Nespresso, pioneer of premium single-serve espresso, unveils new vary of house compostable espresso capsules

Breakthrough paper-based house compostable capsule gives one other strategy to take pleasure in sustainably sourced high-quality espresso with out compromise on a premium espresso expertise. Retro-compatible with Nespresso Authentic machines, the brand new capsules pilot in France and Switzerland from spring 2023.

VEVEY, Switzerland, Nov. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — For 30 years, Nespresso has been devoted to bringing its shoppers the last word espresso expertise in a accountable manner. At the moment, it renews that dedication by saying a brand new vary of paper-based house compostable capsules.

After three years of analysis and improvement, Nespresso has created a house compostable paper-based capsule that delivers the high-quality espresso for which the model is understood – with no compromise on the style expertise. Shopper demand for compostable packaging is growing, and an estimated 45% of French individuals now house compost a number of kinds of biowasteⁱ.

Guillaume Le Cunff, Nespresso CEO, mentioned: “Pushing the boundaries of high-quality espresso experiences is a part of the Nespresso innovation, and since turning into a B Corp™ earlier this yr, we’re extra dedicated than ever to widening the sustainable decisions we provide our shoppers. We’re excited to announce our first ever paper-based house compostable capsule, which can complement our providing of aluminium capsules which are each recyclable and made utilizing 80% recycled aluminium. That is about one more sustainable selection, with out compromising on high quality.“

A number of points of the capsule characteristic proprietary expertise, together with the biopolymer lining contained in the capsule which protects the espresso in opposition to oxidization.

Julia Lauricella, Head of Nestlé System Expertise Middle, mentioned: “Our 40 years of expertise in espresso techniques allowed us, along with the Nestlé Institute of Packaging Sciences, to develop a house compostable paper-based capsule, retro-compatible with the Nespresso Authentic machines, that meets and exceeds the excessive expectations shoppers have of Nespresso by way of defending the espresso’s aromas and style. We mixed a high-precision paper pulp forming course of with a biodegradable layer for defense in opposition to oxidation to protect our espresso in transport, storage and throughout the high-pressure extraction in our machines.”

Nespresso’s espresso masters have additionally created 4 new blends, together with an natural espresso, sourced by means of the Nespresso AAA Sustainable High quality™ Program, particularly crafted to behave in excellent concord with these new paper-based capsules.

Developed in its place for individuals who favor and have entry to a compost, the innovation will widen the sustainable decisions already supplied to Nespresso shoppers by means of its aluminium capsules. Aluminium is infinitely recyclable and the capsules are made utilizing 80% recycled aluminium. At the moment, Nespresso gives over 100,000 aluminum capsule recycling assortment factors in 70 nations, giving virtually 90% of shoppers handy entry.

The product is licensed for composting, each house and industrial, by TÜV Austria, a world certification physique. In some nations, together with France the place Nespresso is piloting this vary, these capsules are accepted within the public biowaste bin.

Huhtamaki, a worldwide supplier of sustainable packaging options, was one of many companions within the improvement of this new paper-based capsule.

Charles Héaulmé, Huhtamaki CEO, mentioned: “We’re delighted to accomplice with Nespresso on the house compostable paper-based capsule. A part of this breakthrough innovation is the results of combining paper pulp from wooden fibre, a pure renewable materials, compressing it to a espresso capsule utilizing our excessive precision expertise, creating one other sustainable various for Nespresso lovers.”

Nespresso is dedicated to boost consciousness amongst shoppers on methods to compost their capsules, in addition to advocating for the acceptability of those espresso capsules within the public biowaste/natural bin. In France, Nespresso initiated Union des Acteurs du Compostable (UAC), an curiosity group bringing collectively public our bodies, firms, recycling operators, and NGOs to assist the implementation of options to assist producers of biowaste growing the sorting of biowaste in addition to to elevating consciousness amongst shoppers about composting.

The brand new vary will pilot initially in France and Switzerland on the Nespresso Authentic system. Will probably be additional launched in a number of different European nations inside a yr.

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Nestlé Nespresso
Nestlé Nespresso SA is the pioneer and reference for highest-quality portioned espresso. The corporate works with greater than 140,000 farmers in 18 nations by means of its AAA Sustainable High quality™ Program to embed sustainability practices on farms and the encircling landscapes. Launched in 2003 in collaboration with the NGO Rainforest Alliance, this system helps to enhance the yield and high quality of harvests, making certain a sustainable provide of high-quality espresso and bettering livelihoods of farmers and their communities.

In 2022, Nespresso achieved B Corp™ certification – becoming a member of a world motion of 4,900 purpose-led companies that meet B Corp’s excessive requirements of social and environmental duty and transparency.

Headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nespresso operates in 81 nations and has over 13’000 staff. In 2021, it operated a worldwide retail community of 802 boutiques. For extra data, go to the Nespresso company web site: www.nestle-nespresso.com.

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