Beverage

Hair care packs turn heads

John Frieda Professional Hair Care Business launched in North America in February its Luminous Color Glaze at-home salon-glazing product in clear printed InSight™ packaging from AGI/Klearfold (www.agiklearfold.com), a business unit of MeadWestvaco.

June 30, 2006

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Dairy

High-style ice cream cone packaging

This spring, Lucerne, Switzerland-based Emmi Schweiz AG launched a premium line of praline-topped ice creams in crispy almond wafer cones. Creative packaging, developed in conjunction with Huhtamaki (www.huhtamaki.com), was integral to the product introduction.

June 30, 2006

Secondary Packaging

Packaging Lessons Learned

Readers share experiences of inventiveness, resourcefulness, and persistence.

June 30, 2006

Labels

Microwave Coffee-Brewing Cup

JavaVoo LLC’s Micro-Brew Personal Barista is a single-use, disposable container that pressure-brews a ready-to-drink cup of coffee in the microwave in two minutes.

June 30, 2006

Dairy

Cream Cheese Spray Container

With a name like Old Fashioned Foods Inc., you’d think this Mayville, WI-based snack cheese manufacturer would stick with the tried and true.

June 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling regulations: A bug's life?

“Stop bugging me: Consumers unwittingly eating insects.”

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging plays a role in combating obesity?

It could, says a recent report to FDA.

May 31, 2006

Beverage

When packaging overcomes the 'Great Divide'

Marketers should focus packaging communications on consumer product uses rather than ingredients, features, and price.

May 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

U.S. vintners bubbly over wine agreement with EU

“The Europeans will be out to force the grandfathered California wineries to cease and desist in their use of terms like champagne and bordeaux on their labels.”

May 31, 2006

Labels

Shrink labels dress up new smoothies

Brown Cow Farm, Antioch, CA, a member of the Londonderry, NH-based Stonyfield Farm family, has adopted shrink labels supplied by Seal-It, Inc. (www.sealitinc.com) for its new low-fat yogurt smoothies.

May 31, 2006

Dairy

Cosmetics receive special treatment

Marie Carrier, founder of Officina Ltd., Quebec, Canada, created her cosmetics based on natural ingredients.

May 31, 2006

Flexibles

Chicken multipacks take wing at FMI

As seen at the Food Marketing Institute 2006 show, a line of multipacked, individually wrapped chicken breasts from Coleman Natural Foods, Golden, CO, is taking flight nationally starting this month, following test marketing in the northeast.

May 31, 2006

Dairy

Consumer packaging expectations rising

Laura Bix, PhD., is an assistant professor at Michigan State University’s School of Packaging. Her appointment dictates teaching, outreach, and research in medical packaging.

May 31, 2006