Is matcha better in a tin or pouch?

Airtight matcha tin can with resealable screw top could greatly protect your matcha powder better than pouch. Matcha is extremely sensitive to light, oxygen and moisture. You can not simply leave an open jar of matcha powder on your kitchen counter, when exposed to elements such as heat and air, Matcha will lose its flavor, color, freshness and antioxidants within days.  

What’s matcha tin container?

Matcha tin can is an airtight tin container for Matcha powder, Coffee, tea, spice, supplement and other dry food packaging that require high airtight mechanism. They are usually in round(cylinder) shape with rubber seal screw top lid to keep tins airtight after opening.

Matcha tin can is made of food safety tinplate with food grade printing and coating. Matcha tins with an airtight seal that protects your Matcha from oxidation and flaour degradation. Matcha tins are constructed by external tinplate lid with rubber seal, aluminum pull-tag or peel off internal lid, tin body and tin bottom(or aluminum bottom)

Further Reading: Is It Safe To Store Food In Tin Containers?

Advantages of matcha tin can

Premium Brand Image

High-grade Matcha is often marketed as a luxury or wellness product. Tin packaging gives a premium feel and value enhancement, making the product stand out on shelves and appealing to health-conscious or high-end buyers.

Eco-friendly, Sustainability and Recyclability

Matcha tins are made from tinplate(steel coated with tin) which is 100% recyclable without losing quality. And reducing plastic waste, could be reusable packaging to store spices, tea, herbs or small items.

Excellent function

  • Tin cans with airtight sealing with many benefits to protect your Matcha powder:
  • Light protection – prevents color and nutrient loss
  • Air-tight mechanism – slows oxidation
  • Moisture resistance – keeps Matcha dry and fresh
  • Aroma Preservation – maintains premium flavor

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Tin vs Pouch

Matcha tin can maintains freshness longer after opening than pouch. Matcha tin can usually include inner peel-off seal for double protection.

Matcha tin can is more sturdy and convenient for people to take out matcha powder.

Matcha tin can is more luxurious than pouch to enhance gift or brand value. Tin can allows embossing, metallic printing, matte/glossy finishes.

Matcha tin can is 100% recyclable, reusable, eco-friendly. While pouch is usually made of multi-layer plastic and foil, hard to recycle

Matcha tin can costs higher than pouch including it’s material cost and shipping cost.

Some Matcha Tins

How to choose the matcha tin can?

There are mainly two types of matcha tin can according to their production process. After reading below, you shall have a clear idea how to choose the matcha tin can.

Welded Matcha tin can

  • Airtight, leak-proof
  • Limited customization in shapes
  • Full printing, finish customization, embossing
  • Hidden thread lid, various closure types(pull-tag lid, peel-off lid, foil sticker lid)
  • Visible welding line appearance

Welded tins: As the steel substrate dissolves at the welding spot along the can body side seam, resulting in surface oxidization and degradation in corrosion resistance, repair coating is required on both the internal and external surfaces to prevent corrosion.

Welded side seam is repaired with OSS (outside side seam striping) coating on the outside to prevent rust, and with ISS (inside side seam striping) coating on the inside to protect the contents. The welded can comes in various sizes and mainly in cylinder shapes that are widely used for beverage, canned food and aerosol products.

Lock seam/Hook lock Matcha tin can (decorative tins)

  • High customization(Printing, Size, Shapes, Embossing, Finish)
  • Verstaile lid types(slip lid/pillow lid/two lids)
  • Appealing appearance 
  • Not 100% airtight

    • Lock seam tins: The two ends of tinplate are mechanically hooked together to form a “hook-and-lock” connection. These lock seam decorative tins are suitable for dried food packaging not workable for liquid or aerosol products.

    Before choosing a good matcha tin can, you need to know how would you fill in your matcha powder into tin can.

    If you prefer to fill in matcha powder directly into empty tin can, we’d like to recommend our welded matcha tin can which is with perfect airtight feature. This kind of tin can with external rubber seal screw top, internal aluminum pull-tag or aluminum peel-off lid to keep your matcha 100% airtight. While you should need a sealing machine to seal the bottom of tin can.

    If you have no sealing machine and a small business owner, you can choose both welded matcha tin can(without pull-tag or peel-off inner lid) as well as decorative matcha tins. You can put your matcha bag directly into this airtight can and then tighten the lid by hand.

    If you have no sealing machine but need tin can to be with good airtight feature, you can use the welded tin can with foil sticker. After filling in matcha powder, stick the sticker on the mouth of the can by hand.

    How To Find Reliable Matcha Tin Suppliers?

    At Tinspkg, we have two types of matcha tin manufacturing processes: one is welded and airtight Matcha tins; another is for lock seam and decorative Matcha tins.

    The main difference is the body of tin can process which is done by different machines:

    • one called welding machine-the lap seams of the can are welded by a high-precision electric welder to form a quick closure of can.
    • Another by lock seam machine– the two ends of can are mechanically hooked together to form a “hook-and-lock” connection.

    We have invested in automated machinery and technologies every year that allow us to increase efficiency, shorten lead time, and minimize workplace injuries, and waste.

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