Casings for vegetarian and plant-based products
Our casings for plant-based and vegetarian products are designed to ensure freshness, food safety, and premium presentation, supporting the rapid growth of the plant-based food industry.
From sliced plant-based alternatives to seitan, tempeh, and semi-finished burger products, these foods are valued for their role in healthy and sustainable diets. Since 1992, we have been working alongside producers in the plant-based sector, gaining deep knowledge of its key challenges and the ability to respond to evolving market demands.
At HS Casings, we are committed to delivering innovative packaging solutions that preserve the flavor, freshness, and nutritional properties of your products. Our state-of-the-art casing technologies protect foods during transport and storage, ensuring they arrive to consumers—or to the next stage of processing—in the best possible condition.
Our plant-based casings are ideal for:
- Tempeh
- Seitan
- Semi-finished burger products
- Vegetarian and vegan sliced products
With HS Casings, your plant-based foods benefit from optimal preservation and an enhanced presentation, helping your brand stand out in today’s competitive and fast-growing market.
Our solutions for
Plant-based food products
Special single-layer tubular casings
Polyamide materials that are totally waterproof to smoke and steam. Generally used for products demanding a cylindrical shape or other format (using special moulds in the latter case), such as: . . .
- in the meat industry: cooked products that do not require smoking (“Lyoner” sausage and variations, pâté, ham cooked in moulds and regenerated, and mortadella)
- for stretched processed cheeses
- for the production of organic and wholemeal food products
- for semi-processed food products, and when a specific product shape is required in general (sliced cooked sausages, meat or other stuffing for pasta manufacturers, processed cheese, stuffing for pasta, maize polenta, gnocchi alla romana, lard etc)
- for industrial use in-house (when the tubular casing is used during production before being removed).
Special multilayer tubular casings
Casings made from special polymers (three or five layers) made up into a permeable or waterproof tubular format. Special tubular casings are available for smoking.
Available in size 50 to size 120, coloured, shirred, clipped or tied to size, in rolls or skeins, with the option of printing in up to 6 colours.
They differ to single layer tubular casings on account of the following specifications:
- shrinking capacity
- superior mechanical resistance and optimum adaptation to the use of machinery
- no weight loss
- maximum conservation of the product even without vacuum packing with the special opaque version
- can be sterilized
- casing peels away perfectly
- glossy casing
They meet all European legal standards for materials coming into contact with foodstuffs.