PACKD is a unique food brand that blends convenience and health, with sustainability. It freezes organic fruits and vegetables in paper packaging, so you can get all of the goodness of fresh nutrients, without pesticides.
The smoothies are not organic not in paper packaging, so we focus here on the company’s organic fruits and vegetables.
This company was founded by two young men with an interest in nutrition. It offers perfectly-portioned sizes to get your 5-a-day without food waste, and freezing also preserves nutrients. So although in an ideal world you would eat fresh organic produce from the farmers’ market – if you don’t live near one and can’t grow your own food, this is the next-best choice.
After selling smoothies made from healthy produce at an East London market, it morphed into this brand, which is now sold nationwide in good groceries.
Presently, enough food is thrown out worldwide to feed all hungry people. 30% of all food produced is thrown in the bin, and almost half of that is fruits and vegetables. 25% of the world’s water, is used to irrigate fresh produce, that is never eaten.
And when many people struggle to pay bills, the average family spends around £500 on food that goes to waste. So buying frozen produce is a good option, but only if it’s in plastic-free packaging (you can recycle existing soft plastic packaging at supermarket bag bins or kerbside).
Organic vegetables include:
- Spinach (check medication before eating)
- Petit Pois
- Broccoli
- Sweetcorn
- Sweet Potato
- Cauliflower Rice
Organic fruits include:
- Blueberries
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Cherries
- Summer Berries
- Blackberries
- Peaches
- Bananas
- Pineapples
- Mango