It’s only natural: Melbourne startup’s compostable wrap has got Spiral Foods covered

A B Corp certified material science company on a mission to end human reliance on traditional plastics has inked a partnership with Spiral Foods that will see the Australian food supplier and distributor adopt Great Wrap’s compostable cling wrap across its supply chain.

Melbourne-based startup Great Wrap was founded in 2019 by husband-wife team Jordy and Julia Kay, who developed compostable cling wrap for homes and compostable pallet wrap for businesses after realising the effects that plastic waste was having on the land.

Great Wrap manufactures the only Australian-made compostable stretch wrap and recently launched the world’s first compostable pallet wrap made with food waste and compostable biopolymers.

The startup raised $24 million in mid-2022 and now employs a team of 25 full-time employees working out of its Melbourne-based factory and main offices. 

Co-founder and co-CEO Julia Kay says Great Wrap is excited to introduce the startup’s compostable pallet wrap into the Spiral Foods supply chain.

“This is something we have been working on for four years now and this is kind of the beginning of really big things to come,” she says.

“We are seeing a huge interest from the food space...