Development
Product development
From first prototype to launch: formulation, ingredient selection, and the testing that makes a product market-ready.
Why we take part
An industrial end user, not an observer
We take pride on the participation of the development of a new biopackaging with increased biodegradability but also with enhanced barrier properties that represents a safer option. Not only for the environment, but also for the consumer, increasing the shelflife of food products.
Committed to a circular bioeconomy, tested with passion.
Capabilities
What we bring to a project
Materials
Bio-packaging technology
Experience in bio-packaging allows us to offer you the state-of-the-art innovative solutions for food packaging according to future EU regulations.
Trials
Prototype development
Bench and pilot samples produced in our own lab or with partner laboratories, with the trial data you need before scaling up.
Food application lab · Tallinn
Where testing actually happens
We run our project work and our customers’ product development in our own food application lab in Tallinn or in close collaboration with our trusted partners. Same people either way — which is why project findings reach our customers quickly.
- Recipe formulation and reformulation
- Ingredient selection and benchmark
- Shelf-life and stability testing
Horizon project · 2025 — on going
Innovative bio-based, biodegradable, recyclable, safe and circular food packaging
The food packaging industry requires innovative, circular, bio-based solutions to replace complex, multi-material structures that rely on fossil fuels. The EU-funded GRECO project will demonstrate the life cycle and economic feasibility of safer bioplastic value chains for food packaging using a safe and sustainable by design (SSbD) strategy. It will develop new biodegradable and recyclable packaging with PLA copolymers, coatings, additives, and surface treatments. The project will also ensure regulatory compliance, propose new standards and labelling guidelines, and use digital tools for simulation and modelling.
Overall, the project aims to facilitate the introduction of sustainable products, contributing to the Plastics Strategy, the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP), and the EU Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP).
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Context
GRECO develops greener and safer bioplastic solutions for the food packaging sector.
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Work packages
7 work packages focused on creating eco-friendly materials, testing biodegradability, and ensuring scalability for industrial use.
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Consortium
21 partners from 12 European countries, including SMEs, technological centers, associations, foundations and standardization bodies.
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Solution
Bio-based, biodegradable and recyclable food packaging to reduce the environmental impact of plastic.
Horizon project · 2019 – 2023
Novel packaging films and textiles with tailored end of life and performance
Most plastic packaging still has poor end-of-life options. BIOnTop materials are designed to be home-compostable and recyclable for secondary use, while holding the barrier performance that dry ingredients and bakery need — based on bio-based copolymers and coatings.
This project has received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 837761.
Contact
Searching for a packaging or reformulation solution?
Bring us the brief. We will tell you what we have already tested and what we would need to trial.