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With
ACTGreen® PROVALIN®, a long-anticipated solution has been found which dispenses
entirely with PVC and all plasticizers classified as dubious or not
sufficiently tested.
Green
ensures identifiability. Consumers should be able to detect that they
have the safety of a PVC-free lid and therefore maximum safety in
terms of baby food. This would not be discernible in the case of a
white compound and mothers and fathers would not be able to be certain
that they were choosing the very best for their little ones.
Since
2009 ACTEGA cooperated with different seal manufacturer and brand
manufacturer to realize the difficult Press-On Twist Off® (P/T) seal project. The
now developed and commercialized sealing solutions can be used for all
contents which are heat-treated. Extensive tests, including in terms
of processing, storage, vacuum retention, opening properties and
migration, are available with outstanding results. Thus a gap is
closed for the highly-sensitive area of baby food and sensitive
foodstuffs which complies with all EU-and FDA-regulations.
Background
Young
children and adolescents, the most sensitive section of the
population, are affected most severely when it comes to residue -
primarily of plasticizers contained in plastic - in the body. This is
the result of a biomonitoring study by the German Federal
Environmental Agency and the Robert Koch Institute. But baby food -
although it is one of the most stringently tested foodstuffs of all -
can already be contaminated. Informed consumers, and parents in
particular, are increasingly aware of components which are hazardous
to health, e.g. PVC plasticizers, which can migrate from the seals in
glass jar lids. The EU Commission already banned the contact of
certain phthalates with baby and infant food back in 2007. Test
institutes such as the German Stiftung Warentest or Ökotest have also
focused on PVC/PVDC/chlorinated compounds in lid seals and included
them as a component of their assessment criteria.
Without PVC
Long
before it became known that relatively large volumes of plasticizers
can migrate into fatty foods, ACTEGA was looking for technical
solutions for this problem and developed sealing compounds for jar
lids in the form of PROVALIN® which are not manufactured from PVC and do not, therefore,
contain any plasticizers. What had been tried and tested for many
years for twist-off lids was also implemented for the Press-On Twist
Off® lid after
a development phase lasting many years. After all, the health of
infants and toddlers needs particular protection.
ACTGreen® PROVALIN®
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Identifiability
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Low
Migration
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Sustainability
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