Sustainable salad bag wins Dow packaging award

Mondi has taken home a gold award from Dow’s Packaging Innovation Awards for developing a sustainable packaging option for salads.

Mondi worked with Les Crudettes, producer of ready-to-eat salads, to meet its sustainability goals of reducing the amount of plastic the brand uses.

The salad packaging is able to keep its contents fresh but uses paper instead of plastic films, which results in a recyclable product. The salad bags are functionally similar to those previously used by Les Crudettes, as they use coatings that provide protection against the grease and water vapour typically found in salads.

“This award is a recognition of our ground-breaking innovation; our bags could revolutionise the ready-to-eat salad market. Working together with Mondi has resulted in hugely reducing the amount of plastic needed,” said Géraldine Collet, Marketing and Innovation Director, Les Crudettes.

The Packaging Innovation Awards by Dow are given out in recognition of packaging projects that innovate on the fronts of sustainability, technology and enhanced user experiences. Almost 100 entries were assessed by a team of international judges in order to select the winners.