Flexible packaging company Glenroy Inc., will provide packaging material for HopeGel, a nutrient and calorie-dense protein gel for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
HopeGel has been distributed to children in Haiti through the work of a nonprofit, grassroots organization called the HopeGel Project.
The HopeGel Project was initiated by co-founders Daniel Schapiro and Dr. Nathan Feldman of EB Performance, LLC in partnership with Dr. Jeffrey Miller and the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation.
Working with food scientists and nutritionists, EB Performance developed an orange-flavored gel dense with proteins, fats, and amino acids that can be sipped directly from a squeezable pouch or fed to children through feeding tubes.
The gel is easily digestible, requires no refrigeration and is shelf-stable for up to one year.
The use of flexible packaging allows HopeGel to be easily transportable, and the shape of the package makes it easy for children to consume the product from the pouch.
The HopeGel Project flies shipments of the product directly from an airport in South Florida, US to an airport in northern Haiti, where the shipments are taken directly to children hospitalized at Hospital Sacré Côeur.
“It has been an honor to provide packaging material for this life-saving product,” says Ken Murtagh, regional manager for Glenroy Inc.
“What these folks are doing is incredible. We hope to see the HopeGel Project continue to prevent children from being lost to starvation.”
