The future of packaging is sustainable, circular, and free from fossil-based materials. With the new EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) now in force, businesses must act fast to align with the evolving landscape. By 2030, all packaging must be designed for recycling, making sustainability an urgent priority rather than a long-term ambition.
For businesses seeking high-performance, regulatory-compliant, and eco-friendly packaging solutions, Betuinno™ Betulin and Suberinno™ Suberin offer a competitive advantage. These biobased, upcycled ingredients replace synthetic coatings, ensuring recyclability, durability, and reduced environmental impact—all while enhancing product performance. Traditional fossil-based coatings and barriers often hinder recyclability, adding complexity to waste management. In contrast, Betuinno™ Betulin and Suberinno™ Suberin offer a clean, natural alternative with superior functional benefits. Sustainability without compromise.
Betuinno™ Betulin and Suberinno™ Suberin are extracted from birch bark, a forest industry side stream that would otherwise go to waste. Birch bark is an ideal material due to its natural sustainability, biodegradability, and abundance as a byproduct of the forestry industry. It is rich in compounds like betulin and suberin, which provide strong, protective and hydrophobic properties.
What is Betulin?
Betulin is the protective white colour of birch tree. Betulin (C₃₀H₅₀O₂) is a lipophilic compound known for its crystalline structure, making it highly versatile across various applications. Betulin is naturally highly water-repellent, which makes it useful for creating moisture-resistant barriers and improves durability.
What is Suberin?
Suberin is the protective wax of the birch. Innomost suberin is a mixture of omega hydroxy fatty acids. Omega hydroxy fatty acids are unique and have interesting properties compared to other saturated or unsaturated fatty acids, such as stability to oxidation. Suberin is naturally highly hydrophobic and improves technical properties, like water resistance, in different applications. Suberin can create a natural film on top of a surface, and it functions as a moisture and grease barrier, for example, in the packaging industry.
Thanks to our unique patented production technology, these valuable compounds, are extracted from upcycled birch bark sustainably and in alignment with circular economy principles. The end products, Betuinno™ Betulin and Suberinno™ Suberin highly effective biobased solutions to replace fossil-based materials in the packaging industry.
Key benefits of Betuinno™ Betulin and Suberinno™ Suberin
✔️ Water & moisture resistance: Protects products by preventing water penetration, ensuring packaging integrity across various climates and storage conditions.
✔️ Thermal stability: Withstands high temperatures without degradation, making it an ideal solution for industrial applications and food packaging.
✔️ Impact resistance: Enhances flexibility and durability, preventing cracks, tears, and mechanical failures during transport and use.
These properties are ideal for barrier solutions where sustainability must go hand in hand with performance:
🔹 Food Packaging – Replacing synthetic barriers in paper-based food packaging, maintaining freshness while meeting food safety standards.
🔹 Paper Coatings – Providing a 100% recyclable alternative to plastic laminates, ideal for disposable and reusable packaging.
🔹 Flexible Packaging – Enabling sustainable, durable solutions for industries requiring flexible, high-performance materials.
At Innomost, we are helping businesses stay ahead of the curve with science-backed, high-performance, biobased solutions. Contact us for more information: info@innomost.com
