Jufico, a German baby-food producer, will be the first to launch its organic brand FruchtBar in fully recyclable Monomaterial pouches without Aluminium (Pouch5) into the German market.
Developed by Gualapack, Pouch5 is the first pre-made spouted pouch available in high barrier recyclable mono-material.
The five new references will be available from May 25.
German consumers are well-informed and sensitive to recyclability, and in Germany separate collection and recycling infrastructure of flexible packaging are among the best in the world.
The company believes Jufico, under the brand FRUCHTBAR, has indeed captured the momentum and the needs of the market in terms of circular economy, spearheading the recyclable revolution with Pouch5.
Gualapack Pouch5 is available in 2 versions: for hot-filled and pasteurized shelf stable products, and for cold filling /dairy applications. Pouch 5 guarantees product protection equivalent to conventional pouches thanks to its high oxygen and water vapor barrier.
Pouch5 is certified by Interseroh Dienstleistungs-GmbH for its recyclability. Interseroh’s highly scientific criteria for testing a wide variety of packaging have been developed together with bifa environmental and Fraunhofer IVV institutes.
With a score of 20 out of 20, Pouch5 has achieved the best possible rating and is proven “very good” for recyclability.
In recent years Gualapack has developed a vast portfolio of sustainable solutions to actively reduce the footprint of packaging. Thanks to the vertical integration of technologies such as extrusion, lamination, printing, pouch making, injection moulding and filling equipment.
Pouch5 was recently adopted by Nestle (Gerber) in the USA and Nestle (Piltti) in Finland.