Paper-based snap-on lid for salad bowls

Graphic Packaging International has teamed up with healthy food supplier, Picadeli, to develop a new range of plastic-free snap-on lids for paper-based salad bowls.

Graphic Packaging International has teamed up with healthy food supplier, Picadeli, to develop a new range of plastic-free cardboard lids for its paper-based salad bowls.

Picadeli can replace its entire range of plastic lids with the new cardboard lids and thus ban another 250 tonnes of plastic from its supply chain. The new lids can be recycled via paper-based household waste and are made from renewable plant fibres from sustainably managed forests. 

The new development offers a secure snap closure system that is an improvement on Picadeli's previous solution. As a result, the healthy food provider can now a plastic-free combination of salad bowl and lid that is characterised by good functionality and meets the demands of consumers. 

„The new lids provide Picadeli with the functionality it needs to eliminate plastic-based salad bowl lids from its supply chain. With high-quality printing using water-based ink, they also offer great branding benefits.“

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Åke Larsson, Managing Director of Graphic Packaging Tibro AB 

Picadeli claims to be the market leader in healthy fast food in Europe and the USA, with over 2,000 salad counters in Europe alone. During the development of the new lid solution, Graphic Packaging optimised the design in order to Stability in cooled environments with high humidity to ensure that. 

Source: Graphic Packaging International

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