New cooking paper aims to reduce food waste levels

This new product has been specifically designed for cook & chill processes in institutional kitchens. Tested in authentic environments, Saga Cook & Chill promises to start its own small green revolution by halving food waste levels in institutional settings.In addition, this handy innovation saves money, labour and dish-washing, Metsä Tissue writes in a press release.With the cook & chill process, food is prepared, cooked, cooled, transported, re-heated and served in large gastronorm (GN) pans. In institutional settings, the number of meals prepared per day runs into the hundreds or even thousands.In such settings, the new Cook & Chill Paper offers a number of special advantages. It achieves major savings by reducing spillage, when food is served. Lining dishes with GN-sized Saga Cook & Chill prevents the food around the edges from burning.Practical tests confirm that the total food spill is only half that of conventional paper-less processes.The paper also saves labour and time by making dishwashing easier.The product development was carried out with assistance from Lahden Ateria, a meal service provider for the city of Lahti, Finland. The feedback from the pilot kitchen was extremely good.