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Food Packaging

Tea time for connoisseurs

January 7, 2013

The tea bag’s image can use some polishing, and what better way than to create a championship competition where the winners use an alternative to the standard flat-pack tea bag?

Fashion for squares

Kevin T. Higgins

December 5, 2012

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

PACK EXPO

Hot pink team wins blue ribbon at PACK EXPO's Amazing Packaging Race

Four-member team takes first

Shane O'Halloran

November 28, 2012

The team completed packaging and processing related tasks to win.

simple truth organic plain low fat yogurt

Truth be told

Kevin T. Higgins

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.

stackable snappable wine containers packaging

Stackable and snappable

Kevin T. Higgins

November 7, 2012

When foodservice accounts ask if they can sell your product, you know you have a hit.

The 80-foot microwave

Kevin T. Higgins

November 7, 2012

Shelf-stable foods prepared with microwave-assisted thermal sterilization may soon debut, provided the packaging riddle can be solved.

sausage shirnkwrap process breakfast meal

Sausage maker streamlines shrinkwrapping on breakfast line

November 7, 2012

System upgrade doubles throughput, maximizes line uptime and provides efficient long-term operational ROI.

TECH FLASH

Coca-Cola to set sustainable packaging goals in Europe

A joint-venture with a PET recycler will make it possible

October 29, 2012

The goals include achieving zero waste in its own operations and recycling more packaging than it uses.

Packaging Trends Survey: Greener Containers, Faster Speeds

Kevin T. Higgins

October 4, 2012

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

Engineering R&D: Research in the trenches

Kevin T. Higgins

October 4, 2012

With government funding drying up and businesses curtailing in-house programs, food technology research often has an entrepreneurial feel in the 21st century.