FAQ's

Benefits of Nutri Ice™ include:

  • Sustainable: By incentivizing end users to reuse the gel as plant food, or at least dispose of it into the kitchen sink, your company can mitigate the 56lbs of CO2 emissions per pallet generated by the transport of the weight of the gel to the landfill. Moreover, Nutri Ice™ is the first gel pack to use a pouch made of 30% recycled plastic.
  • Drain-safe: During disposal, users can pour the water-based gel directly down the drain without impacting PVC pipes or septic systems. They can then recycle the filmlike any other plastic bag.
  • Puncture-resistant: The film is made from a strong, puncture-resistant #4 recyclable plastic. The durable exterior promotes longevity and decreases leakage risk to guard products against moisture.
  • Septic-safe: The specially formulated gel in Nutri Ice™ will not cause clogs or degrade septic systems. Users can safely and conveniently dispose of the gel by flushing the gel down the toilet or pouring it down a sink or floor drain.
  • Reusable: With their nontoxic gel and puncture-resistant, easy-to-clean pouch, Nutri Ice™ packs allow virtually endless reuses by end users or through a send-back program.
  • Reliable: Nutri Ice™ is backed by over 70 years of industry experience. We design and manufacture all of our gel packs to provide superior performance and temperature control you can trust.

Enviro Ice is the only ice pack available which also recycles as plant food when mixed with tap water.

You can find detailed instructions for how to use Enviro Ice as plant food on our Disposal Instructions page or see how the plant food works on our Enviro Ice page.

You can find the complete instructions in this VIDEO

Users have three options for Nutri Ice™ disposal:

  • Use the gel as plant ferilizer: Users can pour Nutri Ice™ directly onto the plants soil or grass.
  • Dispose of the gel and recycle the pouch: Users can cut the pouch corner and pour the gel down a drain. They can then rinse the pouch and recycle it with their plastic bags.
  • Toss the whole gel pack in the garbage: Customers or employees can also dispose of gel packs by tossing them in a waste bin.

You can download the Nutri Ice™ SDS sheet here.

We ask customers to order a minimum of four Pallets.

The NPK of Nutri Ice™ is 0.01-0.01-0.01. It takes around 10,000 pounds of regular Nutri Ice™ product to apply 1 pound of Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium to the soil.

Indoor flowerpots

We recommend application in the soil every two weeks:

  • 3 oz. of Nutri Ice™ gel for small (less than 5″ diameter) flowerpots
  • 10 oz. for medium (about 8″ diameter) flowerpots
  • 20 oz. for large (more than 12″ diameter) flowerpots

Vegetable gardens

Though the NPK of Nutri Ice™ is a better fit for indoor flowerpots, it is possible to use it on vegetable gardens with the following dosage:

  • Spread the content of half an 80 oz. Nutri Ice™ gel pack per sq.ft of garden soil every 3 weeks during the growing season.

For optimal results on vegetable gardens, specialized fertilizers such as “Miracle-Gro® Shake ‘N Feed Tomato, Fruit & Vegetable Plant Food” are a better fit.

If plants become over-fertilized, remove a thin top layer of soil and cover the remaining soil with distilled water, then allow it to drain. Repeat 4 times.