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If you ask consumers, fiber-based cartons are the go-to material for food packaging. For the quality and sustainability of the packaging material, where the fiber comes from also matters. Here’s a look at the key benefits of using northern wood fiber as the raw material for consumer packaging. Did you know that 73% of consumers prefer fiber-based cartons over plastics in food packaging? This indicates the growing preference consumers have for more conscious packaging choices. This shift is driving consumer brands to adopt more sustainable packaging materials, such as renewable carton board made of wood fiber. To ensure high quality and sustainability of packaging materials, it’s key to know where the fiber comes from. Stora Enso is building new consumer board production capacity at its Oulu Mill in Northern Finland, where the availability of high-quality northern wood fiber plays a key role in production.

Mondi is supplying a range of recyclable mono-material pet food packaging for Hau-Hau Champion, one of Finland’s most recognised brands in the premium dog food segment. The new packaging fulfils the pet food producer’s objective to launch a reclosable and recyclable packaging solution that does not compromise on performance and retains the strong brand recognition in stores. It also addresses sustainability concerns of end consumers that are playing more of a role in the purchasing of pet food and products. Mondi’s customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, helped Hau-Hau Champion find a high-barrier solution that can be reclosed, keeps food fresh and confines any smells. The previously unrecyclable multi-layer packaging contained a metallised layer which was replaced by Mondi’s recyclable mono-material packaging: a reel material for form-fill-and-seal (FFS) 1.5kg bags and pre-made FlexiBag Recyclable for bags up to 15kg. FlexiBag Recyclable is a mono-material polyethylene (PE) pre-made bag developed specifically for recycling, which means it can be deposited directly into Finnish plastic recycling streams.

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