Good morning @deactivated user





Due to vacation absences, we unfortunately have to wait a little longer than usual for answers on some topics at the moment. The question about packaging is one such issue.





However, I actually made a mistake here: I overlooked your other question, the one about natural flavoring, while processing the requests I collected that day. I'm sorry about that, it wasn't intentional and I only realized it because of your post above. I'll make up for it right away and hope to have some feedback for you soon.





Best regards


Karin

Another week through, and I've already eaten the second pack. Any news yet?

Some friends and acquaintances also think the new packaging is stupid because of the inseparable paper. But also because you can only get to the last stack of Guezli if you tear the pack open completely. I didn't notice that at all, because I always put Guezli in a tin, which keeps them fresher. But the new packaging doesn't seem to have been properly thought through.
However, everyone thinks it's a funny idea to send the new composite foil unstamped to the MGB. Who would be the right recipient? The recycling expert Heidi, the sustainability expert Daniel, or someone else? I still have my two envelopes, because maybe you can think of something else.

Good morning @deactivated user





Yes, I did indeed receive the expected response this morning.





The legal definition of natural flavors is as follows:


flavoring substances obtained by appropriate physical, enzymatic or microbiological processes from vegetable, animal or microbiological source materials and used as such or prepared for human consumption by one or more of the traditional food preparation processes listed in Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1334/2008108: natural flavoring substances are substances that occur naturally and have been found in nature.





In the present case, this claim refers to flavoring substances in the multi-fruit preparation and a lemon flavoring in the dough.





We have forwarded your feedback on the new composition of the packaging and it has also been passed on to the manufacturer of the product. No further adjustments are planned at the moment, but feedback will certainly be incorporated again in the next revision.





Best regards


Karin

The special mention of natural flavoring on the packaging has nothing to do with the "natural" that we know from home baking. With good ingredients, Migros could surely produce something delicious without the legacy of fungi, bacteria or bugs. Why don't you give it a try, or are the good nuts and savory jam too expensive? If you think about the definition of flavor when you bite into a Guezli, you immediately feel sick. Apparently the third and fourth letters of Migros actually stand for GRuusig.

When it came to the packaging, I didn't ask about a new adjustment, but how to recycle this composite material sustainably. That's what I wanted to know, so please ask the responsible department what they thought.

After all, Migros also claims that the film composite of Tetrapaks cannot be recycled and must be incinerated. It is not environmentally friendly to produce more composite materials that cannot be fully recycled. This simply doesn't fit in with the sustainability and responsibility that Migros likes to claim for itself. In the case of the SunQueen bags, Migros describes the 30% reduction in packaging as a success and as "ecologically optimized". On the other hand, the packaging of the biscuits can no longer be fully recycled. So the environment is just as bad as it was before the savings.

You can smile about that, Knusperli, but it also applies to the Wienerwaffeln, the Spitzbuben, the macaroons and perhaps other products for which the packaging has been made worse. And it's more to cry and curse when you see how Migros betrays sustainability and deliberately pollutes the environment.

Packaging films can be handed in at various recycling centers, but only pure films, not composite films. In this form, the Guezli wrappers would probably have to be thrown away, which was not necessary before. The quantity would then have to be deducted from the promise to ecologically optimize 6000 tons of packaging. The only problem is that it would be difficult to monitor, because only Migros knows the exact figures and they won't give them out. For this reason, and because of the nonsensical new Guezli packaging, we can assume that this promise was also broken, or was not even planned to be kept.

>>> but let's be honest, at that price, what can you expect given the high quality of the ingredients? <<<
Does Migros see it the same way?
What about the cheap M-Budget products, is it all just painted dirt?
How much would the Guezli cost if you used real ingredients?

I like mushrooms like chanterelles or button mushrooms and I don't live in an oxygen tent. Mushrooms from bread, bacteria from milk, yoghurt or cheese don't bother me any more than bacilli on a woman - it's not unnatural.
But it is unnatural if it is necessary to spread mushroom juice or bug cake on nuts and jam to make them taste like their kind.

I think the new hazelnut bird's nest packaging is a success. 1. packaging that doesn't simply tear somewhere when you want to open it from the side and then have to remove it completely and throw it away, and 2. the packaging material also seems solid enough to "store" the bird's nests for 2 or 3 days.
An improvement for me!