New EDF tool reveals toxic chemicals in common food packaging
New research from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) confirms that hundreds of toxic chemicals are used in the making of food packaging. Toxic chemicals come in direct contact with our food through everyday packaging...
Kurkure & Masaba Gupta add an element of ‘Chatpatapan’ to this festive season
Kurkure, one of India’s most loved snack brands, has unveiled a special, limited-edition festive hamper*, exclusively curated by one of India’s most popular designers, Masaba Gupta, who is known for her contemporary and unconventional...
VeriPack Solutions shows its MAP packaging for food
VeriPack Solutions India, part of the Italian Ilpra Group, is a manufacturer of machines for food and non-food packaging since 1989. Its wide range of niche packaging machines and technologies are designed to maximize...
Sustainable packaging takes centre stage at Westfalia Fruit
Westfalia Fruit’s business in France has launched a new range of environmentally and consumer-friendly packaging for avocados that dramatically reduces and replaces the use of plastic, eliminating the use of black plastic, which is...
Mondi celebrates eight wins at the 2021 WorldStar Packaging awards
Mondi, a global enterprise in sustainable packaging and paper, received eight awards in three categories at this year’s WorldStar Packaging awards. In this annual competition of the World Packaging Organization, judges from 55 countries...
Tetra Pak introduces complete processing line for white cheese
Tetra Pak has announced the launch of its first complete processing line for feta type white cheese products, with a fully automated and integrated solution to ensure the highest standard of food safety and...
United Caps introduces tethered closure for cartons
United Caps, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, said in a release on 2 March 2023 that it is launching a unique, highly effective and sustainable tethered closure for carton packaging, 23 H-PAK....
Orkla & Irplast join Sabic’s Trucircle initiative for consumer goods packaging
Saudi Arabia based Sabic announced that Orkla, a diversified Nordic brand owner in business-to-consumer (B2C) commerce with foods, snacks, food care for sport, and food ingredients, has launched its first chips packaging using certified...
Sweet temptation
The confectionery and baked goods segment is an excellent example of the important impact packaging can have on consumer decisions at the point of sale (POS). Almost no other industry benefits as strongly from...
Smurfit Kappa and Mitsubishi HiTec Paper create recyclable food packaging
Smurfit Kappa, a paper-based packaging provider, has collaborated with Mitsubishi HiTec Paper, a supplier of specialty paper, to create a new type of recyclable food-safe packaging as part of its ongoing 'Better Planet Packaging'...