Potatopak NZ Ltd manufactures Plates, Trays, Bowls and Punnets out of 100% Biodegradable Potato starch. These items are designed primarily for the serving of Food on. We supplement these items with our range of wooden cutlery (knives, forks and spoons) to give a complete environmentally-friendly solution for the serving of food at your BBQ, Picnic and Party. Our products are stronger, more rigid and have greater insulation properties than their Polystyrene counterparts. They are freezer safe - most foods can be frozen in Potatopak products and then reheated in the microwave in two-minute bursts!
We also specialise in making products for customers such as the Bait Stations that can be seen on our news page.
Potatopak products are suitable for all fast-food applications for acceptable periods of time. (While the product can hold hot contents, we are currently working to improve them to withstand boiling water and blood-meat products within our research and development programme)
Potatopak products can also be used in Food Retails, for Takeaways, and Gift Packaging.
Potatoes, on their journey from spud farm to French Fry, are blasted with water, washed, scrubbed, and at 120kph, pushed through a tube fitted with a series of knives. The waste water from this is full of starch from the cut surfaces of the Potatoes. The starch is extracted and in doing so it returns clean water to be reused by the Potato processor, and dried Potato starch to be used by us in the making of our Trays and Plates!
Once we receive the dried starch, we process it in a high-speed pressure thermoforming machine that inserts the powdered starch between a set of moulds of the desired shape that we want to make. The mould closes and the starch is pressurised and 'cooked' into the rigid and strong shape. An automated handling system then extracts the tray ready for the next cycle.
Only a very small amount of waste product is produced by us. All of this waste is given to the local Pig Farmer for consumption by his livestock!
When you have used our products THINK -- RECYCLE. Put them into the garden compost or if you have a worm bin or worm farm wet the products first and then put them in to be eaten. If you have neither of the above you may have an organic waste collection in your area, if so, put your used plates and bowls etc in the bags provided. Within 4 weeks there should be nothing left, there will be no toxins or leachates as our products are 100% Compostable and 100% Biodegradable with no bleaching chemicals which are found in some imported products.
Only a very small amount of waste product is produced by us. All of this waste is given to the local Pig Farmer for consumption by his livestock!
You can use Potato Plates to ripen or store your fruit on, e.g. Tomatoes, passion fruit, peaches, apricots etc etc. The plates will absorb a certain amount of moisture so the fruits do not go mouldy so easily or so quickly. In a dry environment fungus fails to thrive. Try some and see.
