Packaging and product specialists brainstorm with an industrial designer in the 'Creativity room' at the Singen Product Technology Centre, Germany.
A sample of the packaging is frozen with liquid nitrogen in order to prepare it for analysis.
A NatureNes design sample, created in a rapid prototyping machine, is now undergoing UV-curing.
The compression test allows specialists to see what pressure the package can resist. This helps keep the secondary packaging to a minimum, which has economic and environmental benefits.
The seal of the NaturNes pot is analysed to ensure maximum protection for the baby food inside.
Nestlé experts, Fritz Nückel and Martinas Kuslys, develop new products at the Product Technology Centre‘s creativity kitchen. Only the freshest ingrdients are used in NaturNes pots.
A test plant where the NaturNes pots are filled and sealed.
The new environmental improvements have been communicated on the back of the NaturNes packaging.
NaturNes is a baby food made from 100% natural ingredients. The recipes have been created to meet the highest nutritional standards and to ensure that the food tastes great. A novel steam cooking technology was developed to preserve these qualities.
The packaging was also redesigned taking into consideration both the consumer and the environment. The new shape means the bowls are easy to hold, they are strong enough to support a spoon and have practical, replaceable lids.
In terms of the environmental improvements changing from glass to plastic had a significant impact. The plastic pot requires less energy and emits less CO2 along its lifecycle. These improvements have been substantiated by a Life Cycle Assessment, which follows the latest international standards (ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006) and which has been reviewed by an external panel of experts.
Visit the NaturNes website 
(in French and Spanish) for more information.