Flexible Packaging – Sustainable Solutions
At Wornick, we have brought many innovative flexible packages to the market through our in-house packaging experts and their focus on light-weighting our containers and pouches to meet our sustainability objectives.
One aspect of Wornick Foods’ sustainable practices is recycling at the facility. All excess trim and packaging from the manufacturing process is recycled.
Wornick Foods utilizes BPA-free plastic films to create pouches and trays that require less paper packaging and corrugated cardboard for shipping. These individual, shelf-ready food products weigh less, are less bulky than traditional bag in a box, cans or glass and allow more units to be packaged per box and pallet.
Energy usage and raw materials are reduced for production of the packaging, the individual unit and pallet weigh less for shipping and the carbon footprint of the product is minimized.
Many Wornick Foods products are shipped in containers that will easily become point-of-purchase displays on the retail or grocery floor, further reducing the use of paper and corrugate. The retail ready display is environmentally friendly and further minimizes the carbon footprint of the food products.
Wornick Foods’ co-manufactured food products are shelf-ready, meaning they do not need to be heated or refrigerated. The pouch and tray formats utilized by Wornick Foods allow food to be more portable and eaten directly from the container – eliminating the consumer’s need to wash dishes or bowls after use and reduce energy consumption.