18 Dec. 2023: Tetra Pak and dairy products brand Lactogal have recently launched an aseptic beverage carton featuring a paper-based barrier and 80% paperboard.

Lactogal is a Portuguese food products company focused on dairy products, milk, fruit juice and mineral water.

The launch of the Tetra Brik® Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf carton with paper-based barrier, together with Lactogal, provides a package that can be distributed under ambient conditions, while hitting the 90% renewable content mark.

The launch is part of a large-scale technology validation, involving around 25 million packages and currently ongoing in Portugal.

Made of approximately 80% paperboard, Tetra Pak said the package increases the renewable content to 90%, reduces its carbon footprint ‘by one third’ and has been certified as Carbon Neutral by the Carbon Trust.

José Capela, president of Lactogal, said of the collaboration: “We are both focused on an ambitious sustainability transformation, and this new carton’s 33% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions4, together with its Carbon Neutral certification by the Carbon Trust™, is a significant achievement towards this goal.”

Ola Elmqvist, executive vice president packaging solutions, Tetra Pak, added: “The development represents a critical marker in our longstanding work to design beverage cartons for recycling – something that is continuing to set the pace for the paperisation of packaging. By joining forces with Lactogal, we’re now demonstrating that it’s possible to progress the sustainability of aseptic beverage cartons while securing food safety and enhancing food access.”
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