Rigidity Where It Matters
PHA blends deliver the stiffness a fork or knife needs to cut and lift without flexing, matching the feel of conventional plastic cutlery.
Cutlery
Durable, compostable materials for forks, knives, and spoons, designed to perform in use and break down naturally after disposal.
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The Challenge
Rethinking Single Use Cutlery
Cutlery is handled for minutes and then thrown away, yet a conventional plastic fork stays in the environment long after the meal it was made for.
CJ Biomaterials PHACT™ technology can deliver the stiffness and heat tolerance cutlery demands while opening an end of life pathway conventional resins cannot. PHA can run alone or blended with other biopolymers to tune rigidity, surface finish and feel in the hand, all on existing injection moulding lines.
Because it composts alongside food waste, cutlery made with our PHA can leave the waste stream as a useful soil amendment rather than as a persistent fragment.
Key Benefits
Why PHA for Cutlery
PHA based materials give cutlery the rigidity and heat tolerance it needs in use, then break down responsibly once the meal is over.
Heat and Grease Tolerance
Cutlery stays stable in hot and oily food, so performance holds through a full meal instead of softening partway through.
Composts With Food Waste
Used cutlery can leave with the food scraps it was eaten with, which cuts the sorting burden and keeps material out of landfill.
Product Highlights
Engineered for Performance
PHACT™ materials for cutlery are designed to deliver performance, processability, and compostability, enabling real world applications at scale.
Biobased Certificates
Biodegradability & Compostability
OK biobased by TÜV AUSTRIA
OK biobased by TÜV AUSTRIA
OK biobased by TÜV AUSTRIA
Material Advantages
Delivering performance today while enabling better outcomes tomorrow
PHA based cutlery combines the functional performance diners expect with responsible end of life pathways, without compromising quality or scalability.
Performance
CJ Biomaterials PHACT™ technology can play an important role in enhancing both the environmental profile and the performance of single use cutlery. From forks and spoons to knives and stirrers, certified food safe PHA can function alone or in combination with other biopolymers to reach the rigidity, heat resistance and surface finish that cutlery demands.
Sustainability & End of Life
CJ Biomaterials PHACT™ PHA provides end of life options from commercially to home compostable certified by TÜV AUSTRIA and BPI. It is also certified industrial, soil and marine biodegradable by TÜV AUSTRIA, so cutlery made with it can be a genuinely circular solution.
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See PHA in action
Explore how PHA materials are applied across cutlery and the wider food service range, showing real world performance and versatility.
Real-World Applications
See how PHACT™ materials are used in cutlery, food serviceware, and consumer products.
Resources Area
Technical Resources To Support Your Application
Access technical data, product information, and supporting materials to help evaluate and implement PHA solutions for cutlery.
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Technical Data Sheet
Safety Data Sheet
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Safety Data Sheet
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PHACT™ A1000P SDS
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Safety Data Sheet
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PHACT™ S1000P SDS
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PHACT™ CA1240PF SDS
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PHACT™ CA1270P SDS
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PHACT™ CA1165A SDS
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PHACT™ CB0104A SDS
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FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Find answers to common questions about PHA materials, applications, performance, and sustainability.
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Our technical team can help evaluate materials, performance requirements, and sustainability targets for your product.
CJ Biomaterials is the biomaterials division of CJ CheilJedang, producing PHACT branded PHA biopolymers at commercial scale.
CJ Biomaterials produces PHA biopolymers and related basic chemicals using fermentation based biotechnology. Building on decades of experience in food and biotechnology, the company uses bioscience, chemical engineering, materials innovation, and applications development to manufacture PHA solutions at scale for global markets.
Packaging, food serviceware, agriculture, personal care and consumer goods are the most common, wherever a persistent plastic can be replaced.
PHA breaks down in soil, industrial compost and marine environments, so it does not persist as microplastic at end of life.
They shorten the time a discarded product remains in the environment, which reduces accumulation in landfill and waterways.