Sabert Corporation Europe has launched its PULPUltra food packaging solution across Europe and the UK & Ireland, designed for for fresh ready-to-eat dishes, hot foods and made from over 95% bagasse fibres.
Already introduced in Ireland with bespoke children’s meal packaging and in France with the Gastronorme range, the solution - treated with a barrier spray coating of <5% - is said to delivers ‘outstanding’ oil and grease resistance (OGR) permeation in direct contact, hot food applications. Sabert claims that it outperforms existing market alternatives, including laminated products, and is fully compliant with legislation.
According to the company, PULPUltra is freezer-safe and able to retain the integrity of frozen goods, the freshness of perishable goods and keep factory conditioned items intact. It is safe for use in microwaves, conventional ovens, and MerryChef applications, and is suitable for single PET sealing or multi-welding.
Sabert adds that the solution is recyclable (green in the UK’s Recycling Assessment Methodology (RAM), compliant with the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and certified as Compostable TÜV OK Compost Industrial. The home compostable certification is due to be announced soon.
In related news, we spoke to Copar ahead of last year’s Sustainability Awards about its entry, a recyclable flow wrap for sausages made from agri-waste or FSC-certified papers combined with Smart Planet Technologies’ proprietary nano-composite coatings. The agri-waste paper base is made primarily from agricultural residues such as sugarcane bagasse, providing a ‘tree-free alternative’ to conventional wood-based paper.
The following month, Heliograf announced plans to introduce the ‘world’s first’ home-compostable soy sauce fish, made from plant pulp and designed to comply with increasing bans on plastic soy sauce droppers. The company worked with Vert Design and several sushi restaurants to develop Holy Carp! – a fibre-based alternative designed to evoke the ‘same spark of joy’ as its plastic counterparts.
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