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At Fruit Logistica 2025, the Sinclair team presented a timelapse showcase of its compostable fruit labels featuring its recently launched Sinclair T55, developed in partnership with New Zealand company Zespri Group.

According to Sinclair, the fruit label’s ability to differentiate produce allows brands to build relationships with consumers on origin, variety, taste and quality, which are all key buying triggers.

The Sinclair T55 certified compostable packaging solution, which can be as small as 18x10mm and weigh as little as 9.3g per sqm, makes this possible. Sinclair says the label is food-safe, certified compostable, and complies with several leading composting standards. The label meets the EU-wide industrial composting standards, NFT 51-800 and AS 5810, respectively.

This compliance is further demonstrated by Sinclair T55 achieving the DIN Certco and TUV Austria certification for both industrial and home composting, along with the ABA certification for home composting.

As the first dual-certified home and industrial fruit label in the industry, it is designed to meet the demands of automatic, high-speed application in packing houses.

With labelling speeds of up to 720 fruit per minute, humidity and water present, plus wide temperature variances, label conformity and adhesion to fresh produce is key.

The new Sinclair T55 label meets these challenges with performance equivalent to conventional PE/PP labels or, on some produce types, surpassing it, the company claims. It says that at the end of its life, the label will breakdown and biodegrade to become part of usable, soil-enriching compost within 365 days (or sooner).

To watch the timelapse video presented at Fruit Logistica, click here. The video shows certified compostable fruit labels on banana skin, kiwi skin, apple skin and organic skin in home composting conditions.

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