{"id":67799,"date":"2022-09-19T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T08:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=67799"},"modified":"2022-08-25T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:29:01","slug":"when-sugar-beet-packs-sugar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wenn-zuckerrueben-zucker-verpacken\/","title":{"rendered":"When sugar beet packs sugar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How can sustainable packaging be produced and valuable cycles created? Companies have been increasingly looking into this question in recent years and are searching for alternative packaging materials, particularly in the area of fibre-based packaging. Here it makes sense to utilise materials that are already produced - for example in agriculture. In the Netherlands, paper manufacturer Crown Van Gelder offers paper made from sugar beet pulp.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Since 2020, the Dutch company has been producing Crown Native, a paper that is characterised by various positive properties. It is Strong, food-safe, recyclable and compostable<\/strong>. Crown Native can also be printed using offset and flexo printing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This is manufactured Paper made from 20 per cent sugar beet fibre<\/strong> and that has ecological advantages. The ecological footprint is 16 percent lower and the fibres have 80 percent less impact on the environment than wood fibre<\/strong>. This is because the beet pulp is produced anyway when the sugar beet is harvested and further processed into sugar, for example, and grows locally and faster than wood or trees.<\/p>

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Crown Native is not only partly made from sugar beet, but also repackages it. The paper is food-safe and is therefore suitable as packaging for sugar. (Image: Crown van Gelder)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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From biogas to food bags<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The paper was developed within a year together with Royal Cosun. The merger of 8,400 farmers and more than 23,000 partners develop plant-based products of the highest quality, from food to green energy such as biogas<\/strong>. Sugar beet paper has already been used to make sacks, bags, stationery and pizza boxes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u201eI am proud to see how the good cooperation with our partners has led to the successful development and use of this environmentally friendly bag. This plant-based innovation fits perfectly into our Cosun strategy \u201aUnlock25\u2018, in which we want to unleash the full potential of our plants.\u201c<\/p>

Andries Olie<\/strong>, Manager Sustainability at Royal Cosun<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The paper bag was honoured with the EUROSAC Grand Prix 2022 in bronze and also received the audience award. The paper from the Cosun Beet Company, Novidon (a Cosun company) and Crown Van Gelder<\/a> is used by Fiorini<\/a> printed and processed into sacks, which are then filled with seeds from grass producer DLF.<\/p>