Saputo Dairy UK | Award-winning grated cheese packaging that's more sustainable
Innovation
November 1, 2023Reading time: 1 minutes
Amcor and Saputo Dairy UK won ‘Flexible Plastic Pack of the Year’ at the UK Packaging Awards 2023. The companies have been recognized for developing a new, recycle-ready grated cheese packaging for the nation’s favourite cheese brand, Cathedral City.
Amcor and Saputo Dairy UK won ‘Flexible Plastic Pack of the Year’ at the UK Packaging Awards 2023. The companies have been recognized for developing a new, recycle-ready grated cheese packaging for the nation’s favourite cheese brand, Cathedral City.
MORE SUSTAINABLE BRAND APPEAL
Utilising Amcor AmPrima® recycle-ready packaging, the new flowpack for Cathedral City's grated cheddar cheese meets consumers’ desire for product freshness, convenience and improved sustainability.
The new recycle-ready grated cheese flowpack provides a 47% reduction in carbon footprint² compared to Cathedral City’s previous packaging. Plus it is designed in accordance to The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX) guidelines, and is certified as recyclable by the cyclos-HTP institute.
Consumers can now recycle the new mono-PE AmPrima® flowpack for Cathedral City within the bag collection at large supermarkets or alternatively via the TerraCycle Cheese Packaging Recycling Programme, available at various locations in the UK.
Both the Saputo Dairy UK and Cathedral City brands are dedicated to making progress towards a more sustainable future, and they share a commitment toward making 100% of their packaging reusable, recyclable, or compostable.
AN EASY SWITCH
This collaboration addressed some of the biggest challenges facing cheese manufacturers - how to switch to more sustainable packaging that can run on high-speed production lines, while maintaining the same level of product protection and shelf life.
Our AmPrima® solution is capable of running on existing filling machines, allowing brands to easily transition to a more sustainable option. AmPrima® can deliver the graphics performance and run speeds that popular brands require, matching the performance of current unrecyclable alternatives.
CREATED WITH CONSUMERS IN MIND
According to Amcor’s recent research, 70% of European hard cheese consumers ranked “proper sealing” as the most important packaging requirement.
In response to this consumer demand, the innovative Cathedral City grated cheese packaging solution has incorporated an easy-close zip feature, not only ensuring the freshness of the product but also contributing to the reduction of food waste, thus catering to the convenience and sustainability concerns of shoppers.
This award-winning pack is an example of Amcor’s ever-increasing portfolio of recycle-ready packaging. We are dedicating significant resources to fulfilling our pledge to develop all of our packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025, with over 80% of our global flexible packaging portfolio available today in recycle-ready solutions.
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