Cubes of cheese are always a perfect choice for a small, hearty snack at home, in the office, or on the go. But cheese tastes even better with sauce, which is why Agrana and dairy company Pinzgau Milch teamed up to launch a joint project on the market
that combines cheese cubes with both savory and fruity sauces and chutneys.
The two components are packaged in a packaging concept from Greiner Packaging: While the cheese cubes from Pinzgau Milch are in a cardboard-plastic cup, the sauce is packaged in the cup’s lid, in what is known as a top cup. The cutlery for consuming the cheese, a fork, is also included in the packaging. A special feature of the packaging product is that it is practically sterile. Once the cutlery has been inserted into the top cup and sealed inside, the lids are stacked in a box for transportation to the filling company where they’re sterilized with a small dose of radiation. And sterilization is also carried out in the filling system itself by means of UV radiation.
Working together with Greiner Packaging, we have successfully developed a practically sterile packaging product by applying these two doses of radiation. There’s nothing else like it on the market, and we’re proud of that.
Markus Buchmayr, Managing Director of Pinzgau Milch
Using virtually sterile packaging for the product also increases the shelf life of the food, thereby preventing food waste.
“Open, dip, and tuck in!” is the motto of the new vegini products made by Austrian company VeggieMeat, and which recently hit the shelves in their home country.
Packaging must also be reconsidered again and again. This was the case with our butter packaging for Ornua, which we have now been able to implement in a K3 version.
