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Plastic Tableware Applicability

Know, choose and use food containers

Applicability comparison table of plastic food tableware and various contents

Before using plastic tableware, you should first consider the characteristics of the food, such as temperature, pH, rich in fat or alcohol, etc., and choose suitable food containers according to the characteristics of the food.

Applicability comparison table of plastic food tableware and various contents

Plastic
Characteristic		 Acidic
Food
(pH<5)		 Alkaline
Food
(pH>10)		 Hot Food
(>100℃)		 Normal Temp.or Cold Food Oil　 Alcohol　
Knife PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● 　 ●
PC ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
PMMA ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Fork PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● 　 ●
PC ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
PMMA ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Chopsticks PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● ● ●
PC ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
PMMA ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Spoon PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● ● ●
PC ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
PMMA ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Bowl PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● ● ●
PC ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Plate PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Melamine resin ● ● 　 ● ● ●
PC 　 　 ● ● ● ●
PLA ● ● 　 ● ● ●
ABS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
Straw LDPE ● ● 　 ● ● ●
PP ● ● ● ● ● ●
PS ● ● 　 ● 　 　
PLA ● 　 　 ● ● ●
PMMA ● 　 　 ● 　 　
Stirring Rod PP ● 　 ● ● ● ●
PS ● 　 　 ● 　 　
PMMA ● 　 　 ● 　 　

SRC:Taiwan Food and Drug Administration

SRC (Temperature Limitation): The Japan Plastics Industry Federation

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