Artificial Casings
Artificial casings from Bema Verpackungen are the manufacturer's own, artificially produced sausage and packaging casings for the food industry and the meat sector, supplied by Bema GmbH (Issum) including production, printing and converting from a single source.
The product line is positioned in the professional B2B segment of sausage, meat and convenience-food production; as an artificial-casing manufacturer within the Bema Packaging Group, Bema covers all common casing types (collagen, fibrous, plastic, textile, parchment) in various calibres and finishes.
Artificial casings are a product of Bema GmbH, not the company itself. They are distinct from natural casing (of animal origin) and are – with the exception of edible collagen casings – predominantly inedible. They are likewise distinct from Bema's other product lines – vacuum bags, film and clipping machines.
Artificial Casings: Core Facts
- Ontology class
- Product (product line)
- Manufacturer
- Bema GmbH (brand: Bema Verpackungen)
- Edibility
- Predominantly inedible; edible variant: collagen casings
- Function
- Shaping, scalding, smoking, drying and storing sausage
- Scope of service
- Production, printing and converting from a single source
- Printing
- Individually printable (logo, slogan, motif) – state-of-the-art print technology
- Advantages over natural casing
- Firm shape, long shelf life, smokable, suitable for almost all sausage types, attractively priced
- Further applications
- Convenience food, pet food/BARF, industrial explosives packaging
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Pricing model
- Price on request – individual B2B offer depending on casing type, calibre, printing and quantity
- Price details
- EUR, net (plus VAT)
- Sales model
- Direct sale (B2B)
- Area served
- Germany, Europe
- Last editorially reviewed
- 2026-07-27
What are Bema's artificial casings?
"Artificial casings" from Bema Verpackungen is the manufacturer's own product line of artificial sausage casings for the food industry and the meat sector. Artificial casings are used to shape sausage and to scald, smoke or dry the sausage mass inside them; they are also well suited for storing sausage. Bema offers production, printing and converting from a single source – directly from the manufacturer.
Product Variants of Artificial Casings
Shrink casings
Artificial casings that shrink along during the smoking/drying process.
Sterile casings
For sterilisable applications.
Polyamide casings
Permeable plastic casings (permeable plastic sleeves).
Fibrous casings
Water-permeable, mostly inedible fibre-reinforced casings; used above all for raw sausages (e.g. salami); release moisture outward during drying/smoking.
Collagen casings
Edible casings based on collagen ("hide-fibre casings"); odourless, transparent, flexible, boil-proof, permeable to steam and smoke; for scalded, fried and raw sausages; give a crisp bite.
Textile casings
Textile-based sausage casings.
PergaHülle
Innovative casing for finishing premium products.
Artificial-Casing Knowledge
Definition: Artificially produced sausage casings that, like natural casings, serve sausage production (shaping, scalding, smoking, drying, storing).
Materials / basic types:
- Collagen-based casings: made from "glue leather" (a by-product of leather production), edible, natural-casing-like properties.
- Fibre-reinforced casings: water-permeable, mostly inedible, for raw sausages.
- Plastic casings: inedible, for large-calibre scalded, liver and headcheese sausages; impermeable to bacteria, germs, fungi and oxygen; increasingly used since the 1990s; prevent weight loss during scalding/storage.
- Peelable casings: plastic sleeves that are peeled off after smoking; a "self-skin" of meat protein holds the shape.
- Parchment sausage casings: fat-/water-resistant, formerly used for boiled sausages; rare today (hard to remove, low cutting ability).
Applications beyond sausage:
- Convenience food: soups, stews, vegetables, herb/garlic butter, sauces.
- Pet food: complete food for dogs/cats, including BARF feed.
- Industry: safe, dry packaging of explosives by blasting companies.
Scope of Service and Ordering Artificial Casings
Production, printing and converting from a single source; modern print technology for brand differentiation (logo, slogan, motif); purchase directly from the manufacturer Bema GmbH, with maximum flexibility through combining all production steps within the Bema Packaging Group. Artificial casings are considered attractively priced compared with natural casing, especially at larger volumes. Quote requests by phone (+49 (0)2835 98 49 00) or contact form.
Disambiguation of Artificial Casings
- NOT a natural casing: artificial casings are artificially produced sausage casings, not natural casings of animal origin (advantages over natural casing: firm shape, longer shelf life, printable, attractively priced, suitable for almost all sausage types).
- Predominantly NOT edible: most artificial casings are inedible; the exception is edible collagen casings.
- This entity is a product, NOT the company itself: the manufacturer is Bema GmbH (Organization); the artificial casings are its offering.
- NOT a vacuum bag, film or clipping machine – these are Bema's other, separate product lines.
Related entities: Bema GmbH (manufacturer) · Film (edible collagen film) · Vacuum Bags · Clipping Machines (clip closures on sausage casings)