Germany, May 6 -- For sustainable food packaging, the extrusion coating specialist Metpack, Istanbul, now offers coated paper and paperboard which is certified home-compostable according to DIN EN 13432. Metpack's paper Ezycompost benefits from a coating with BASF's ecovio(R) 70 PS14H6. The biopolymer is certified home-compostable (EN 13432 and AS 5810) and adds several functional advantages to paper for food packaging: It is food-contact approved (FDA) and shows excellent barrier properties against liquids, fats, grease, and mineral oil as well as temperature stability at boiling water (up to 100degC). This combination of proven compostability and excellent performance gives paper packaging manufacturers and food brands the certainty that ...