UPM Specialty Materials
 

Discover a new breed of sustainable pet food packaging

Dry pet food packaging has to resist grease and be strong enough to endure logistics and contents that weigh up to 20 kg. And let’s not forget shelf appeal, because great print quality can make a real impact.

Grease resistance has traditionally been achieved with raw materials containing PFAS "forever" chemicals. But now we can work with you to co-create a food safe, paper-based alternative that is recyclable in existing fibre recycling streams.

 
PFAS "forever chemicals" -free

High grease resistance

High-strength

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Co-creating the future of pet food packaging

We can work with partners across the value chain to co-create pet food packaging that meets your specific requirements and enables you to power your purpose.

 
UPM x FIORINI: a highly moisture and grease resistant, fibre-based pet food sack
Story | 05/05/2023 10:14:00 | 3 min

UPM x BOBST x Michelman: A recyclable high barrier packaging solution for foods with long shelf-life
Story | 09/09/2024 09:59:00 | 3 min

UPM x Royal Vaassen: a fibre-based, recyclable alternative to plastic and aluminum laminates
Story | 09/05/2025 03:38:17 | 2 min

 
 

Discover our papers for recyclable pet food packaging

Our products are recyclable in existing recycling streams without any compromise on strength and barrier properties. Together with superb print quality, they offer a perfect material for co-creating innovative pet food packgaing that meets your specific requirements. 

UPM Asendo™

UPM Asendo™ Pro

UPM UniquePack™ Strong

 
 
 

Achieve your sustainability ambitions

The transition beyond fossils packaging has never been so necessary. Rely on our wide portfolio of renewable, recyclable, responsibly sourced papers to power your purpose and meet your sustainability targets.

Recyclable

UPM Specialty Materials comply with recyclability requirements and are compatible with existing fibre recycling streams.

Reduce waste

UPM continues to develop recyclable and compostable packaging papers that meet the challenge presented by increasing amounts of waste.

Certified fibres

Zero deforestation. Zero compromise. Our papers are produced with fibre from responsibly managed forests and comply with FSC™ (014719) and PEFC (02-31-80)Chain of Custody.

 
 
 

Have a pet project in mind?

Dry pet food packages need to resist grease and moisture. Until now, plastic or multilayered packaging, or papers containing PFAS chemicals, have provided the required levels of strength and barrier properties. UPM Specialty Materials changes all that. We can work with our partners in the value chain to co-create innovative packaging that meets a specific set of requirements. 

 

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End-use solutions

Non-Food

Bakery, Deli and Food to go

Chilled & frozen

Dry foods

 
 
 
 
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