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Technological advancements in refrigerated storage and transport, consumer demand for perishable foods driving market.
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Cold chain market worth $271.30 billion by 2022
Technological advancements in refrigerated storage and transport, consumer demand for perishable foods driving market.
January 31, 2017

Food: Page 56

Flexibles
Graphics for new snack bar leverage juicing category cues
A new, five-ingredient, nutrient-dense snack bar from KIND uses hand-drawn type, vibrant natural colors, and soft textures that are true to the lead product’s ingredients.
January 29, 2017
A new, five-ingredient, nutrient-dense snack bar from KIND uses hand-drawn type, vibrant natural colors, and soft textures.
Flexibles
Drop-in bioplastic for pet-food bag
A Canadian provider of organic and non-GMO cat and dog foods extends its commitment to accountability to its packaging, with flexible bags made from bioplastic for a new product line.
January 12, 2017
Petcurean used Braskem’s I’m Green PE to create USDA-certified bio-based flexible bags, produced by Peel Plastics.
Containers
Foodservice-size cans of boiled peanuts now easier to access
McCall Farms introduces a can opener-free can end for its 6-lb cans of boiled peanuts, maximizing the potential of the product in foodservice channels.
December 26, 2016
A variation on a 603-dia easy-open end for McCall Farms’ 6-lb can of boiled peanuts eliminates the need for a can opener.
Sustainability
Tomato fiber-based packaging finds commercial applications
Canadian grower Pure Hothouse Foods and French grower Idyl switch to solid board packaging for their vegetables that is enriched with tomato plant fibers.
December 25, 2016
Pure Hothouse Foods is packaging its snacking tomato brand in paperboard packaging enriched with tomato plant fibers.
Flexibles
Bio-based Snickers wrapper wins top award
Four years in the making, a bio-based film wrapper for Mars' Snickers candy bar made from potato starch waste is given top honors in the 11th Global Bioplastics Awards.
December 19, 2016
The Mars’ Snickers bar uses bio-based film made from starch derived from wastewater from potato processing.
Cartons and boxes
Froyo drone delivery relies on Pop-Up-Party box
A 30-ct box of frozen yogurt with ice blanket is carried from an Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt store to a nearby college campus, marking the first delivery of froyo by drone.
December 18, 2016
In “Project Flying Orange Unicorn,” Orange Leaf delivered froyo six blocks from its store to Hope College via a manned drone.
Flexibles
Balance Bar redesign is wrapped in decadence
Positioned as ‘craveable nutrition,’ Balance Bars now use packaging graphics that use delectable images of chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel poured across the canvas.
December 11, 2016
Balance worked with brand strategist and designer Hatch to restage the packaging, which launched in summer 2016.
Filling/capping, dry
Synerlink S.A. acquires Sogameca
Synerlink S.A. strengthens its position as a provider to the fresh dairy and food industry by acquiring cutting tool manufacturer Sogameca.
December 5, 2016
Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials
Valved packaging proves successful in foodservice
Spanish meat shop is first to use a tray and film combination with valve to package its new line of meat recipes, for cooking in a conventional steam oven.
December 3, 2016
Carns Fuster has become the first user of the patented Micvac process for in-pack cooking and pasteurization for foodservice.
Sustainability
Advanced vapor vacuum capping technology
With co-packer assistance, major salsa producer embraces new metal cap to PET jar sealing system to reduce package damage and freight costs.
December 2, 2016
The filled PET jars are placed in corrugated trays, shrink-wrapped and palletized for shipment.
Prepared Foods
Micvac adds food service business area
The patented Micvac process for in-pack cooking and pasteurization is now being used within the food service industry.
November 21, 2016
Recycling
Millennials and Sustainable Packaging Go Hand in Hand
The Foodservice Packaging Institute’s latest trends report finds common threads throughout the industry, such as the impact and correlation between Millennials and sustainable packaging.
November 21, 2016
Report shows that Millenials and sustainable packaging, convenience, and tamper evidence mechanisms are trends the industry should act on.
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