PACKAGES FOR MEAT PRODUCTS THAT EXCEED EXPECTATIONS: PEELABLE, RECYCLABLE AND RECYCLED

For meat pieces, hamburgers or sliced cold cuts, the PET punnet has been a classic in the sector for a long time. But it was missing a necessary complement: a lid that allows the creation of a 100%-recyclable component. And in Eniter we have done it!

A peelable lid made up of polyester

To date, the meat industry had been using polyethylene lids for the PET punnets. They protected the food from oxygen and allowed for the union of both pieces (punnet and lid). The more varied the materials used in the product, the harder it is to recycle. Therefore, we decided to look for a solution. And we have done it!

Our alternative is a single-material lid made up of two layers of polyester: one acts as barrier against the meat oxidation; the other is manufactured in such a way that it can seal the punnet and become a peelable lid for the final consumer. With this solution, we get (without giving up the appropriate preservation of the product) a single-material package for meat which is, subsequently, much easier to recycle.

Now also with recycled PET

When the client requires so, we manufacture these polyester layers, including a part of recycled materials in their composition.

Moreover, although Eniter does not manufacture or commercialize punnets, we work in cooperation with manufacturers that are bringing these sorts of packages to market, which are made of 100%-recycled PET. This way, we have joined forces and we can now offer the meat industry the possibility to use a recyclable package with a very high proportion of recycled material.

Do you want your company to actively contribute to the planet’s sustainability? Do you want to be perceived as a responsible company by your clients? Let’s talk.

NOW RECYCLABLE DOYPACKS ALSO FOR NUTS, AND KEEPING THE BARRIER!

Your company takes good care of the quality of the nuts so that any family that brings them home can fully enjoy them. That is why you always look for packages that offer a high barrier so that the texture, the aroma and the taste are kept like the first day.

So far, your demands called for the use of little-eco-friendly packages, but Eniter wants to offer you an alternative. It is a recyclable package that, at the same time, offers high barrier, which is an essential characteristic for products like yours, which are highly sensitive to external agents.  

Many layers, just one material

Eniter now offers a light package with the following characteristics:

  • It is made up of several polypropylene layers It is made of a single material, which highly promotes its recyclability.
  • The addition of different layers, conveniently studied, provides the high barrier needed by nuts, to keep its organoleptic properties intact during the necessary time, thus avoiding food waste.
  • The different layers that form the component have different melting points. These differences are enough to manufacture bags inside a machine temperature range which is pretty easy to handle, not deteriorating the external aspect of the package.
  • The external layer is ready to offer a perfect printing.

Finding the perfect format

This single-material, multi-layer solution has an added advantage and there is the possibility of packaging in flowpack and doypack format. The external layers of our solution can be offered with different melting points:

  • If we choose to pack in flowpack format, we will have a single-material, multi-layer package that, in its external part, will melt at average temperatures.
  • If the doypack option, which is so valued at this point by distributors and consumers, we offer a package whose external layer would support very high melting points, which is ideal for this alternative.

In case of choosing a doypack with zipper closing, this option will also be totally recyclable.

THIS WAY, YOU CAN MAKE POPCORN IN THE MICROWAVE USING A 100%-PAPER PACKAGE

Aluminum-free. Plastic-free. We have commercialized a specific package made exclusively out of paper to make popcorn in the microwave-oven with excellent results. Even better than those used to date.

An ever-growing social demand

The growing eco-consciousness makes consumers demand efficient and sustainable solutions for products they buy.

This is way, in Eniter we have created eniWave, a 100%-paper, high-impact alternative to make popcorn in the microwave. A product that avoids the use of plastic and metalized materials. The crux of this package is the way the paper is processed so its inner part reaches a high-enough temperate to turn corn kernels into that delicious final product, which everybody loves.

This alternative has multiple advantages:

  • The eniWave packaging is manufactured exclusively from renewable paper.
  • Once they have reached the end of their shelf life, they can be deposited in the paper and cardboard container, because it can be turned into paper paste and be re-used as a commodity.
  • Moreover, since paper is biodegradable and compostable, it can also be recycled in the organic container if there are food remains inside.

Avoid the use of laminated aluminum

The market is more and more aware of the need to use easy-to-recycle packages. In this specific case, this is possible by eliminating the laminated aluminum. This metal, which is highly advantageous thanks to its recyclability, when used in tins or other types of packages is hard to recoverin the form of an extra layer in packages.

Would you give eniWave a try? Let’s talk.

SEVEN REASONS WHY CHOOSING FLOWPACK SOLUTIONS MADE 100% OF PAPER FOR ENERGY BARS IS THE RIGHT CALL

The trend exists and it’s growing. Gym lovers have also developed that very specific muscle connected with eco-consciousness. This is why they have joined the consumer movement that demands a radical reduction of plastic, non-reusable packages. In order to meet these demands, Eniter has created innovative, sustainable solutions to wrap, protect and present energy or protein bars, which are so popular amongst sport lovers. One of these solutions is a 100% paper package. It is obviously processed in such a way that it offers the necessary barrier to protect the food inside.

A long list of advantages

Our flowpack packaging is designed to offer important advantages to the brands that choose it:

  1. It allows a high-quality printing, so the brand can keep an attractive and seller image.
  2. It offers high barrier, so the protection of the bar is the same as with other alternatives and its shelf life can be preserved.
  3. It is heat-sealable, which offers a very similar machinability to those materials that have been used so far.
  4. This package combines the advantages of the on-the-go solutions and the ecological aspect, which strengthens the presence of these foods in new channels, beyond the sporting world.  
  5. It is 100% recyclable. The whole package can be turned into paper paste if the consumer recycles it—once empty—in the paper and cardboard container.
  6. If there are rests of food, it can also be recycled in the organic container, because this package is also compostable.
  7. The change from plastic to paper strengthens the emotional connection of the brand with the public that is demanding alternatives to the conventional packaging solutions.

Do you need more reasons to switch to this solution? Do you want to know more? Let’s talk.

SPORTS NUTRITION: THE 5 ADVANTAGES OF THIS RECYCLABLE DOYPACK

The energetic complements, especially when they are soluble materials, have been traditionally sold in cans. With different combinations in its composition, when choosing these packages, we look for the protection of the product, to have a good brand image. But today, this traditional package is losing ground against the doypack due to the latter’s comfort, especially when talking about offering more sustainable alternatives, which are the ones preferred by the youngest generations.  

The perfect solution for all

The doypack offered by Eniter has been specifically designed for these kinds of products. It is a single-material, polypropylene package, structured as a triplex complex, and with high barrier. This way, we can guarantee the sustainability of the product and offer a flawless aesthetics. It is easy to recycle, in line with the most demanding side of the market.

We go through all the advantages offered by this alternative:

  1. It simplifies the production. When putting the product in bags, we manage to reduce the classical operation (fill, close, label), to a single action.
  2. Logistic improvement. Empty doypack are stored in the production facility, occupying a much smaller space than the space required by cans. Once prepared, they are also easier to transport.
  3. It is more comfortable for the user. It takes less space in the locker or in the sports bag. Moreover, the consumers are aware of how much they have left. 
  4. It offers an excellent image. Like every doypack, it has a wide front part that allows the printing of the best publicity messages.
  5. It is easy to recycle and it is ecological: since it is made up of a single material, it is easy to recycle. But it has one more advantage! It uses less plastic than the amount of material necessary for a can holding the same volume of product.

Do you produce supplements for sportspeople? Do you want to know more about our ecosolutions? Let’s talk.

100% RECYCLABLE PACKAGES TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BEST FRIEND AND OF OUR ONLY PLANET

Pets are important members of our families: we love them like any other member. We want the healthiest, more delicious and sustainable products for our hairy friends, like we want them for us. That’s right, the idea of respecting and protecting pets and the Planet equally has also reached this sector. Do you know what are Eniter’s proposals and their 100%-recyclable packages?

Extended shelf life for pet’s food  

Contrary to what happens to people, that we fill the shopping cart with multiple products, our pet’s food is not so varied. We generally choose balanced food for them, which is healthy and appropriate for our budget. This is why, when we find the ideal product, we buy it again. Or we buy bigger bags that save us trips to the grocery store. That is why the package’s quality is so important.

A 100%-recyclable high barrier

In order to preserve our pet’s food in excellent conditions from beginning to end, packages used to be made up of multiple layers and different materials, which impeded recycling. Eniter’s proposal keeps its capacity to preserve the product, but it does it by using different layers of a single material: polyethylene. This way, the organoleptic and nutritive features of the food last longer and, once they have expired, the package can be easily recycled.

Best-seller formats  

We offer these solutions in a roll format and in bags of up to 50 cm wide. We also offer them in different doypack sizes with a zipper-closing system, because this format highly increases the value perceived by the consumer and it improves sales.

Do you want to know which other solutions we have available to pack food for pets?

REASONS WHY THESE 100%-RECYCLABLE PACKAGES FOR COSMETICS WILL BE THE NEWEST TREND

First, it started looking for more natural proposals in its composition; later on, it was committed to promoting sustainability in the whole value chain. The cosmetic industry is always at the forefront. This is why it is now very focused on the social voices that demand a reduction in plastic consumption and a promotion of more sustainable packages. Eniter has created original solutions for this sector.

Choose the package based on the necessary barrier

So far, the sector tended to use laminated aluminum in the packages by default. High barrier for everything. But was it really necessary in all cases? In Eniter, we have created different proposals—all of them recyclable—for each person to choose based on the protection they need. If the cosmetic product itself needs to have high barrier, we propose a specific single-material product (click here to know more). For cosmetic products that just need a barrier against oxygen and moisture, we have two different proposals:

  1. Polyethylene single material. In order to offer a good protection, we have combined two polyethylene layers. We are well aware that the use of this material requires time to adapt to the manufacturer, due to its behavior in the machines. However, we consider it to be one of the most interesting new developments for the future, given the great advantages of polyethylene when recycling. Those who commit to this solution place themselves at the forefront of sustainable packages.
  2. Joint polyolefins. This proposal includes two polyolefins, because the set has a considerable advantage: its components are recycled altogether. Moreover, it is a simple solution from the technical point of view for companies that embrace it, since it is based on well-known materials in the sector. It is an excellent transition solution, but its useability is shorter, because it is harder to recycle than in the previous case.

Any of these two solutions have great advantages over traditional proposals. The first one is the possibility to stop using laminated aluminum, a component that, practically, is never re-used as metal.

RECYCLABLE, HIGH-BARRIER PACKAGING FOR COSMETICS: WITHOUT ALUMINUM!

The consumers are demanding more sustainable packaging. The trend started with food products, but it has already reached the universe of cosmetics. And what a challenge that is! Because hygiene and beauty products have, due to their nature, very high standards.

High barrier without aluminum

In Eniter, we have created a 100%-recyclable proposal, specially indicated for the cosmetic sector. It is a single material with a barrier similar to aluminum. We have created a solution, which consists in joining up to three polypropylene layers. With them, we have managed to obtain a high protection barrier that offers almost the same properties which are usually expected from aluminum. This way, we obtain excellent preservation for the most demanding products, without losing the printing external aesthetics and, of course, offering a totally recyclable alternative.

The advantage of not using aluminum

There is a growing awareness in this market of the need to use single-material packages, because they are much easier to recycle. However, the number of people who know that we must avoid the use of laminated aluminum is larger. This metal, which has a lot of advantages due to its recyclability when used in cans or in other type of package, becomes a problem when embedded in the classic complex packages. Once the aluminum has joined a plastic material, it is practically impossible to use it again.

Prestige related to metal or to responsibility?

There are people who still demand the use of aluminum in the cosmetic sector. They claim that the metallic looks are associated with prestige, with the product’s quality. However, the perception of consumers has greatly changed in the past years—especially during the Covid-19 crisis—and the most eco-friendly options are growing in popularity.

THESE ARE THE PACKAGES MADE UP 100% OF PAPER IN FLOWPACK FOR CHOCOLATE AND OTHER BARS

More and more consumers demand the reduction of non-reusable plastics. The case of sweets and chocolate is no different. However, those who try to avoid the use of plastic do not want to give up the comforts it offers (having a sweet snack in the purse or bag to enjoy any time). Eniter offers chocolate producers and other bars that wish to switch to paper the following solution:

Flowpack made up 100% of paper without having to give up protection.  

After many years of research together with food companies, Eniter has created a product that meets the aforementioned requirements: we have created a flexible, 100%-paper package for flowpack, which makes it a 100%-recyclable package that we can deposit in the paper and cardboard container. It can even be recycled in the organic container, since it is a compostable material.
It is likewise worth mentioning that it offers a high barrier to appropriately protect the food and to maintain its shelf life unaltered. And lastly, it is heat-sealable. In short, we can change the material by keeping the basic aspects required by the industrial process as well as the food itself.

More than just a trend

Using paper in a reasonable way is a decision that many companies are considering (and implementing). They know that, in order to reduce the environmental impact, we need time to test the new material. They are also aware that the introduction of compostable materials is ever more important. Therefore, leading this change shows that the company is innovative and conscious; that it is aware of the newest eco-friendly trends.
The companies that are already doing it know that many good things can happen when getting onboard. Are you still considering it? Contact us if you want more information.