Coding, Printing & Labeling

Snacking trends signal packaging opportunities?

Food channel releases Top 10 Snack Trend Report

August 23, 2010

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Bakery/Snack

Frito-Lay keeps chipping away for a better snack bag

New bags for its Sun Chips brand are a welcome innovation for sustainability, but consumer concerns have the company researching ways to soften the noisy ‘crinkle.’

August 19, 2010

Containers

'Big mouth' plastic containers are shrinking

Those jars that are popular in club stores for bulk products are seeing reduced diameters and improved geometry to cut costs while also retaining stacking strength.

August 18, 2010

Beverage

Reduced-plastic bag serves up new Fresh Express salad line

New salad line from Chiquita meets consumers’ growing desire for artisanal products, while reduced-plastic bags are also good for the greens.

August 17, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Packaging sets the light-hearted tone for Jovial health food brand

Euro-USA Trading Co. Inc., North Franklin, CT, is introducing Jovial First Ever Einkorn Whole Grain Pasta, an innovative health food brand. Einkorn in the oldest species of cultivated wheat and has outstanding nutritional content, compared with common bread wheat.

August 17, 2010

Flexible packaging

Mixing up fruits and nuts in weight-reliable bags

Sophisticated weighers and product transfers facilitate consistent blending of up to eight fruit and nut components per bag

August 9, 2010

Sustainability

New paper can fight bacteria and keep food fresher for longer

Nothing new about a nano material called graphene, first discovered in 2004. What’s new is a “hidden” benefit that could change the way things are packaged.

August 9, 2010

Containers

Retort lines launch latte business

New retort lines for milk-based beverages allow processed cheese and dip co-manufacturer/packer Berner Food to build up off-season business and double output.

August 8, 2010

Dairy

'Crisp bread' requires robots' delicate touch

At Wasabröd’s factory in the small hamlet of Filipstad, Sweden, handling fragile crisp bread is no easy task for a company that works hard to retain its dominant position in the industry.

August 8, 2010

Sustainable Packaging

California chemicals law still causing headaches

In a dramatic and as-yet unresolved accusation, an environmental group has alleged that a long list of fruit companies are exposing people to too much lead in their fruit drinks and other products.

August 8, 2010

Sustainability

Bulk organic snacks get green PLA retail pack

For its bulk line of five Organic Acres brand dried fruit and nut blends, Tropical Foods, Charlotte, NC, has launched a corn-based plastic container that brand manager Chad Hartman says “is a logical fit with the organic product.”

August 7, 2010

Conveying & accumulation

Loma Systems introduces new x-ray inspection system

The X4 800XL is designed for the inspection of large trays, boxes and packaged products up to 800mm (31”) wide

August 5, 2010

Bakery/Snack

Private label update: Whole Foods redesigns prepared foods packaging

Upscale retailer’s strength of supporting regional suppliers made for weak national branding.

July 28, 2010