A new premium frozen food tray is designed to provide sustainable packaging with microwave cooking performance.
Graphic Packaging International, in partnership with ConAgra Foods, has launched a new premium frozen food tray incorporating two of their technologies; DesignerWare and MicroRite. This combination of technologies is designed to provide breakthrough sustainable packaging with unsurpassed microwave cooking performance.
DesignerWare is a paperboard/plastic hybrid which incorporates many of the features of both. The paperboard body of the tray replaces up to 55 percent of the non-renewable plastic with renewable paperboard. The tray can be printed with up to six color offset graphics, intended to eliminate the need for a secondary carton in many applications, a further source reduction. The injection molded frame aims to provides additional stiffness, impact resistance and the possibility for a high-barrier package for chilled and non-food applications. MicroRite technology is designed to provide shielding and even-heating benefits to frozen meals; managing the available microwave energy reducing cook time, dehydration, over cooked edges and cool centers.