According to a recent survey by petMD, there is still much confusion about pet nutrition.

Inspection and detection machinery has a noble purpose in the food and beverage industry – to detect impurities in our consumables and reject the product, long before the item lands on store shelves.

Consumer wants and needs are affecting packaging innovation more than ever. In a culture of social media where we can hear customer feedback (wanted or not) via facebook, twitter, email, Linkedin and more, CPGs are bombarded with what the consumers want.

U.S. consumers are pushing their shopping carts past many of America’s national brands and feel little regret in doing so.

The shortening and buttery spread are packaged in BPA-free containers. The unrefined red palm oil is packed in an amber jar rather than a clear glass jar to help preserve the nutrients.

Our top 50 beverage packagers list is here once again and as it was last year, Coca-Cola stands tall in the number one position at $48.02 billion in revenue for 2012.

PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the owner and producer of PACK EXPO International 2014 (Nov. 2-5; McCormick Place, Chicago), announces the Center for Trends & Technology (CTT): Improving Production through Innovation will make its second appearance at PACK EXPO, sponsored again by Rockwell Automation and its PartnerNetwork™ program. The exhibit first appeared at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013.

Welcome to our annual top 50 food packaging companies cover story. Food and Beverage Packaging has ranked the top food companies based on 2012 total revenues.

While it’s said that more isn’t always better, consumers seem to disagree.

The beverage packaging market is set to grow in the next 10 years at a fairly flat rate.