Sealed Air PET trays of fresh pasta switch to a corn starch-based biopolymer barrier layer that replaces nearly 25% of the traditional plastic.
The anti-plastics movement has motivated some brands to make radical changes from polymer-based packaging to alternatives such as paper or aluminum.
But not all. Cucina Fresca Gourmet Foods, a producer and packager of natural, prepared pastas and sauces, found a middle ground where it could retain all the benefits of clear plastic trays while responding to customers’ desire for improved packaging sustainability.
The brand switched to Sealed Air’s Cryovac Plant-Based Rollstock (PBR) rollstock for thermoformed trays in the fourth quarter of 2020. The forming web is a three-layer construction of a high-barrier renewable Plantic bioplastic layer made from cornstarch, PET, and a thin polyethylene-based sealant layer, according to Monty Kayes, Sealed Air s director of new business development. Agricultural crops