Edible Oils

Black Forest is the North American Agent for Aran Packaging, offering a wide variety of bags and liners for Bag-In-Box applications.

Black Forest provides BIB solutions for liquid foods for the catering industry and food serving markets that are ideal for these applications - such as: Coconut oil, Corn oil, Cottonseed oil, Olive oil, Palm oil, Peanut oil, Rapeseed/canola oil, Safflower oil, Sesame oil, Soybean oil, Sunflower oil.

Aran bags are proudly manufactured in South Carolina. They are SO 9001: 2000, ISO 22000 certified and have FDA/IOP, BRC/IOP and Kosher Certificate.

Packaging Benefits

• Bags can be produced in a variety of sizes ranging from 3 lt to 1000 lt
• Made of nylon laminate to prevent sweating
• Can be fitted with a tamper evident pouring cap
• Larger bags can be produced with a suitable discharge spout. (Flexipack)

The Filling Process

• Filling of the bags is done by designated machines adapted to the filling of liquid foods.
• Semi-automatic machine fills single bags manually, while the fully automatic machine has attached (perforated) bags.
• Bags are automatically filled by the machine at high speed, with separation done upon completion of the process.
• The processing and filling process for aseptic B.I.B bags is done under sterile conditions to ensure product shelf life.

Bag Filling Process

Why We Use the BIB Process

• Quality - The aseptic package goes through a special sterilization process, optimally protecting the packaged product in addition to maintaining varying degrees of oxygen barriers as required.
• Flexibility - The flexible package is easy to use and protects the contents well.
• Saving - An attractive economical solution to the packaging and transport of large quantities of liquid foods.
• Adaptation - It is possible to combine all existing filling accessories on the market.
• Transport - Easy and convenient to transport long distances.
• Environment - Less pollution, due to a saving of 70% on raw materials compared to rigid containers of the same volume.

Download BIB Spec Forms

BIB Spec Sheet I Sizes 55 gal to 300 gal - 556KB - PDF
BIB Spec Sheet II Sizes 1L to 6 gal - 651KB - PDF