Amcor wins twice at WorldStar for its recycle-ready packs

Amcor has won two WorldStar Global Packaging Awards 2026 for its AmPrima Recycle-Ready packaging for shredded cheese, in both the Food and Packaging Materials and Components categories.

Designed to replace traditional structures that rely on materials such as PET or PVDC with a mono-material polyethylene film, the solution brought together the expertise of Amcor’s Asia Pacific and North American teams.

The packs are engineered to deliver the barrier, sealing and food-grade performance required to protect shredded cheese, while maintaining pack integrity on high-speed production lines. They are now in market with Fonterra Oceania for its shredded cheese applications in both retail and foodservice markets.

“Shredded cheese packaging is a technically demanding flexible packaging format. It needs strong pack integrity, high barrier performance, reliable sealing and fast production speeds. That’s why it’s usually made with multiple materials that can’t be recycled,” said Phil Van Houts, R&D Director ANZ, Amcor Flexibles Asia Pacific.

“With AmPrima, we’ve created a simple, recycle-ready solution. It’s a step forward that helps our customers make the transition without changing how they operate, while maintaining pack performance, appearance and food-grade standards.”

The solution is designed to meet Australasian soft plastics recycling standards, with the Perfect Italiano shredded cheese pack now carrying the “Check Locally” logo under the Australasian Recycling Label (ARL).

Fonterra Oceania GM Sustainability, Rosie Cotter, said that Fonterra’s partnership with Amcor is an important step forward in its commitment to delivering more sustainable packaging solutions for consumers. “By transitioning our shredded cheese range including well-known brands such as Perfect Italiano to Amcor’s AmPrima recycle ready packaging, we’re helping to ensure more of our packaging can be recycled after use, while maintaining the high product quality our customers expect.”

The solution was previously awarded Silver at the 2025 Australasian Packaging Innovation & Design Awards (PIDA), qualifying it for WorldStar entry.