Food manufacturer Jütro launches three ‘Bio Sonne’ brand vegetable varieties in Germany, which are filled in 440ml heat-resistant combisafe carton packs from SIG Combibloc.
The combisafe carton packs, filled by, have a volume of 440 ml: an innovation in the industry, because products which consumers have traditionally bought
Besides standard food metal cans, consumers can buy the products carton packs filled in the same drained weight like in metal cans.
“More than 200 products are now sold in our heat-resistant carton pack, and more are appearing all the time,” says Dominik Haug, global market segment manager food at SIG Combibloc.
“The major strengths of carton packs are their convenience, their product protection qualities and their good environmental characteristics.”
“Carton packs are proven to be among the most environmentally friendly packaging solutions for long-life foods – that’s been verified by scientific, International Organization for Standardization-compliant and critically reviewed life-cycle studies conducted by the renowned Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.”
Combisafe is a carton packaging that is suitable for particularly chunky foods, and for all food products that cannot pass through a pumping system and an aseptic process, such as vegetables and pulses, fruit, convenience foods and stews.
Through the use of three modular filling units, including a high-precision multi-head weigher, a range of products can be filled in combisafe – the size and quantity of the chunky product ingredients can vary and measured out.
After the products have been filled into the carton pack, which is open at the top, the carton top is sealed ultrasonically.
The carton packs are then automatically conveyed into an autoclave, which can be either static or rotary.
In the area of long-life food carton packs, rotary autoclaves sterilize package and product together.
Through the continuous rotation of the carton packs during heating, they enable the filling and processing certain products, such as highly viscous foods with extra-large pieces.
