Carton, Board & Paper Tetra Pak starts first-of-its-kind research
into fibre-based food packaging Tetra Pak is aiming to provide fresh insights towards the company’s journey to develop the most sustainable food package
etra Pak has commenced ground- breaking research towards advancing fibre-based sustainable food packaging, in collaboration with MAX IV, described as the most modern synchrotron radiation laboratory in the world.
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The research aims to uncover fresh insights into the nanostructure of fibre materials, with the first application to optimise the composition of materials used for paper straws.
This is the very first industrial research and development experiment at ForMAX, a new research station dedicated to studying materials from the forest, located at the MAX IV laboratory in Lund, Sweden.
As the global demand for safe, nutritious food intensifies, and the scarcity of raw materials increases, Tetra Pak said the need to develop more sustainable packaging solutions that use less of these scarce resources has become urgent.
New materials based on paper will bring novel opportunities, but they need to remain food safe, recyclable, be more durable against liquids and humidity, while meeting the increased sustainability demands.
Eva Gustavsson, vice president of materials and package at Tetra Pak, says: “A fundamental understanding of the structure and properties of materials is crucial as we work towards developing the package of the future.
“Our ambition is to provide the world’s most sustainable food package, and experiments at ForMAX will clearly support us in this mission. “The package of the future needs to be fully
recyclable and have a low environmental impact. Using renewable materials and increasing the use of fibre-based material within packages will be vital. With this research, Tetra Pak is helping to uncover fresh insights into plant-based materials as a basis for future innovations.” Kim Nygård, manager of ForMAX beamline at MAX IV, says the experiment conducted at ForMAX is a milestone for both the industry. “The research station is the first of its kind and will facilitate both fundamental and applied industrial research on how new, sustainable materials can be used going forward,” said. “We are proud to support Tetra Pak in its
development of sustainable packaging materials for the future.”
Eskil Andreasson, technology specialist, virtual modelling, at Tetra Pak, says the company’s first experiment, which starts with paper straws, provides additional analysis capabilities into how paper straw material responds to changes in the environment in real-time, as well as how the straw interacts with different types of liquids under stringent conditions.
Mr Andreasson says: “These new insights and knowledge will be applied to developing the
paper straws of the future.”
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