riji®
High temperature, compostable food packaging
riji® is the ideal replacement for single use plastic trays for fresh chilled ready meals.
Starting in the last quarter of 2017, Sir David Attenborough’s
Blue Planet 2 documentary began a massive process of change.
The Daily Mail has long championed environmental issues around packaging, and brought plastics pollution to the front pages once again in 2018.
riji has successfully been used in packing restaurant quality ready meals chilled and frozen. for a famous International airline for its Kosher menu, for up market pet foods and for growing fresh herbs for the consumers kitchen, all required an effective moisture barrier to protect the food and the tray ensuring it remains safe and intact.
100% vegan, water and oil resistant,recyclable, compostable
We have been working on riji® for a decade. Now, development meets opportunity.
In addition to its eco-credentials of being recyclable and home-compostable, riji out-performs current ready meal packaging.
The totally natural trays, cups, bowls etc., are coated with a compostable material which stops them leaking when filled with wet foods such as ready meals, soups and so on.
Made of sugarcane waste, the product remains rigid at high temperatures.
It has a global food migration certificate, tested by EU and FDA standards.
Campden BRi laboratory has certified riji® for high temperature migration, meaning it is safe and highly effective for ready meal cooking up to 240°C.
When the customer heats the chilled or frozen pack at home, it stays rigid and although it becomes hot, it is not dangerously so. The food inside stays hotter for longer. Quick. Easy. Safe.
A video of lasagne being cooked at 250 ̊c in a riji tray
Our Director, Kevin Clarke, explaining the advantages of riji trays over plastic ones
Packaging Insights, Pro2Pac show in London, April 2019
riji® is the ideal choice
What’s more, riji® has the very smallest carbon footprint. It is created from sugarcane waste which, if we didn’t use them for our packaging, would be discarded.
There is no need for the food producer to install new equipment. riji® containers can be sealed using standard production equipment.
riji® may be lidded using conventional plastic film or compostable films such as cellulose. Using the latter means the pack is 100% compostable.
For takeaways and smaller packers, riji® can be supplied with its own microwaveable clip-on lid, which is made from recyclable Polypropylene. Not only is this the greener choice, it also has a range of benefits over plastic takeaway trays.
We have had invaluable trials with ‘food-to-go’ companies who could see significant benefits in its ability to remain rigid in professional microwaves such as Turbochef and Merrychef, where ovenable plastics cannot be used safely.