“Green”, bio-renewable and food-compliant inks
From Sun Chemical, the range of SunVisto Aquagreen inks for food packaging, produced with a high percentage of raw material from vegetable sources. The high bio-renewable content (BRC) is proven by carbon isotope C14 analysis.
As a manufacturer of inks - an integral part of the finished packaging that has a significant impact on its characteristics - Sun Chemical has always paid the utmost attention to sustainability issues, and is strongly committed to developing and promoting low environmental impact solutions that are widely used in many applications in the packaging industry.
Among the eco-friendly proposals, there is the series of bio-renewable water-based inks, SunVisto Aquagreen, whose formulation contains a high quantity of raw materials obtained from renewable vegetable sources instead of petrochemical-based inks of fossil origin. These inks are, in fact, made up of a significant part of vegetable-derived resins (starch, sugars, by-products of cereal production...) and are indicated for food packaging that is more natural, cleaner and more ecological.
Bio-Renewable Content (BRC), test-proven
The percentage of bio-renewable material present in inks and coatings can be found by carbon isotope fractionation analysis. The presence of the C14 isotope of carbon in biologically-derived material - which is not contained in fossil material - allows the amount of plant-sourced carbon in the ink to be measured and thus yields the percentage of renewable carbon to total solids (BRC). The analysis complies with ASTM D6866-18 Method B.
Sustainability and high performance in many application areas
In addition to containing a high amount of bio-renewable resin, SunVisto Aquagreen inks - TUV Austria “OK compost HOME” and “OK compost INDUSTRIAL” certified - are suitable for printing compostable packaging.
The different formulations available allow to cover a wide range of packaging applications, both in paper and in treated plastic films.
During printing they have good drying speed and high resolubility.
Prints resist well to dry rubbing and abrasion.
Aquagreen inks can, for example, be used to print various types of packaging, including sandwich boxes and wrappers, small take-away packages, bags, paper cups for hot and cold drinks, food wrapping paper, paper and bio-film shopping bags.
