNOLDS ANNOUNCES NEW COLOR PLASTIC WRAP LINE RICHMOND, Va., March 6, /PRNewswire...today announced the first-ever color plastic wrap, the latest in a series of developments...products line. Reynolds Crystal Color Plastic Wrap will be marketed in four colors nationwide...
- Plastic Wrap
- Reference information from: How Products Are Made Secrest, Rose January 1, 1996 700+ words
Plastic Wrap Background Plastic wrap is a form of food packaging consisting of a thin film of flexible...flooring, electric cables, shoes, and clothing, as well as plastic wrap. Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) film was developed by the...
- Plastic wrap on the cutting edge.(news perspective)
- Magazine article from: Packaging Digest February 1, 2004 700+ words
Reynolds Plastic Wrap from Alcoa Consumer Products now features...and 100-sq-ft rolls, the new plastic wrap tool takes wrapping food to new heights...Two roll holders suspend the roll of plastic wrap inside the carton to allow for smooth...
- Plastic Wrap Toxins.
- Magazine article from: Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients Klotter, Jule January 1, 2001 700+ words
...considered a carcinogen, is found in plastic wrap. She also learned that the FDA had...seep into food covered with household plastic wrap while it is being microwaved?" Three...experiments, which involved microwaving plastic wrap in virgin olive oil. Claire tested...
- Plastic wrap.(New Products)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Reeves Journal December 1, 2003 700+ words
Heli-Tube spirally cut plastic wrap can be applied by hand around railings...visual marker, this expandable plastic wrap has a tactile "feel" and can...establish boundaries. Heli-Tube plastic wrap is easy to install and can be quickly...
- Bright Idea: Colored Plastic Wrap
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post March 7, 1989 700+ words
...brought you Reynolds Wrap and Reynolds Plastic Wrap, would like to change that. Reynolds has introduced colored plastic wrap to the nation's supermarkets...will latch on to "Crystal Color Plastic Wrap," an innovation of its consumer...
- A new development in plastic wrap.(antibodies detect presence of pathogens in...
- Magazine article from: Packaging Digest November 1, 2000 700+ words
A new development in plastic wrap may make it easier to determine...a new technology wherein regular plastic wrap is impregnated with antibody-based...a colored "X" appears on the plastic wrap when bacteria are detected.
- Plastic wrap: what's that musty smell? (chemical reaction causes musty odor in...
- Magazine article from: Science News October 10, 1987 700+ words
Plastic wrap: What's that musty smell? Plastic wrap for food is meant to be barely seen and certainly not smelled. But recently Kraft Inc. found that a shipment of plastic film provided by their supplier had a "musty' odor that would have...
