Microwave packaging concept for potatoes with added spice

Danish Kildespring has launched a new Nature’s Kitchen potato range in microwavable bags with added value.

Designed to be prepared in only eight minutes, the potatoes are packed in the latest SchurStar Zip-Pop Bag, which allows the potatoes and spiced butter to be placed in two separate compartments. During preparation, the steam from the potatoes opens the compartments and the butter in the top melts down over the potatoes.

When potatoes are prepared traditionally, valuable minerals and vitamins are lost with the boiling water, but this method is designed to retain the nutrients in the bag.

Kildespring is a team of enthusiastic people whose focus is on offering Danish consumers honest products. Each product is produced with the shortest possible distance between field and stove — without added preservatives, e-numbers, or any other irrelevant elements.

“We were in the process of replacing the glass jars for our ready meals by a lighter solution, when we were introduced to the SchurStar Concept,” said Peer Slynge, Managing Director of Kildespring.

“On top of that, we faced issues in the packing process for our ready-to-serve sauces, again and again. But Schur’s presentation of their packaging machine made the decision easy. The packaging concept fits our production set-up perfectly. And as we need to pack a wide range of ready meals and convenience food, the versatility of the machine will be a great plus for us.”

Kildespring is packing root vegetables, ready meals and sauces on its SchurStar machine — manually, semi- or fully automatically. Switching between filling methods, bag formats and product types takes place within a few minutes. The packaging machine can be combined with diverse weighing, filling and process equipment, as well as equipment for labelling and marking.

Kildespring now has two new varieties in the pipeline, one with a root vegetable mix and another with sweet potatoes.

The microwavable Zip-Pop bag is now available in Australia.