Probiotics and other healthy-living products flirt with the line between food and pharmaceuticals, and food companies are taking steps to make sure both the containers they come in and the products themselves have positive outcomes.

When concerns about product tampering spiked after September 2001, induction-sealer suppliers thought they might win more food and beverage business.

Less can be more in container performance when basic architectural principles are brought to bear. At least, that’s what Ropak Packaging Corp. contends.

Lightweighting of PET containers and systems that otherwise reduce packaging costs were in abundance at PACK EXPO.

Still derided as the meals GIs love to hate, shelf-stable heat-and-serve entrees are angling for a supermarket shelf near you.

Light weighting of the aluminum bottle may be the advancement that moves the container out of the novelty category and into the mainstream.

Nutritional labeling for restaurant meals is shaping up as a watershed change with implications for packaged goods from fast food chains.

Reducing package material for its all-natural potato chips had a lot of upside benefits, though Salem, OR-based Kettle Foods Inc. didn’t anticipate the negative reaction from some of its customers.

Four parties work to fulfill a simple container request from a key customer.

With customers demanding less material waste and manufacturing looking for ways to trim transportation costs, the trend toward sustainable packaging is gathering momentum.