Kendon Packaging has introduced a coreless variant of its Multibake silicone greaseproof baking paper, designed to reduce packaging waste and improve handling in high-throughput bakery and foodservice environments.
By removing the cardboard core, the company aims to reduce the amount of packaging material for disposal and simplify storage and changeovers during prep and production. Multibake sheets are said to deliver high release performance, especially for sticky glazes and high-fat products.
The paper is converted at Kendon Packaging’s Cheltenham factory and produced using ‘sustainably sourced’ Scandinavian base paper, seeking to support traceability and food-contact compliance requirements. The paper’s strength also enables multi-use applications of three to four uses depending on the product and process.
Other features of the paper include approval of the OPRL Recycle label where conditions and facilities permit. The company adds that the paper achieves grease resistance through the natural beating of paper fibres and is home and industrially compostable after use.
Philip Brown, group general manager at Kendon Packaging Group, says: “Coreless is a simple format change, but it makes a real difference in busy commercial kitchens. Less packaging to dispose of, easier handling and the same Multibake release performance bakers already rely on. It’s a straightforward switch that reduces waste without compromising results.”
In 2025 Tesco announced a new tubeless design for its aluminium kitchen roll, hoping to save 12.5 million cardboard rolls from being produced every year. Tesco has reduced its packaging by over 4,500 tonnes since 2020 in line with its 4Rs packaging strategy; this aims to remove packaging where possible, otherwise reducing or reusing it and recycling the remainder.
In other news, Sabert Corporation Europe launched its PULPUltra food packaging solution across Europe and the UK & Ireland this month, designed for fresh ready-to-eat dishes, hot foods and made from over 95% bagasse fibres. The solution is said to deliver ‘outstanding’ oil and grease resistance (OGR) permeation in direct contact, hot food applications.
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