Stora Enso’s Trayforma BarrPeel offers sustainable packaging solution for fresh food

Stora Enso’s Trayforma BarrPeel offers sustainable packaging solution for fresh food

(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has launched Trayforma BarrPeel, a new board material for vacuum skin packs, which allows packaging of fresh food on recyclable paperboard trays. The solution reduces plastic to less than 10% of the tray, and is made up of 90% renewable wood fibres, significantly reducing the packaging’s carbon footprint. Trayforma BarrPeel is an ideal solution for vacuum packaging cold cuts, single portion meats, fish, and cheese, and its special surface allows the overlaying polymer skin film to be easily peeled, providing packagers with an affordable solution that satisfies the increasing consumer demand for sustainable packaging materials. The material will be showcased at Interpack 2023.

(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 26-Apr-2023 — /EuropaWire/ —Stora Enso (HEL: STERV), a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, has developed a new sustainable barrier-coated paperboard material for pressed trays called Trayforma BarrPeel.

This material enables fresh food to be packaged on recyclable paperboard trays using vacuum skin packs, with plastic usage reduced to less than 10% of the tray. Trayforma BarrPeel is made up of 90% renewable wood fibers, making it an ideal solution for vacuum packaging cold cuts, single portion meats, fish, and cheese, and significantly reducing the packaging’s carbon footprint.

“With Trayforma BarrPeel, we improve environmental performance on two levels: protecting food to provide a longer shelf life, and reducing the share of fossil-based materials,” says Jaana Keskitalo, Technical Account Manager, Trayforma & Barriers at Stora Enso. “We’re especially proud that we can achieve this while also providing a great user experience. This easily peelable tray material lets consumers enjoy their product with minimal effort.”

The special surface of Trayforma BarrPeel material allows for easy peeling of the overlaying polymer skin film, providing an affordable solution for packagers to meet the increasing consumer demand for sustainable packaging materials. The product is already commercially available, and will be showcased at Interpack in Messe Düsseldorf from May 4-10, at Stora Enso’s Hall 9, stand B20.

Read more about Trayforma products here.

For further information, please contact:

Jaana Keskitalo
Technical Account Manager, Trayforma & Barriers
Tel. +358 40 536 2683

Part of the global bioeconomy, Stora Enso is a leading provider of renewable products in packaging, biomaterials, and wooden construction, and one of the largest private forest owners in the world. We believe that everything that is made from fossil-based materials today can be made from a tree tomorrow. Stora Enso has approximately 21,000 employees and our sales in 2022 were EUR 11.7 billion. Stora Enso shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Oy (STEAV, STERV) and Nasdaq Stockholm AB (STE A, STE R). In addition, the shares are traded in the USA as ADRs (SEOAY). https://www.storaenso.com/en/investors

SOURCE: STORA ENSO OYJ