> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.packagingeurope.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Elopak Roll Fed: Aseptic packaging material for established carton systems - URL: https://www.packagingeurope.com/elopak-roll-fed-aseptic-packaging-material-for-established-carton-systems/ - Published: 2026-11-13T09:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-13T09:00:00.000Z - Author: Elopak - Tags: In Conversation With, Rigid Packaging, Beverages, Renewables, Food, Design, Consumer Experience [**Elopak**](https://www.elopak.com/?ref=packagingeurope.com)**’s Roll Fed portfolio aims to offer food safety, efficient production, low cost per filled package without investment into new equipment. Ali Siddiqui, Senior Product Manager, walks us through the features and benefits of its Roll Fed technology in this edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series.** SPONSORED [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/61/60/61607b5b-1c0b-4249-a886-4bc4c284c107/content/images/2026/11/Ali-Siddiqui.JPG)](https://www.elopak.com/) ****Ali Siddiqui, Senior Product Manager, Elopak** [Learn more ](https://www.elopak.com/) --- ### **Firstly, can you provide a general overview of Elopak’s Roll Fed material?** Elopak Roll Fed is our aseptic packaging material for ambient distribution cartons that are designed to run on existing installed equipment at liquid dairy and beverages producers who are looking to diversify to their supplier base.It is designed to support efficient production, competitive cost per filled package and robust transportation, while still giving brands an attractive package for consumers. Importantly, it is not simply about lowering material cost; it's also about reliability and confidence in Elopak’s expertise in packaging material development, food science and system knowledge. Depending on the application, customers can choose different sizes and formats. Smaller sizes address out-of-home consumption, while larger sizes appeal to family households and value-conscious shoppers. ### **Can you provide any insight into the R&D process? How was the material created, and did you face any challenges along the way?** Our approach to innovation starts with how a package needs to perform in the real world: filling, transportation, retail, consumer use and end-of-life. We bring together packaging expertise, material science, technical services and market insight, supported by laboratory testing and performance validation. For Roll Fed specifically, a key challenge in development and qualification is ensuring that the material performs consistently on customers’ filling equipment. We use the same board and material suppliers as for Pure-Pak®, allowing us to bring our wider liquid-carton knowledge into Roll Fed. When a new configuration is introduced, our engineers can undertake runnability, package-forming, package-integrity and sterility trials as part of qualification and rollout. ### **Roll Fed is designed to be affordable for customers and attractive to consumers. Can you tell us more about that?** Those two objectives go hand in hand. For our customers, Roll Fed supports high line efficiency and is designed to help keep the cost per filled package competitive. The portfolio concentrates on relevant shapes and sizes for high-volume categories, rather than introducing complexity simply for the sake of variety. For consumers, affordability should not mean that the package feels compromised. Our high-quality printing technology is designed to deliver an appealing and consistent design, while customers can select different formats and features according to the positioning of their brand. There is also a practical dimension. Smaller Roll Fed formats, typically with straw holes are suited to kids consumption in school or outdoors, while the larger packs can offer economy and convenience for typical family households. For us, that combination is important: competitive pack economics for the producer, but a package that still performs its job for the consumer and gives the brand room to differentiate. ### **What are Roll Fed’s environmental benefits, especially in the context of existing sustainability laws?** The starting point is that Roll Fed is predominantly a paper-based packaging solution, and the paperboard we use is FSC™-certified[\[1\]](https://www.packagingeurope.com/p/1357dee2-02e3-4d09-a03a-50d247ac59ac/?member%5Fstatus=free#%5Fftn1) from responsibly managed forests and other controlled sources. Regulation is increasingly important too. The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is shifting the market towards clear requirements on packaging recyclability and recycling at scale. The Roll Fed portfolio therefore needs to be considered not just in terms of today's performance but against that evolving regulatory framework. More broadly, Elopak’s sustainability approach is to design cartons for high-value recycling while responsibly sourcing materials and reducing resource use and waste in our operations. ### **How do you address food safety?** Food safety is fundamental to how Roll Fed is engineered and qualified. As an aseptic solution for ambient products, the package itself has to keep the contents safe without refrigeration. The package uses strip and lamination technology to completely seal the packaging and protect against contamination and quality loss. The longitudinal sealing strip has several functions: it prevents liquid being absorbed into the exposed material edge, prevents microorganisms that could be present on the packaging material from contaminating the product, and creates a barrier in the longitudinal seal against oxygen ingress and loss of aromatic substances. As part of customer qualification and rollout, Elopak also performs package-integrity and sterility trials. ### **To conclude, which particular sectors or product applications would you recommend Roll Fed for?** Roll Fed is particularly well suited to high-volume ambient food and beverage categories where producers need to balance pack economics, production performance and product protection. Today, we position it for dairy, juice and plant-based alternatives, and it is compatible with a range of filling machines. Depending on the product, Roll Fed can support shelf life of up to 12 months. There is also flexibility in pack size. Our current portfolio includes formats from 100 ml through to 1,000 ml, thus giving customers a good chance to replace all their sizes with our material. Ultimately, we see Roll Fed as a way of making paper-based ambient packaging accessible across more products, markets and price points. That fits our broader ambition at Elopak: continuously expanding where paper-based packaging can provide a commercially viable alternative. --- [\[1\]](#%5Fftnref1) FSC™ C081801