Home-meal replacement moves a notch higher in Sweden with environmentally friendly trays on ready-made meals from Gunnar Dafgard AB. Billy's Lasagne chilled meals come in molded wood-pulp packaging.

The SilviPak tray is made from 100% virgin fiber with no recycled paper content. The material can be molded into a variety of shapes and sizes and then covered with a film barrier layer.

Packaging for Billy's Lasagne includes a dual-ovenable tray coated with a barrier layer of CPET, replacing an existing paperboard tray. Secondary packaging consists of a flexible-film bag.

"Extended shelf life is important for our products, and our paperboard tray cannot handle modified-atmosphere packaging like the SilviPak can," says Anders Wretman, Dafgard Product Manager of Packaging. The tray can be recycled with other paper products.

"SilviPak is also stable, with excellent insulation properties. This is a clear advantage for consumers, who can hold the tray without burning themselves."