Koehler Paper launches new sustainable packaging paper for fast food market

Packaging Solutions

Koehler Paper is adding another product for use in the fast food market to its flexible packaging paper portfolio. Consumer demand for sustainable products and packaging has been evident in the fast food sector for some time now, which is why system catering is also increasingly looking for solutions in this field.

Back in October, Koehler launched Koehler NexPure Wrap, a paper designed for burger packaging with extremely low grammage, onto the fast food market. Now, with NexPure OGR, the company is bringing an oil and grease resistant, sustainable paper onto the market, which will be suitable for packaging foods such as fries, sandwiches, wraps, and burritos.

With the latest development, the company is adding another sustainable solution to its portfolio for the fast food market. The product is entirely free from fluorochemicals and is therefore a sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative to the packaging paper currently used in the fast food sector. The new paper, designed for packaging foods such as fries, has a grammage of 38 g/m2 and uses natural raw materials for the barrier function.

Christoph Wachter, director of the flexible packaging paper division, said: ‘With this new development, we have produced sustainable fast food packaging that is entirely free from fluorinated chemical coatings while offering the same properties as those that do. This ensures that the paper is fully recyclable.’

It exclusively uses pulp from certified sustainable forestry and controlled sources as its fibre material. ‘The unique arrangement of the paper fibres also enables us to achieve a high whiteness and excellent printability,’ added Christoph Wachter.

Back in 2019, Koehler Paper invested €300 million in flexible packaging paper with its new production line 8. Since then, the largest MG paper machine in the world has been producing flexible packaging paper with barrier coatings with a wide range of functions. These include, in particular, odour, grease, mineral oil, and even oxygen barriers.

Koehler has achieved high grease resistance of KIT Level 7 with its new paper NexPure OGR. The paper is being launched on global markets with immediate effect and samples can be requested.