Vikings and Goddesses adopts compostable packaging June 18, 2024 News Vikings and Goddesses is a Minnesota-based wholesale bakery that supplies over 30restaurants, coffee shops, and grocery stores with a variety of baked goods and desserts.During the pandemic, they developed a line of frozen products to bring home-madebakery quality to home ovens. In line with their sustainability values and consumer demand, Vikings and Goddesses hasnow chosen a new compostable packaging sourced from Elk Packaging. The high-performance structure includes a high barrier cellulose film layer, NatureFlex™ filmsourced from Futamura, laminated to a biofilm ensuring a hermetic seal. This finalstructure is independently certified compostable by BPI, proving that it will compost in acommercial compost setting.This new packaging still meets all the technical requirements: excellent pack integrity ismaintained throughout the process and distribution, ensuring that the grocery stores canhandle the product, and it will remain intact in the end users home freezers. Additionally,the gusset pouch produced takes less space on grocery store shelves than a cardboardbox or the bakery’s previous packaging. Rachel Anderson, Owner of Vikings and Goddesses expressed that: ‘ I am pleased to havefound a compostable solution to our packaging challenge with our converter-partner ElkPackaging. Not only is the new solution compostable, it also works technically without theaddition of a sticker or liner, that would need to be removed before tossing into the compost bin’.Jeanne Cloutier, Director of Sustainability at Elk Packaging, detailed that: ‘This has been a greatproject for Elk. Our challenge was to find a film that printed well, allowed for a clear window, andstood up to the harsh freezer environment. It was important to gain BPI certification while havingpackaging sourced from sustainably managed wood inputs. We are delighted to have found asolution that stands out in a dark and crowded freezer space.’ Elisha Hedin, Regional Sales Manager at Futamura, added: ‘we are excited that our NatureFlexfilm has been chosen to be part of this compostable solution for Vikings and Goddesses. Ourrenewable and compostable films are a good choice for this application’. About Latest Posts Jamie Quarmby Latest posts by Jamie Quarmby (see all) HUNGRYHEADS Launches Bold New Range of Convenience Meals - November 27, 2024 From bar to cocktail can, Mirror Margarita expands its offering - November 25, 2024 Divertimenti Cookery School - November 20, 2024