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Stora Enso has introduced Trayforma BarrPeel, a new easy-peeling board material for vacuum skin packs to enable the use of fresh food packaging on recyclable paperboard trays. Trayforma BarrPeel is a sustainable barrier-coated paperboard material for pressed trays, which helps companies to reduce plastic to less than 10% of the tray. The material can be used for vacuum packaging cold cuts, single portion meats, fish and cheese. Featuring 90% renewable wood fibres, plastic usage is kept to a minimum and significantly reduces the packaging’s carbon footprint. “With Trayforma BarrPeel, we improve environmental performance on two levels: protecting food to provide a longer shelf life, and reducing the share of fossil-based materials,” said Jaana Keskitalo, technical account manager, Trayforma & Barriers at Stora Enso. She added: “We’re especially proud that we can achieve this while also providing a great user experience. This easily peelable tray material lets consumers enjoy their product with minimal effort.” Trayforma BarrPeel’s surface material allows the overlaying polymer skin film to be easily peeled, providing packagers with an “affordable solution that satisfies the increasing consumer demand for sustainable packaging materials”.