Our Elisenlebkuchen – in thoughtfully designed packaging

The classic Elisenlebkuchen can hardly be improved, but the packaging needed an update:

Packaged in foil made from biodegradable plastic

Our Elisenlebkuchen are wrapped in an industrially compostable foil made from renewable raw materials (cellulose and corn starch), which keeps them fresh for at least four months.

Why we choose organic foil over mineral oil-based film? Mineral oil-based plastic can be recycled, but it does not biodegrade; instead, it breaks down into microplastics. By purchasing alternative plastics, we are simply encouraging their (further) development.

Separable: paper and bioplastic

Our packaging always consists of a bioplastic film as the primary packaging and paper as the secondary packaging. Both can be easily separated and disposed. The film goes in the yellow bin and the paper and cardboard in the paper recycling bin.

Incidentally, the nutritional information label on our film is certified for disposal together with the film and therefore does not need to be removed beforehand.

Did you know? Paper fibres can be recycled up to 25 times.

Too nice to just throw it away

Gifting Original Elisenlebkuchen is always a good idea, but it’s even better when the packaging is modern and reusable. Our exclusively illustrated paper tin is an eye-catcher all year round and is collected and passed on by many customers.

Designed in collaboration with international illustrators, their lovingly drawn characters bring our vision of a creative, colourful society to life – the perfect gift to literally turn the heads of friends, relatives or customers.

Our packaging is

Organic-based & industrially compostable

Recyclable & reusable

Recycled paper first, whenever possible

95% manufactured in Germany

Illustrated by fairly paid international artists

Our mission is to offer Lebkuchen in modern and well thought out packaging, which is why we use a industrial compostable foil made from renewable materials and an illustrated, recyclable cardboard tin. This generates significantly fewer CO2 emissions during production than a tin can. While plenty of traditional tins are already available – we like it fresh and chic!

All the foils used for wrapping our Pfeffer & Frost products is certified industrial compostable.

The foil is supposed to go in the so called "yellow bag" oder "recycling bag" in Germany. It's not supposed to go in the general household or organic trash, since the waste system in Germany is not yet set up to process modern bioplastics.

You could reuse the tin as a gift box. Other creative uses we’ve heard of: storage for spices, teabags, sweets and other small items – or even a hiding place for condoms! ;D Some upcycling ideas we have already collected for you.

If you really don't need it any more or if it got damaged over time just put it in the paper bin.

Even though our foils are compostable and certified as such, the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) stipulates that all plastic packaging must be disposed of in the yellow bin or yellow bag. This also applies to bio-based plastic packaging. Under no circumstances should it be placed in the organic waste bin.

Source: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/biobasierte-biologisch-abbaubare-kunststoffe#haufig-gestellte-fragen-faq

Our product packaging, such as the collection box, the banderol and the Lebkuchen letter, as well as our shipping packaging including the parcel adhesive strip are made of paper. They can all be disposed of via the waste paper collection (container, blue bin, etc.).

Source: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/abfall-projekte/produktverponsung-in-der-abfallwirtschaft/ Verpackungen/fragen- Answeren- Verpackungen- Verpackungsabfaelle#23-elektronische-marktplatze-und-fulfilment-unternehmen-was-ist-zu-beachten