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Consumers who purchase and eat alternative protein products typically want them to be packaged in a responsible way, too.

Outshine, a brand known for its frozen fruit bars, is launching new Fruit & Yogurt Smoothie Pouches, the company’s first shelf-stable, take-anywhere snack.

The enormous amount of attention paid to ingredients in food and beverage by processors may have some overlooking an equally important element of the F&B experience: the container in which that food or beverage is sold. Packaging today plays many roles: carrier of F&B, protector of temperature-sensitive items, barrier for potential adulteration, manifestation of a brand’s sustainability initiatives and more.

The latest development by Innovia Films is Propacast KF, a clear cast polypropylene film that was designed as a lamination solution for HFFS, VFFS and lidding applications.

In its report, “Inflation Accelerates,” about the ascent of private label brands in the grocery space, DataWeave (a retail data, pricing and AI analytics company) explores the reasons behind and numbers backing the rise in popularity of private label food brands and products resulting from the pandemic, and now rising inflation.

The continued growth of boutique and niche pet food brands the past few years has made for crowded competition at brick-and-mortar stores and online retailers. Gone are the days of limited choice among a handful of legacy brands, with equally limited packaging options.

Energy and raw material prices were already at a high level but surged even further after the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Those increases combined with availability issues have serious financial impacts on the flexible packaging supply chain in Europe, according to a report by FPE (Flexible Packaging Europe, the industry representing interests of 80 companies and manufacturers).

Read up on the growing frozen ready-meal market as well as how inflation has accelerated private label share and penetration in this installment of Nuts & Bolts.

Recent packaging trends have us flashing back but also looking forward in new ways.