Packaging
RSS

AssurPACK Packaging for Cannabis Baked Goods

How to Choose Child-Resistant Packaging for Cannabis Edibles

Packaging for Protection: Selecting child-resistant cannabis packaging also involves cost, environmental impact and intuitive use.

Alyse Thompson-Richards

August 19, 2020

Child-resistant packaging plays an important role in preventing young children from accessing cannabis-infused foods and beverages—products that could potentially look appealing to them.

Packaging

An alternative to paper-based nut canisters

Packaging company introduces a plastic snack container that’s easier to recycle

Rose Shilling

August 10, 2020

The maker of Fisher nuts wanted recyclable snack canisters to replace paper-based, multi-material cans that often end up in the trash and are rising in cost.

Packaging

Packaging insert extends avocado shelf life

Mission Produce avocados stay fresh about three days longer with Avolast technology

Rose Shilling

August 10, 2020

A new quarter-sized packaging insert is keeping Mission Produce Inc. avocados fresh longer.

Packaging

Can you recycle a greasy pizza box?

Despite what you may have heard, WestRock and Domino’s say don’t trash that stained corrugated box

Rose Shilling

July 28, 2020

Domino’s and WestRock are encouraging people to toss their empty pizza boxes in the recycling even if they have some grease on them, challenging warnings that only clean boxes can be made into new products.

Diageo Johnnie Walker whiskey paper bottle

Packaging

Paper bottles for drinks: Diageo, PepsiCo pursue plastic-free package

Johnnie Walker whiskey to debut recyclable paper bottles in 2021

Rose Shilling

July 15, 2020

Diageo is introducing a bottle for Johnnie Walker scotch made of 100% paper from sustainably sourced wood, part of the company’s sustainability commitments. The spirits giant, with brands including Smirnoff and Guinness, is part of a consortium with global consumer goods companies, including PepsiCo and Unilever, which will introduce paper bottles for their own brands later this year

Field Reports

High-speed case packers help pickle maker meet demand for single-serve pouches

SOMIC machines are handling about 2 million pickle packages a week—expected to increase

Rose Shilling

July 9, 2020

OH SNAP! Pickling Co. installs new high-speed, end-of-line packaging machines from SOMIC to handle increasing demand.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Clear Glass Ergo Food Jars

June 30, 2020

Made with flint glass, the cylindrical shape of the Bruni Glass Ergo Food Jar will give products artisan appeal.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Sublingual Micropearl Dispenser

June 24, 2020

Evielab's patent-pending micropearl technology dissolves quickly under the tongue and is as discreet as a breath mint.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Taking a Look at Today's Cannabis Consumer

Distinct consumer populations are emerging, illustrating diverse future directions for the industry.

Douglas J. Peckenpaugh

June 23, 2020

In the wake of progressively expanding legislation opening legal cannabis markets across the U.S., we've discovered that today's cannabis consumer comes from all walks of life, and product branding can take myriad viable forms.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS | JUNE 2020

Kinder-Safe Child-Resistant Packaging

June 17, 2020

Kinder-Safe is a line of child-resistant packaging solutions serving the medical and recreational cannabis industry.

Join Lynn Dornblaser, Client Advisor at Mintel, and Alyse Thompson-Richards, Editor-in-Chief of FOOD ENGINEERING, as they break down the 2026 Top 100 Food and Beverage Companies and discuss the factors affecting this year’s rankings.

Explore food safety strategies that strengthen sanitation, risk management, operational efficiency, and compliance across foodservice and facility environments.