What is Solanyl® Bioplastic

Solanyl® BP is a patented and comercially available bioplastic, a smart material which is biobased and biodegradable. The word Solanyl is coming from Solanum Tuberosum, which means potato.

Solanyl® BP is based on a side stream potato starch of the potato processing industry. Production of Solanyl® BP granules is highly efficient. Production of Solanyl® for example requires 65% less energy compared to polyethylene production.

The Solanyl® BP granules can be used to combine with natural fibres as well as being blended with other biopolymers. Solanyl® is fully colourable using a biodegredable masterbatch.

We are able to adapt the mechanical properties of the end product to meet specific end-product requirements by blending our material with other bio-materials.