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Pigmented bottle battles milk oxidation
A new FlavorTight™ bottle that adds a white color concentrate to high-density polyethylene helps prevent oxidation in Dean Foods’ Land O’Lakes-brand ½- and 1-gal sizes of milk. Introduced in August into seven Midwest states, the bottles are used for 14 total SKUs.
August 31, 2001
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Flexibles
New pack helps No Pudge! Foods fatten sales
A paperboard carton that offers on-shelf differentiation and an inner plastic bag that doesn’t leak help No Pudge! Foods’ natural brownie mix sales soar.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Flexibles to stretch beyond $19 billion in sales
FPA forecasts that fresh produce, meat/poultry/seafood, pet food, medical, and snack foods will represent the top five end-use growth areas for flexible packaging materials in the next five years.
August 31, 2001
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Food allergens nothing to sneeze at
FDA is looking more closely at food labels and processing/packaging materials to determine whether incidental additives must be declared.
August 31, 2001
Flexibles
Dairy Crest milk pouch trial
EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Dairy Crest is currently trialling a milk pouch system at selected doorstep delivery depots and supermarkets in the UK. Click logo for full article.
July 31, 2001
Flexible packaging
'Job shop' takes hands-on approach to skin packaging
Semi-automatic skin packaging machine improves protection of shipments of stainless-steel components and saves money.
July 31, 2001
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Industry develops guidelines for allergen labeling
The Food Allergy Issues Alliance, a group of food trade associations and other organizations focused on allergy-related topics, has issued the Food Allergen Labeling Guidelines to help the estimated seven million Americans with food allergies avoid foods that might make them sick.
July 31, 2001
Converting equipment
The CP moves my cheese
A couple of months ago, I prepared a packaging trends report for the conference program that accompanied the Converting Machinery/Materials Intl. show.
July 31, 2001
Closures
Nestlé package 'percolates' success
Nestlé Canada’s Nescafé Ice coffee syrup bottle earned the “Chairman’s Choice” award in the 2001 National Canadian packaging competition. Developed in conjunction with Graham Packaging Canada (Burlington, Ontario, Canada), the blow-molded, black opaque high-density polyethylene bottle has turned a lot of heads in grocery dairy aisles since its Canadian national rollout earlier this year. A U. S. introduction is expected at some point in the future.
June 30, 2001
Dairy
Nestlé debuts retorted carton; Hain gains competitive 'wedge'
Nestlé Friskies Italia is the first globally to use a retortable carton from Tetra Pak (Vernon Hills, IL). Commercialized in May for its new Friskies “Qualità Freschezza” petfood, the Tetra Recart™ technology is more than two years from a U.S.
June 30, 2001
Conveying & accumulation
Two-line strategy copes with growth
Two new lines at U.K. contract packager Axxis Intl. both rely on puck systems to handle personal care products. One line is tailored for long runs, the other for quick-change versatility. See in-plant video
June 30, 2001
Flexibles
Gravure winners solve problems
During the technical meeting of the Packaging & Label Gravure Assn., 11 entries were cited in the group's first packaging competition. The Best of Show and a winner in the flexible packaging category was the Kirkland Four Cheese Ravioli pouch by Nordenia USA (Jackson, MO) for Costco.
May 31, 2001
Closures
Love Bus Brew tours the West
South Beach Beverage Company, Norwalk, CT, is rolling out the new SoBe Love Bus Brew June 1 to the West Coast. The chocolate drink comes in a lizard-embossed 16-oz glass bottle, decorated with a colorful 2-mil polypropylene label and a 50-micron polyvinyl chloride neck sleeve.
May 31, 2001
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