PaperSeal™ Pressed Tray for Fresh Meats and Ready-to-Eat Meals

PaperSeal™ Pressed Tray

PaperSeal™ Pressed is a pressed paperboard tray capable of achieving a secure hermetic seal for modified atmosphere packaging applications.

Designed for high-volume, price-sensitive applications such as pork, minced meat, and poultry, the cost-efficient production process makes PaperSeal Pressed a highly accessible alternative to plastic trays for brands and retailers looking to reduce their reliance on plastic.

When combined with our PaperSeal Original and PaperSeal Shape trays, this innovation enables brands and retailers to extend paperboard trays across their entire fresh protein range, from entry-level to premium ranges.

This technical breakthrough sees a pressed paperboard tray combined with a high-barrier liner that is applied after tray forming, effectively addressing the well-known challenge of micro-leakage on pressed trays and delivering a shelf-life equivalent to plastic trays.

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Benefits

Applications

PaperSeal Pressed Benefits

Circularity

Made primarily from paperboard made from third-party certified wood fiber
Paperboard content of between 86-90%, dependent on application
Reduces plastic content by around 85 percent versus traditional plastic trays¹
Recyclable in household waste streams with or without the liner, dependent on local guidelines²

Functionality

The cost-efficient production process makes it a highly accessible alternative to plastic trays
Runs on existing plastic tray sealing equipment
Delivers a secure hermetic seal for modified atmosphere packaging applications
Performs well through the supply chain

Convenience

Offers consumers an equivalent shelf life to traditional plastic trays
Easy to recycle²

Brand and Marketing

The pack offers flexibility on branding formats with high-quality offset graphics on both the internal and external surface, delivering on-shelf differentiation
Offers consumers the packaging they desire that relies less on plastic

A Highly Accessible Alternative to Plastic Trays

Cost-efficient to produce, runs on existing tray sealing equipment, and delivers an excellent hermetic seal.

PaperSeal Pressed tray on a kitchen counter with pan and chopped up onion

PaperSeal Pressed Applications

Designed for high-volume, price-sensitive applications like fresh chilled protein, such as pork, minced meat, and poultry, and fresh chilled ready-to-eat meals.

Minced Beef

Poultry

Pork

Ready-to-Eat Meals

¹ Plastic reduction figures are for the tray and exclude the lidding film, which is expected to be similar to film used for current trays. Each PaperSeal tray is specified on a case-by-case basis to minimize plastic content, at levels even below 10% where possible.

² In some countries (depending on the percentage of plastic), the lined tray is accepted for recycling without the liner having been removed.

PaperSeal® is a registered trademark of G. Mondini.