“A Kind of Wikipedia for Foodies”

Packaging designer Andreas Milk and his team have developed a glossary that lists and explains new and sustainable materials for packaging: the “Material Lab” is a free online platform.

Edible protective sprays for avocados, plastic-eating mushrooms, bottles made from pumpkin plants: the list of materials and products that can be used for sustainable packaging is getting longer all over the world. Numerous patented material inventions are unknown to the trade and even more so to consumers. Many abbreviations for packaging materials are only known to experts. Those who deal with food packaging, whether industry or trade, increasingly need orientation. “Until now, there has been a lack of a kind of Wikipedia for foodies,” says Andreas Milk, packaging designer and managing director of the MILK agency in Frankfurt.

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