Tomato fiber-based packaging finds commercial applications

Canadian grower Pure Hothouse Foods and French grower Idyl switch to solid board packaging for their vegetables that is enriched with tomato plant fibers.

Pfw 3083 Cloud 9 Packaging Enriched With Tomato Plant Fibres 2

Pure Hothouse Foods Inc. is a Canadian grower, shipper, and marketer of greenhouse- grown vegetables and value-added Living Lettuce sold under the Pure Flavor name across North America. Pure Hothouse Foods has recently introduced their new Cloud 9 snacking tomato brand in solid board packaging enriched with tomato plant fibers, produced by Solidus Solutions.

With this packaging, Pure Hothouse Foods has become the first Canadian company packing tomatoes in their own plant fibers, contributing to a circular economy.

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