Throughout her career as a professional chef Mishy has witnessed first-hand the incredible amount of wastage in the food industry.
Each year, 78 million metric tons of plastic packaging is produced worldwide – 60% of which is food packaging. Typically, only 14% of this is recycled, so its lasting impact to the environment is massive.
Finding it hard to reconcile her passion for good eating with her love of mother nature, Mishy set about ensuring that her Naturally Sauced flavours not only taste great, but do their bit for the planet in the process.
We do this on two fronts: in how we source our ingredients and then how we ship our sauces!
We’re serious about our role in reducing wastage that’s why we’ve left no stone unturned in guaranteeing our good food gets to you in packaging that’s good to the environment.
Whether you’re picking up a recyclable glass jar of Pretty Miso or grabbing a compostable pouch of our Hearty Harrisa, you can rest assured that our easy-to-recognise, bright and bubbly Naturally Sauced labelling is also totally biodegradable.
Our Glass Jars
One of the best ways we can reduce our environmental impact is to simply make things go further.
Single-use packaging is one of the biggest problems in food supply, so we looked to the humble mason jar to safely carry these scrumptious condiments from our kitchen to yours…. And beyond!
Not only are these vessels airtight, robust, infinitely reusable and food friendly – they’re refillable and their potential for use beyond the kitchen is huge.
When you get to the bottom of the jar, we recommend rinsing it out and refilling it with more of your favourite Naturally Sauced flavours, straight from one of our compostable vacuum sealed bags!
Our Vacuum Sealed Bags
We’re thrilled to be partnering with a leader in the field of compostable food-safe packaging, Ikon Pack. These guys pioneered the first certified compostable vacuum sealed food packaging in Australia!
Every time you buy a pouch of Naturally Sauced goodness, you’re taking it home in a vacuum sealed, food safe carrier that will break down in your garden or worm farm leaving no trace plastics.
Each 180g bag of our Sauces and Condiments is decants perfectly into your old Naturally Sauced glass jar and here’s the kicker – it even costs less! What’s not to love about that?!
Our Labels
Naturally Sauced uses sustainable labels on our products to reduce our environmental footprint. The labels are manufactured from renewable plant materials, such as corn, and are matched with a certified compostable adhesive. The inks used to print the labels have also been certified for compostable packaging.
If you have home composting, simply pop it in there! Otherwise, if you pop it in the bin, it will breakdown over time in regular landfill.
Our packaging
In our effort to be carbon positive we have chosen WOOLPACK to keep your delivery cold and fresh for up to 6 hours, which means that you don’t have to wait by the door for our delivery.
WOOLPACK is proudly manufactured in Australia and New Zealand by Planet Protector Packaging. It is the first viable alternative to polystyrene and other unsustainable insulated packaging solutions that not only thermally outperforms them but is also environmentally responsible!
WOOLPACK is made from 100% biodegradable and compostable felted sheep’s wool, sealed within a recyclable food grade wrap. To see how to reuse, recycle or repurpose your WOOLPACK liners check out Planet Protector Packaging’s Facebook or Instagram.
The wool used is considered “waste” from wool mills so it has the added benefits of helping to reduce landfill and giving a greater yield to Australian and New Zealand sheep farmers.
To learn more about WOOLPACK please visit PlanetProtectorPackaging.com
Part of our commitment in bringing you tasty, healthy food is to reduce waste in its packaging, but also in our kitchen!
At Naturally Sauced we make all of our guilt-free goodies by hand using only locally sourced and naturally cultivated ingredients.
When we toss them all together, we consciously do it in small batches. This promises you all the freshness and flavour that we pour into them but also the peace-of-mind that we aren’t wasting a thing!
Here are some of our favourite suppliers and foodie friends:
The Olsson family have been making solar sea salt in Australia since the 1950s. Olsson Pacific is the oldest family owned and operated sea salt marker in Australia.
Pristine Australian sea water, sun and wind work in harmony to create the gorgeous solar sea salt we love. There are no chemical processes involved in the manufacture of their product. Ever.
Whats even better is that Olsson’s Salt deliver the majority of their products in recyclable and recycled packaging. We love that.
Naturally Sauced is passionate about sourcing each and every ingredient locally for our dressings - right through to the oil we use. We are committed to using Australian extra virgin olive oil – The best ingredient for your health and vitality. Our range of sauces and dressing a free from all industrial oils and vegetable oils.
Part of our mission to be a positive impact on not only your tables, but also our planet, is to support Ecologi.
As a member of Ecologi, we help to remove CO2e from the atmosphere by growing our own forest.
Watch our progress here.