Meat/Poultry/Seafood: Page 7

Flexibles

Bio-PE pouch helps advance beef producer’s mission

Beef products from Northern Italian breeder association La Granda, part of the Slow Flood Presidia, are now packaged in a stand-up pouch made from more than 80% bio-based plastic.

June 11, 2019

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

New vacuum skin pack format

First to commercialize a new vacuum skin-packaging concept was OSI Europe.

May 31, 2019

Recycling

Replacing plastic packaging for case-ready meat

In launching its line of premium beef, OSI Europe was the first to commercialize an innovative vacuum skin packaging system that can reduce the amount of plastic used by up to 75%.

May 29, 2019

Protective/transport packaging

Compostable, water-soluble shipping materials used by meat delivery service

E-commerce meat company Crowd Cow ditches the EPS insulation for a shipping material that is home-compostable and meltable, and can be safely disintegrated in water.

April 27, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Fresh meat packaging market offers opportunities

Beef sales are down, ready-to-eat chicken and fresh seafood sales are up, and vacuum skin packaging grows in popularity. New report looks at the global fresh meat packaging market.

March 25, 2019

Containers

Fork included in new tuna pack

Chicken of the Sea® has begun the national roll-out of Infusions™, a resealable, single-serve recyclable cup of wild-caught tuna with a built-in fork perfect for a convenient meal or snack.

February 22, 2019

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Unique reclosable flexible-film thermoform for sliced meats

Norwegian food company Orkla addresses food waste with a new flexible-film thermoform for its sliced, cured meats that incorporates a reclosable label on the top web.

December 16, 2018

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Foster Farms’ DORI rides resurgent QR trend

In a competitive poultry category, Foster Farms uses QR technology to give consumers the information they want, plus added benefits, right at the point of purchase.

December 5, 2018

Flexibles

Turkey Tracker tells consumers the story of their bird

Jennie-O Turkey Store now includes a code on each fresh or frozen turkey that consumers can enter on the company’s website to learn where their turkey comes from and the story behind it.

November 11, 2018

Filling/capping, dry

Sous vide at Starbucks

Who knew that a very popular breakfast item served at Starbucks would show up at one of the booths occupied by an exhibitor at PACK EXPO International 2018?

October 17, 2018

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Confronting ‘confinement odor’ in chicken packs

At the Bemis booth at PACK EXPO International 2018, one of the highlights was a blown film that can be used for vacuum packaging of fresh, refrigerated poultry.

October 16, 2018

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

Perdue modernizes packaging to ‘stand out from the flock’

Playful illustrations and vibrant colors lend a more contemporary design to the company’s line of fresh chicken packaging as part of an effort to inspire and connect with younger consumers.

October 11, 2018