Our Products
Xampla’s resin can be processed to make a wide range of drop-in replacements for plastic. Our products include flexible films, microcapsules, and coatings. Our materials have been designed to be high-performance and as drop-in solutions to existing manufacturing processes.
Edible Flexible Film
Xampla’s edible films are 100% plant based, and vegan. Designed for use in food applications as a replacement for plastic used in pre-packaged foods, our flexible films are cookable and edible.
Trusted by major brands such as Gousto, our films can be purchased and used as flow-wrap packaging. Our expert team has extensive industry experience of operationalising novel packaging, and our resin has been proven to be compatible with a range of established manufacturing processes.
Safe and easy to handle, these products offer brands a means to banish plastic from their products, and consumers a novel experience: packaging that they can eat.
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Case Study: Gousto
Gousto is committed to sustainably packaged meal kits. The company partnered with Xampla to create a plastic-free alternative to traditional stock cube wrappers.
What we did
Gousto and Xampla partnered to create the world's first edible stock-cube wrapper made from plant protein. The film wrapper is a direct replacement for plastic, offering the shelf life stability needed, with a much lower environmental impact. The packaging was developed to protect the stock cube during transit and storage but dissolve completely when cooked.
Uniquely, as the material is made from 100% natural ingredients, it is edible, vegan and gluten free. It is a zero-waste solution with the potential to replace 15.6 tonnes of plastic annually across Gousto’s meal kits alone, and thousands more tonnes of plastic across the FMCG market.
The results
Around the world 855 billion sachets are produced and used annually, accounting for a significant proportion of ocean plastic pollution. This innovation has the power to dramatically reduce this waste and make a significant contribution to reduce the 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste that enters freshwater and marine ecosystems annually.
For Gousto alone, the market potential of this material is huge, replacing not just stock cube wrappings but all plastic films within their recipe boxes. Xampla’s innovative technology could remove 15.6 tonnes of plastic per year from Gousto boxes.
At Gousto, our purpose is to build products that have a positive impact on people and the planet and we invest in innovations that will help us get there. We are so proud of our Eco Chill Box and the significant amount of plastic we cut from our boxes as a result. Our partnership with Xampla is another super exciting step towards reducing plastic packaging even further.
Timo Boldt, CEO & Founder, Gousto
Vitamin & Nutrient Microcapsules
Xampla has developed world-first technology to fortify beverages with additional wellbeing ingredients.
Our ‘micro-packaging’ protects vitamins and nutrients in liquid from UV light, external pH and heat shock by encasing them in an edible layer of plant-protein material.
This innovation is critical for shipping fortified drinks in easily recyclable, clear plastic bottles, guarding such nutrients as Vitamin D from UV light during transit and storage.
Our microcapsules will enable brands to deliver a range of ingredients such as Omega3, probiotics and flavours, all protected from degradation on their way to consumers.
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Case Study: Britvic
Xampla has applied this technology in partnership with global drinks manufacturer Britvic, in an innovation partnership that will see Xampla microcapsules used to encase Vitamin D in soft drinks.
What we did
Britvic approached Xampla seeking ways to encapsulate vitamin D in its products, without degradation of vitamins during the storage and transit process.
The collaborative R&D process saw Xampla work extremely closely with the Britvic team to develop a solution that delivers validated performance in shelf-life conditions and perfectly fits with the Britvic manufacturing process as a drop in solution.
The result is that Britvic now has a high performance, drop in solution that protects and ‘micropackages’ vitamin D in its beverages.
The work that we delivered with Britvic has paved the way for other partnerships with brands looking to ‘micropackage’ vitamins and nutrients.
The results
The vegan microcapsules not only provide Britvic with an opportunity to deliver more vitamins to their customers, but also offer superior barrier protection to UV light and pasteurisation which means that for the first time drinks manufacturers will be able to combine health claims from vitamin D in drinks in clear, recyclable, plastic bottles. Britvic’s research suggests are 40% more likely to be recycled by consumers than coloured equivalents.
In just over three years, we have seen Xampla’s breakthrough vitamin microcapsules evolve from concept to production line. It’s been amazing to see how Xampla’s technology drops-in seamlessly to our existing processes, using standard equipment.
Together we have formed a very strong partnership which has reinforced Britvic’s heritage of providing vitamins in drinks to its consumers. We look forward to developing the partnership further with launches to shelf just months away.
Paul Graham, GB Managing Director at Britvic plc
In Development
Xampla is developing the next batch of products for launch, based on our high performance natural biopolymer materials. These include further films and coatings, and microcapsule applications. Developments at pre-launch stage with customers and partners, include:
- Soluble and biodegradable films for dishwasher tablets
- Biodegradable flexible films and sachets
- Biodegradable microcapsules, for fragrance and flavour, agrochemical actives, and a range of cargoes in personal care and homecare
- Food and beverage microcapsules for micronutrient fortification
- Biodegradable Seed coatings
Paper Coatings
Xampla’s plant protein-based materials can be used to produce functional materials with highly controlled properties, including coatings for packaging applications, as a replacement for current petrochemical-based or fluorochemical materials. Our coatings can be applied to a variety of substrates and tailored for use with a range of goods (e.g. food and cosmetic packaging) to deliver a sustainable packaging solution. Xampla’s plant-protein based coatings offer excellent grease and oxygen barrier properties, without negatively impacting user experience.
Our natural and biodegradable coating eliminates reliance on fossil fuels and avoids the environmental release of synthetic polymers, as well as improving the recyclability of coated paperboard packaging.
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