Prepared Foods

Off The Shelf: New guacamole packs make serving and snacking a cinch

Wholly Guacamole introduces a peel-and-serve tray in 8- and 16-oz sizes, and a 100-calorie cup for single-serve, on-the-go snacking of its all-natural guacamole dips.

December 2, 2013

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Containers

Microwave shielding for ready meals

Conagra's Bertolli brand Rustico Bakes line of frozen ready meals have unique microwave shielding technology that keeps the edges and corners of the meal from overcooking and makes sure the center of the meal is hot.

October 24, 2013

Controls & Machine Components

Bush Brothers likes automated tracking of downtime

Bush Brothers and Co. is a family-owned company best known for its baked beans. But the Knoxville, TN-based firm also serves up some pretty sophisticated data acquisition and downtime tracking technology since implementing a Parsec software application called TrakSYS.

October 18, 2013

Sustainable Packaging

Recyclable PP coffee cup keeps contents hot, surface cool

Under development for six years, Berry Plastics' new Versalite™ thermal management technology for hot or cold beverage cups allows for superior insulation, keeping hot beverages hot and cold ones cold, while keeping the surface temperature cool for consumers' hands. The reusable, durable, laminated PP cup allows for 10-color reverse flexo-printed graphics and full recyclablility.

September 24, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Video: Ossid offers the 500Si stretch overwrapper for meat and produce packers

The 500Si features Ossid’s gripper chain stretch technology – the same technology found on the company’s top of the line models – and a wrap rate of up to 120 trays per minute, making it easy for protein and produce packaging operations to offer their customers quality wrapped packages at an affordable price.

September 11, 2013

Sustainability

Retort cartons contain ready-to-eat pasta meals

Pacific Foods launches childhood pasta favorites made from all natural ingredients, packaged in BPA-free, retortable liquid cartons.

July 5, 2013

Recycling

Could packaging help McDonald’s address 'fast food' health concerns?

Shareholders meeting attendees call for foodservice retailer to leave hospitals, stop marketing to kids at company’s shareholders meeting.

May 24, 2013

Recycling

Another level of transparency for rPET egg packs

Pete & Gerry’s Organics emphasizes the importance of small family egg farms, with photos and copy on the carton liner that talk about its egg suppliers and the industry.

May 10, 2013

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Microwave-ready rice pudding

Rieber & Son of Norway are such big fans of microwave pasteurization as a means of extending refrigerated shelf life that they recently installed their third line.

May 1, 2013

Secondary Packaging

Case packer provides 'phenomenal' uptime for biscotti baker

Nonni’s Foods installs a wraparound case packer for its boxed biscotti products, resulting in increased production and flexibility, and consistent product presentation.

May 1, 2013

Sustainability

Bonduelle launches next-gen food can

After ten years in development, the leading European food processor Bonduelle has launched a new steel food can that delivers enhanced consumer appeal together with significant environmental benefits.

April 25, 2013

Recycling

Optimism in foodservice packaging sector

A strengthening economy and less volatile input pricing could result in a positive year for the foodservice packaging industries in North America and Europe, based on an annual survey conducted by the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI).

April 9, 2013

Flexible packaging

Innovation drives Lundberg's new rice packaging

Stand-up, reclosable five-sided pouch provides competitive differentiation, shelf presence, and consumer benefits.

March 1, 2013