Imagine a paper bag that works like a thermos — you put your frozen pizza or fresh salmon inside, zip it shut, and it stays cold for up to 24 hours without any ice packs or refrigeration. That's what this Swedish company built: a hybrid paper bag made from a special composite material that blocks heat, with an airtight zipper seal. It's reusable, cuts plastic bag use dramatically, and means delivery vans don't need to run costly refrigeration units just to bring groceries to your door.
Online grocery delivery and click-and-collect services face a costly dilemma: refrigerated delivery vehicles are expensive to buy, maintain, and fuel, yet without them food spoils in transit. Single-use insulated packaging creates mountains of plastic waste and adds per-order costs. The industry needs a simple, reusable solution that maintains the cold chain without powered refrigeration.
A second-generation reusable hybrid paper bag with composite insulation material and airtight Ziplock closure that keeps food cold or frozen for up to 24 hours. The project delivered a zero series production run of 10,000 units and completed third-party validation against food packaging and cold chain standards.
If you are an online grocery delivery company dealing with high refrigeration costs for your delivery fleet — this project developed a reusable insulated carrier bag that keeps food cold or frozen for up to 24 hours. This eliminates the need for refrigerated vans on most routes, cutting fleet costs and carbon emissions while reducing food spoilage during the last mile.
If you are a supermarket chain struggling with the cost of cold chain packaging for home delivery or click-and-collect orders — this project produced a second-generation reusable bag system validated through commercial pilots with food retailers. It can reduce single-use plastic bag consumption by up to a factor of 10 for temperature-controlled goods, helping meet sustainability targets.
If you are a meal kit or fresh food subscription service spending heavily on insulated packaging that customers throw away after one use — this project created a reusable hybrid bag with an airtight Ziplock closure that maintains cold chain integrity for up to 24 hours. The 10,000-unit zero series production run demonstrated manufacturing readiness for commercial-scale adoption.
The project objective states the goal was to achieve 'lower costs' in the second generation compared to the initial prototype. Exact per-unit pricing is not disclosed in the available project data. The EU contributed EUR 1,689,002 to develop and validate the gen2 system including a 10,000-unit production run.
The project produced a zero series of 10,000 units and specifically improved production methodology and supply chain as part of the gen2 development. The objective states the result is a product 'ready for market launch,' suggesting the manufacturing process was designed for commercial scale-up.
IFOODBAG AB is the sole partner and likely holds all IP from this project. As a Swedish SME, they would be the single point of contact for licensing, co-branding, or bulk purchasing agreements. Based on available project data, no other partners share ownership of the technology.
Yes. The project included third-party validation as a dedicated deliverable, and commercial pilots were performed with food retailers to verify the design meets all applicable production, food packaging, cold chain, and other standards.
Based on the project objective, the ifoodbag system keeps food cold or frozen for up to 24 hours. This performance claim was part of the second-generation design that underwent external evaluation and commercial pilot testing with retailers.
The ifoodbag is designed as a direct replacement for single-use plastic bags and insulated packaging in temperature-controlled grocery delivery. Its rollable design minimizes internal volume, and the reusable Ziplock closure means drivers can collect bags on return trips for reuse.
This is a single-company project by IFOODBAG AB, a Swedish SME that received EUR 1,689,002 under the SME Instrument Phase 2 — a highly competitive EU funding track reserved for companies with near-market innovations. The 100% industry consortium with no academic partners signals this is a commercially driven effort, not a research exercise. The sole-partner structure means all IP and know-how sits with one company, making licensing negotiations straightforward but also meaning there is a single point of dependency.
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