SafePack-Plastic/Flouro Free Food Contact Packaging

CelluComp将使用其完全可持续的来自蔬菜废料流的微纤化纤维素(称为Curran)，在不使用塑料和/或含氟化学品的情况下提供食品包装所需的特定阻隔性。Curran将用作纸浆的混合物和涂料的添加剂。CelluComp与外部顾问一起开发了一种用于食品包装的即用型阻隔涂料。具体地说，CelluComp将利用其实验室、外部咨询和客户关系来证明在食品包装中使用Curran的技术和可持续可行性。CelluComp将使用不同水平的Curran、淀粉和其他成分制造用于平板应用的手纸，以最大限度地提高纸张质量，适合食品包装中的不同最终应用。CelluComp将测量强度、孔隙率，以及基于Curran的板材对油脂屏障、水蒸气屏障和氧气屏障的影响。一旦生产出最优化的纸张，CelluComp将在该纸张和商业食品接触纸上添加涂料，并重新测试相同的性能。CelluComp还将在模压纤维生产的纸制品中测试Curran。与平板一样，将考虑强度、孔隙率、成本和阻隔性的测量。基于Curran的涂料也将在这些模压纸制品上进行测试。这些测试还将在潜在最终客户中进行验证，并进行更大规模的验证。在项目结束时，CelluComp将能够收集有关最佳方向的重要信息，以集中其在食品包装行业的努力。它的目标是完成1项工作，与客户一起推出具体的新包装解决方案，该解决方案将在短期内推出并立即产生影响。最后，将进行生物降解测试、生命周期评价分析和迁移研究，以确保食品新包装的安全性，并登记对可持续性的影响。

CelluComp will use its fully sustainable microfibrilated cellulose from vegetable waste streams - called Curran, to provide the specific barrier properties required for food packaging, without the use of plastic and/or fluorochemicals. Curran will be used as a mix in the paper pulp and as an additive for coatings. Along with outside consultancy, CelluComp has developed a ready-to-use barrier coating for food packaging.Specifically, CelluComp will utilise its lab, outside consultancy and customer relations to prove the technical and sustainable viability of using Curran in food packaging. CelluComp will make hand sheets of paper for flat sheet applications using different levels of Curran, starches and other components to maximize paper quality suitable for different end applications in food packaging. CelluComp will measure strength, porosity, and the effects the Curran-based sheet will have on grease barrier, water vapour barrier and oxygen barrier. Once the most optimized sheets are produced, CelluComp will add coatings to this paper and commercial food contact papers and retest for the same properties.CelluComp will also test Curran in paper products produced by moulded fibre production. As with the flat sheets, measurements for strength, porosity, cost and barrier will be considered. Curran-based coatings will also be tested on these moulded paper products. These tests will also be verified with potential end customers and at a larger scale.At the end of the project, CelluComp will be able to gather important information on the best direction to focus its efforts in the food-packaging industry. It will aim to complete 1 piece of work leading to a concrete new packaging solution with a customer that will launch in the short term and produce immediate impact.Finally, testing of biodegradation, LCA analysis and migration studies will take place to ensure the safety of the new packaging for food and register the impact on sustainability.