Sustainable packaging from an agricultural product side-stream

Will agricultural side streams be the solution for production of future food packages? Our results indicate the usefulness of wheat gluten, a side stream from the ethanol and starch industry, as a raw material for packaging production. Wheat gluten coated paperboard showed excellent barrier properties while being produced with existing industrial processes. Our work will contribute to a sustainable circular bio-based economy through the exchange of petroleum based feed-stocks. This will increase the environmentally friendly use of plant based side streams as the raw material for food packaging solutions