In the Netherlands, dairy company FrieslandCampina will, by the end of the week, begin selling its popular chocolate milk, Chocomel, in 80% renewable packaging produced by Tetra Pak.
The liter packages will be made from cardboard—100% sourced from Forest Stewardship Council-certified forests—while the caps and outer plastic layer will be made from plant-based plastics.
The new packaging reduces carbon dioxide emissions 17% compared to the previous Chocomel containers. Achieving 80% biobased content also gives FrieslandCampina four-star status Vinçotte’s certification program: Ok Biobased.
FrieslandCampina recently launched a strategy dubbed Nourishing by Nature, for better nutrition and improved sustainability.
“By 2020, we aim to limit the procurement of agricultural raw materials and paper packaging to fully sustainably managed sources,” Jan-Willem ter Avest, Director of Corporate Media Relations, tells FoodIngredientsFirst. “Agricultural raw materials that are already (partially) purchased from sustainably managed sources include products such as cocoa, soy oil, palm oil, cane sugar, starch and paper packaging. These products have globally recognized certificates or they are raw materials for which a plan for sustainable development will be created in cooperation with suppliers.”