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Stirring the pot of package innovation

LiDestri Food & Beverage is set to expand into multi-compartment flexible pouches for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmetic applications.

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Combine the expertise and resources of a contract manufacturer/packager, mix it with the knowledge gained from working with the packaging departments of major universities, sprinkle in some old-fashioned entrepreneurial spirit, let those ingredients simmer, and you’ve got an innovative package stew cooking in the pot. That’s exactly what’s happening at LiDestri Food & Beverage, a Fairport, NY-based manufacturer known best for its sauces, dips, salsas, beverages, oils, and spirits.

To add more spice to the mix, LiDestri Food & Beverage not only manufactures products, but is now also planning to provide creative new packaging based on the knowledge gained from these resources. And for more kick, the company, led by its CEO Giovanni LiDestri, is aiming to move into pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and cosmetic markets. At press time, the new packaged products were not yet on the commercial market.

To explain these considerable changes, enter David DiLiberto, the company’s director, Business Development, and formerly president of Marsupial Packaging, which is now a part of LiDestri Food & Beverage. DiLiberto explains, “There are several variations or designs of this packaging technology, however it can best be described as a collapsible, multi-compartment flexible plastic container that may have several segregated compartments, where the seal or seals may be ruptured and the contents mixed.”

The packaging can hold product mixes including powder and powder, liquid and powder, liquid and liquid, powder/liquid, and empty. DiLiberto believes the technology will be able to provide for novel parenteral and clinical nutrition delivery in hospital, pharmacy, or home healthcare venues. Features touted for the packaging include the following:

• Contents are kept separate prior to mixing, maintaining quality, freshness, and taste

• Preportioned medication mixture for nursing or pharmacy staff

• Easy to use and operate, even for those with dexterity challenges

• Multi-port/spout options

• Stand-up, lay-flat, or hang/IV design

• Large graphic/text area 

• Individual or unit-dose customization

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