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Sustainable Packaging
Flexibles
Rigid
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Beverage
Food
Other Packaged Goods
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Rectangular Spam cans upgrade to BOPP labels
For those of us who can remember the 1950s, being "spammed" has taken on new meaning. This is not something that affects the twentysomething and younger crowd much.
April 30, 1998
Food: Page 361
Meat/Poultry/Seafood
Burnett cooks with foamed PP/EVOH tray (sidebar)
And the winner is.
April 30, 1998
Filling/capping, dry
Cosmetics are big winners in packaging competition
Additional NACD award winners:Food category
April 30, 1998
Feeding/inserting/unscrambling
Multi-panel coupon label touts sweepstakes
Ott Food Products used a pressure-sensitive, multi-panel coupon label and a special cap liner on its bottled dressings and barbecue sauces to promote the hottest tourist destination in its marketing area.
April 30, 1998
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Irradiation labeling, or not?
As FDA considers new labeling requirements for irradiated foods, a recent consumer study shows that while nearly half of those surveyed accept the term irradiation, more of them (55%) preferred the terms "cold pasteurization" and "electronic pasteurization." The study was commissioned by the Food Marketing Institute in collaboration with the Grocery Manufacturers of America, National Restaurant Assn., and American Meat Institute.
April 30, 1998
Beverage
Tea in a matchbox
Steep Co. of South Glastonbury, CT, thought that its Tea Matchbox(TM), adorned with graphic icons, labels and fun slogans, was so unusual the company had it trademarked.
April 30, 1998
Flexibles
Cat-shaped pouch turns heads overseas
A cat-shaped, stand-up pouch available in four collectible printed versions (three are shown) has helped Gilbertson & Page (GILPA) successfully launch a new dry cat food called Umami.
April 30, 1998
Secondary Packaging
Food innovations on display at U.K. show
Two notable packages uncovered at Pakex 98, held recently in Birmingham, England, both come from food marketers. One is for soup, the other for a product designed to look like Chinese take-out food.
April 30, 1998
Bakery/Snack
FDA expands 'healthy' label to frozen and canned produce
Processors of frozen and canned produce are studying how best to take advantage of a new ruling by the Food and Drug Administration allowing frozen and canned fruits and vegetables to be labeled "healthy." Using that term to describe all fresh fruits and vegetables has been allowed since 1994, but no such broad allowance was made at that time for frozen or canned fruits and vegetables.
April 30, 1998
Converting equipment
Water bottle vends like a can
Lancaster, PA-based Cloister Spring Water recently introduced its new H2O Cool spring water as "the first, the only 12-oz PET bottle that vends like a can." This allows the bottle to be sold through vending machines designed for canned soft drinks.
April 30, 1998
Bakery/Snack
Cereal grain products 'healthy,' too
FDA also approved the use of a "healthy" label claim for certain cereal grain products such as enriched flour, enriched rice and bread, even though until now they could not be labeled "healthy" because many do not meet the 10% nutrient requirement.
April 30, 1998
Closures
Automated bagger
The Paxem(TM) is a new high-speed automated bagger from Colt Eng. Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) that allows flexibility in product and bag sizes at high production rates.
March 31, 1998
Conveying & accumulation
Water bottling line completed by farmer (sidebar)
Making do
March 31, 1998
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