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In the coming year, packaging will likely be more succinct, focused on reducing food waste and designed for e-commerce.

Target is making a major push into the online marketplace — with an emphasis on groceries. The retailer has agreed to pay $550 million cash to acquire Shipt, Inc., a leading online same-day delivery platform that’s known for its grocery delivery service.

Already used in jams and cereal, fig has increasingly been making its way into other categories including yogurt, tea, energy drinks, and even chewing gum.

The number one trend this year is Mindful Choices.

Among the top trends, automation and robotics are expected to gain mass adoption in many food processing plants to help operational efficiencies and customer order fulfillment as well as to increase throughput and quality.

As brand manufacturers continue to source from an ever-growing list of ingredients and suppliers, food is now the fourth most valuable counterfeit market, according to the 2016 Brand Protection and Product Traceability Market Research Report.

Coffee, tea, or hot soup on the go? A new packaging innovation promises exactly that. The HeatGenie simply and quickly heats beverages with a twist of the lid through a solid-state thermal reaction.

Knowledge of how attacks occur, new tools coming on the scene, and long-term investments in cybersecurity can all help processors stand a better chance of keeping their plants safely up and running.

A research team from the National University of Singapore has successfully turned tofu whey — a liquid that is generated from the production of tofu and is often discarded — into what they describe as a tasty alcoholic beverage called Sachi.