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FDA revokes approval of three chemicals previously cleared for use in food packaging

January 5, 2016

According to FDA, the decision reflects new data linking these substances to structurally similar toxic compounds.

Food Packaging

Addressing safety concerns

With more demand for safe food and beverage packaging, new innovations for consumer packaged goods could soon enter the marketplace.

Debra Schug

January 5, 2016

The growth of the consumer wellness movement and demand for healthy foods has resulted in companies like Kraft and Nestlé eliminating the artificial ingredients in their products.

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Food Packaging: Pourable straw

Debra Schug

December 19, 2015

Nippon Straw, a manufacturer of drinking straws based in Tokyo, has created the Ex straw that facilitates smooth pouring of a package’s contents into another vessel.

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Food Packaging: Better Barrier

Debra Schug

December 12, 2015

Greiner Packaging’s inert barrier technology won the Swiss Packaging Institute’s award for outstanding performance in the packaging technology category.

Food Packaging: Flexible leads the pack

Debra Schug

December 5, 2015

At PACK EXPO 2015, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technology (PMMI) unveiled the findings from three industry reports: the “State of the Industry U.S. Packaging Machinery Report,” “Global Packaging Trends” and the “2015 Flexible Packaging Market Assessment Report.”

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Food Packaging: UV light and recycled PET bottles

Debra Schug

November 26, 2015

The storage conditions of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles could affect further recycled PET bottles, according to a recent Plastic Technologies, Inc. research study.

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Food Packaging: Milk in a stick

Debra Schug

November 18, 2015

MA Dairy & Food USA has introduced a new packaging option for hot beverage condiments—the “Milk in a Stick” package.

Oreo lets consumers get creative with personalized packaging

Jeremy Gerrard

November 9, 2015

Mondelez International is putting the design of the cookie’s iconic wrapper in the hands of consumers.

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Food packaging: The package as narrator

In the future, some food and beverage containers will hold not only their contents, but also a route into the digital world.

Debra Schug

November 9, 2015

Traditionally, brands have viewed packaging as one of the most important opportunities for communicating to their customers. Now, new technology is giving brands the opportunity not to just communicate, but to interact with their customers through “smart” packages enabled by mobile technology.

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Food packaging: Talking heads

October 22, 2015

Belgian brewery Martens has launched a new brand of beer, Dagschotel, which is packaged in PET bottles digitally printed with a smartphone application. The beer was created in coordination with the Belgian TV sitcom, “F.C. Kampioenen,” to promote its new movie.

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.