VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - December 08, 2015) - G-KUP Technology Inc., a Vancouver based start-up focused on sustainable packaging, is pleased to announce it has achieved commercial ready status, after receiving favorable results from the University of British Columbia (UBC) for its patented "rigid cup" beverage pod design.
The Company has worked in partnership with scientists from UBC including Dr. Anthony Lau, one of North America's leading composting experts, to develop an end to end solution for the global beverage pod market.
"We are encouraged that our laboratory testing demonstrates complete cup degradation after 12 weeks, a first for the single serve beverage pod market." said Dr. Anthony Lau, Associate Professor at UBC.
G-KUP CEO Darren Footz commented, "Today is an important milestone for G-KUP and consumers everywhere as we move towards making single serve packaging completely garden compostable, something that has never been achieved before. We are excited to be working with companies and showing them just how easy it is to incorporate G-KUP's patented packaging technology into their business, as they rethink their value chain and make compostability a top priority."
G-KUP's patented product design works with all single serve beverage products (filtered and non-filtered) including coffee, tea, and soluble drinks (hot chocolate, cappuccino etc.) The Company is currently holding demonstrations with major coffee brands and independent roasters to showcase the G-KUP's sustainable beverage solution.
