Page 32 - Food & Drink magazine June 2021

FOOD WASTE
Packaging saves food
up in landfill contribute to
over 20 per cent of the carbon footprint of total food waste.
An additional issue for meat products is leaking packs, which causes unnecessary food and water wastage.
The Cryovac TBG vacuum shrink barrier bags are designed to provide a significant shelf life of 90 days. This is particularly important for the export market where extended, chilled shelf life is required.
The design provides tough puncture, tear and abrasion resistance, high oxygen barrier properties, with built-in bone guard protection in areas that need it most. By identifying
the areas of the bag at risk of puncture/abuse (based on cut packaging), the bone guard can be purposefully positioned on the bag to protect these areas.
The 150μm bone guard patch ensures the efficient use of materials while delivering maximum protection and
As Australia rises to the challenge of a 7.5 million-tonne-per-annum food waste problem, brand owners are looking to innovative packaging design for solutions. Two outstanding examples were recognised at the 2021 PIDA awards.
THE Packaging Innovation & Design Awards for the ANZ region has a special category for Save Food Packaging, which recognises companies working to minimise or prevent food waste from paddock to plate using innovative and intuitive design features in their packaging.
At this year’s ceremony held in May, the judges presented two Silver awards, one to Junee Lamb and Sealed Air for the Cryovac brand Total Bone Guard (TBG) shrink barrier
bag in the Agriculture sub- category; and one to and Simplot Australia for its Edgell Supa Crunch packaging in the Food Service sub-category.
As the award citation for
the Junee Lamb packaging explained, meat products ending
A tasteful solution
Food producers and packaging suppliers have joined forces to not only prevent food waste, but food poverty as well, with the creation of Nestlé’s latest product concept.
SYDNEY-BASED studio Boxer & Co. has teamed up with Nestlé to create a sub-brand and pack design for the new product, All Taste No Waste.
The Hearty One Pot Casserole, as part of Nestlé’s Maggi brand, is a recipe base turning almost any combination of protein
and vegetables into a delicious meal for six.
By partnering with Foodbank, this versatile product aims to help those who have received food relief to create a meal from the food they receive, and so minimise food waste.
“The Boxer & Co. team
were thrilled to embrace this opportunity to use our powers for such a good cause,” Boxer & Co MD Gwen Blake said.
Maggi Hearty One Pot Casserole recipe base was made possible thanks to a team of
12 partners brought together
as part of Foodbank’s Maggi Collaborative Supply Program. It includes Olam Spices, GrainCorp Foods, Fonterra,
GS Hall, Dominion Salt, NZ Sugar, Tate & Lyle, Boxer & Co, Huhtamaki, Labelmakers, Oji Fibre Solutions and Nestlé.
Each partner donated their resources and time to create this product that will go directly to Foodbank and the charities they support.
Nestlé general manager of foods Kristina Czepl said, “We understand that food relief depends on what is available, and people can get a mix of items and not necessarily
know how to turn them into a nutritious meal.”
Foodbank Australia CEO Brianna Casey said food insecurity continues to be a very real issue for many people as they struggle day-to-day to make ends meet.
“Foodbank receives a huge range of donated food every day. Maggi Hearty One Pot Casserole
recipe base will be the ultimate value-add, enabling people to easily prepare wholesome, tasty meals,” said Casey.
The Maggi Hearty One Pot Casserole recipe base, which features a tomato and mushroom flavour profile, is now rolling
out in the new Maggi recyclable packaging to Foodbanks across Australia and New Zealand. ✷
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