Articles by Kevin T. Higgins, Senior Editor

Fashion for squares

December 5, 2012

A carton is a carton, but a catchy look is forever.


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UV, the Darwin award winner

December 5, 2012

Survival of the fittest applies to packaging systems, too, and pulsed UV light is the apparent winner of the nonchemical sterilization competition for food containers.


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Sustainable Plant of the Year: Stahlbush Island Farms - A model of self-sufficiency

November 7, 2012
A biogas system has transformed Stahlbush Island farms into a carbon negative operation, removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it is responsible for creating.
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Green Series: Good to the Last BTU

November 7, 2012

For organizations able to commit capital to energy recovery systems, the realized efficiencies are the gift that keeps giving.


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Engineering R&D: Shear waves in filtration

November 7, 2012
From fractionating milk solids to waste treatment aimed at zero liquid discharge, filtration is playing a growing role in the food industry, provided manufacturers can keep membranes clean.
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Truth be told

November 7, 2012
Lee Marvin had his Dirty Dozen. The Kroger Co. goes eight times further with “Free from 101,” a list of ingredients and food additives it is banishing from its private-label natural products.
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Stackable and snappable

November 7, 2012
When foodservice accounts ask if they can sell your product, you know you have a hit.
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The 80-foot microwave

November 7, 2012
Shelf-stable foods prepared with microwave-assisted thermal sterilization may soon debut, provided the packaging riddle can be solved.
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Packaging Trends Survey: Greener Containers, Faster Speeds

October 4, 2012

Whether they acknowledge it or not, food packaging professionals are operating lines where the goals of sustainable manufacturing are playing out.


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Houston's high-rise gin

October 4, 2012
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union may be the only organization that has not saluted New Artisan Spirit Inc. for the design and execution of its Roxor gin bottle.
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