This fall’s Pack Expo International will feature several enhancements, including a co-location partnership with the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).Pack Expo, organized by PMMI, will be held Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at
There are no issues more crucial that food safety, a widespread concern addressed by a newly released ISO standard for radio-frequency identification. The release on Feb. 12 of the new
Chocoholics take heart: The confectionary industry is leveraging the reported benefits of flavanols found in chocolate through a new on-package logo developed by Mars Inc. Flavanols, natural compounds found in
The global quest to develop common benchmarks for sustainable packaging is finally hitting its stride, after major companies agreed at a recent meeting to work on metrics.The current clutter of
The American Beverage Association has announced an initiative to make calorie counts more readily accessible to consumers, including on packaging. The “voluntary commitment” will include displaying calorie counts on the
Berlin Packaging, Chicago, a full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, announced Feb. 8 that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire All-Pak Inc., a
One of the key 2010 trends that we recently relayed as noted by the Food Channel was for personalization of products. That trend is playing out in a unique new
Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., reports that it has eliminated 150 million pounds of packaging from its supply chain since 2005."Our global team of employees is doing a phenomenal job creating
In a study published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from Tufts University found that some commercially prepared foods contained more calories
Diamond Foods Inc., San Francisco, Calif., has partnered with Microwave Science JV LLC to use its TrueCookPlus microwave oven codes on 13 different Pop Secret products. Consumers input a short
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