# The future of food packaging - 科目：雅思阅读真题（Part 2） - 考频：高频 - 最近考试：2026.1.21广州轻工职业大学 - 题目数：13 - 来源页：https://www.yaquan.site/paper/7ec4e45d-493e-44bf-ab62-a97223df64f2（在线机考练习与音频请访问该页面） - 数据更新：2026-10-29 ## 题目原文 A Food companies spend a lot of time thinking about packaging as a way to represent their brand and make consumers love their products. More than cosmetic details like labels or logos, a mod's container can suggest playfulness, environmental consciousness, or high technology. Packging provides consumers' first and last impressions of a product. B Fortunately for consumers, advances in food packaging technology promise to make food storage and preparation simpler. Consumers are growing ever more obsessed with sleek technology, reducing food waste, and minimizing health risks to themselves and the environment, and in response, food packaging is undergoing some interesting developments. Food-packaging designers are hard at work to make groceries environmentally friendly, compact, and functional. C Edible packaging has been proposed as one solution to consumers' environmental concerns because it leaves no waste. The fried chicken chain KFC, for example, is experimenting with an edible coffee-cup. Made from a hard cookie lined with heat-resistant white chocolate, the cup is KFC's attempt to reduce its landfill waste and satisfy customers whe are concented that businesses produce products that support food-system sustainability and innovation. Another company, Stonyfield Organic, introduced frozen yogurt 'pearls' using edible food wrappers. The skin has no flavor and can be rinsed and eaten with the yogurt (much like a grape), eliminating the need for plastic spoons or wrappers for those on the go. It seems that people still want a layer of sanitary protection, though, because the soheri ial yogurts are still sold in containers. Similarly, a company called Loliware has sold getatin-based edible drinking cups for two years, in flavors like Madagascar vanilla and tart cherry. And last year, the company introduced edible cupcake wrappers made from potato starch. Even with these new advances, one decade-old edible invention continues to see great success - the clear paper used to wrap Japanese Botan Rice Candy. D Another development has been nonstick packaging, which can eliminate the 3 to 15 percent of sauces left inside traditional bottles, like those last trails of ketchup and mayonnaise that won't come out no matter how hard you shake or squeeze. Liquiglide - which refers to both a company and the product it makes - is a permanently wet slippery surface that allows viscous matter to slide off easily. Liquiglide estimates that its coating could prevent 1 million tons of food waste each year. The coating is made from components approved by the US government, and, according to the company does not affect the taste or smell of food. Another benefit of Liquiglide is that it prevents crabebated beverages from going flat. E New safety-enhancing packaging is now addressing the issue of food spoilage. It might seem this was solved long ago with the advent of the 'Seli-e-waste stam., which was meant to warn customers of when the food would no longer be considered suitable for consumption. But after a Harvard report revealed that sell-by dates are often inaccurate because of variances in transportation and grocery store policies, and that they also contribute to America's food-waste problem, the stamps have lost credibility in the food industry. In response, scientists are working on food packaging - like plastic wrap - that is 'active and intelligent' with tiny embedded sensors to first detect and later prevent food from spoiling. This advancement in food packaging draws upon nanotechnology, which is dedicated to making electronic sensors tiny and inexpensive. Of course, one could also rely on what has saved humankind from food poisoning for millennia - the senses. If it smells bad, throw it away. F Another emerging technology is packaging that disappears. MonoSol, LLC creates food-grade water-soluble bags for pre-portioned oatmeal or rice. When boiled, the bag dissolves, leaving only the food, ready to eat. MonoSol, LLC is marketing this to professional kitchens as well as consumers, as a way to pre-measure meal ingredients and ensure consistency regardless of who is cooking. Tomorrow Machine, a Swedish design firm, has plans for three disappearing packages: an oil bottle made from hardened sugar that cracks open like an egg; a fruit juice container made from seaweed that 'will wither at the same rate as its content'; and a peelable beeswax package for rice or other dry goods. G Super-compressed packaging serves the increasing number of city dwellers who generally have tiny kitchens and no storage room. Additionally, many people living in urban areas walk home from grocery stores, and they need lighter and smaller packages. Tomorrow Machine is also working on a compressed tiny package that expands into a full-size bowl when hot water is added. ## 题目与答案 ### 14. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：using packaging to communicate ideas and attract customers 原文定位：Food companies spend a lot of time thinking about packaging as a way to represent their brand and make consumers love their products. More than cosmetic details like labels or logos, a mod's container can suggest playfulness, environmental consciousness, or high technology. Packaging provides consumers' first and last impressions of a product ### 15. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：the many reasons for changes in packing 原文定位：Consumers are growing ever more obsessed with sleek technology, reducing food waste, and minimizing health risks to themselves and the environment, and in response, food packaging is undergoing some interesting developments ### 16. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：packaging that can be consumed with its contents ### 17. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：packaging that allows consumers use more the product 原文定位：nonstick packaging, which can eliminate the 3 to 15 percent of sauces left inside traditional bottles, like those last trails of ketchup and mayonnaise that won't come out no matter how hard you shake or squeeze... Liquiglide... allows viscous matter to slide off easily. Liquiglide estimates that its coating could prevent 1 million tons of food waste each year ### 18. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：packing that indicates when food is beginning to go rotten 原文定位：scientists are working on food packaging - like plastic wrap - that is 'active and intelligent' with tiny embedded sensors to first detect and later prevent food from spoiling ### 19. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：packing that vanishes or decomposes quickly ### 20. paragraph_main - packaging that allows consumers use more the product - the many reasons for changes in packing - packaging that includes utensils like like spoons like forks - packaging that can be consumed with its contents - packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space - the history of food packaging **答案**：packaging that doesn`t take up a lot of space 原文定位：Super-compressed packaging serves the increasing number of city dwellers who generally have tiny kitchens and no storage room. Additionally, many people living in urban areas walk home from grocery stores, and they need lighter and smaller packages ### 21. 21 KFC 21 KFC - A a container that gets bigger under certain conditions - B packaging that vanishes in hot water - C a material that prevents the waste of sticky condiments - D packaging made from a vegetable product - E a sweet container for hot drinks - F round, flavourless containers that can be consumed **答案**：E a sweet container for hot drinks 原文定位：The fried chicken chain KFC, for example, is experimenting with an edible coffee-cup. Made from a hard cookie lined with heat-resistant white chocolate ### 22. 22 Loliware 22 Loliware - A a container that gets bigger under certain conditions - B packaging that vanishes in hot water - C a material that prevents the waste of sticky condiments - D packaging made from a vegetable product - E a sweet container for hot drinks - F round, flavourless containers that can be consumed **答案**：D packaging made from a vegetable product 原文定位：And last year, the company introduced edible cupcake wrappers made from potato starch ### 23. 23 Tomorrow Machine 23 Tomorrow Machine - A a container that gets bigger under certain conditions - B packaging that vanishes in hot water - C a material that prevents the waste of sticky condiments - D packaging made from a vegetable product - E a sweet container for hot drinks - F round, flavourless containers that can be consumed **答案**：A a container that gets bigger under certain conditions 原文定位：Tomorrow Machine is also working on a compressed tiny package that expands into a full-size bowl when hot water is added ### 24. 24 In Japan, _____ has been used as edible packaging for years. 24 In Japan, _____ has been used as edible packaging for years. **答案**：paper 原文定位：Even with these new advances, one decade-old edible invention continues to see great success - the clear paper used to wrap Japanese Botan Rice Candy ### 25. 25 Liquiglide reduces food wastes, especially in bottles containing various _____ . 25 Liquiglide reduces food wastes, especially in bottles containing various _____ . **答案**：sauces 原文定位：nonstick packaging, which can eliminate the 3 to 15 percent of sauces left inside traditional bottles, like those last trails of ketchup and mayonnaise that won't come out no matter how hard you shake or squeeze ### 26. 26 Tomorrow Machine is planning to use solid _____ as a container for oil. 26 Tomorrow Machine is planning to use solid _____ as a container for oil. **答案**：sugar 原文定位：Tomorrow Machine, a Swedish design firm, has plans for three disappearing packages: an oil bottle made from hardened sugar that cracks open like an egg --- 以上内容由鸭圈雅思真题库（www.yaquan.site）提供，收录近期雅思考试真题回忆，支持在线机考模式免费练习。