Glass isn’t just limited to your supermarket shelves. Restaurateurs all over the world are taking advantage of the benefits glass containers provide for food. From four-star Michelin restaurants to local take-aways, glass is the only packaging material that won’t interfere with the taste of food.
If you live in Nantes (France) you’re in luck as there are now two takeaway restaurants serving meals in glass jars in the city.
After 15 years working in a restaurant in Nantes, Laurent Lebouler opened Ozon, a chic gourmet canteen. Concentrating on providing healthy meals rather than junk food, Lebouler decided to take the concept one step further and package the meals in glass jars. Glass was selected as it is the only packaging material that can maintain the taste and freshness of the food.
Glass is also sustainable – an important consideration for the chef. Lebouler’s approach to sustainability includes using seasonal produce and delivering the glass jars of yummy food by bicycle. Cutlery is made from biodegradable plant-based plastics as Lebouler calculated that it was a more environmentally friendly material than wood. But he couldn’t find a more sustainable solution than glass!
The second café in Nantes using glass jars to serve food is Pep’s. The idea of using glass jars came after a visit to New York’s famous Chelsea Market in 2010 where the owners discovered the art of meals in glass jars. Today Pep’s offers a range of simple dishes which are produced using fresh and seasonal ingredients. Pep’s charge a €1 deposit on each glass jar as they want them back – preferring to reuse them rather than create new glass jars.
Healthy packaging, healthy families: What makes glass the healthy choice?
Did you know: every week, the average person ingests up to one credit card worth of plastic from food, water, or the air? You are what you eat – and that includes how it’s packaged. That’s why when it comes to our favourite food and drink, we need to look beyond the label.
Why does coke taste better in glass?
Soft drinks come in different tastes, shapes, and sizes. From coke to club soda, ginger beer or fruit sodas – there is a flavour for everyone. The most famous of all is probably Coca-Cola, the dark brown carbonated soft drink, campaigns, but which tastes good all year round.
But what is the best way to enjoy your favourite soda? Do soft drinks taste better when they come in glass compared to other packaging materials? Why did Coca-Cola decide to design their unique bottles with glass? And what is the best way to store coke at home to keep you drink fizzy and fresh for when you decide to open it? Read on to find the answers.
Choose Health, Choose Glass
We’re all trying to live better and more sustainably, from how we consume and dispose of products to how we look after our own health. Yet packaging remains crucial to preserve products through delivery and storage, and to ensure longer shelf stability of products once purchased. By offering a material that’s not just endlessly recyclable but remains food safe throughout the closed-loop recycling process, glass packaging continues to provide strong sustainable benefits for the health of both people and planet. Glass is never a waste.
