Research funded by the European Union now say they have found a way to protect foods from contamination and retain freshness by replacing petrochemical materials with a coating produced from dairy byproducts.
Thanks to a plethora of new product innovations, fun packaging concepts and a host of exotic flavoring options, the bar segment maintains a prime position in the major leagues.
Whether it’s a picnic, a ballgame, a county fair or just lounging in the sun, the state of the snack industry proves that consumers are in for one wild, fun-filled, tasty ride.
The bases are loaded when it comes to sweet goods and snack cakes. Though sales are sluggish, consumers want sweet treats to be healthy but still like to indulge a bit. But with fewer calories and fat, portion packaging and better-for-you formulations, today’s sweet treats won’t stay in the dugout for long.
Shoppers in The Netherlands and Germany can purchase Rondeel eggs in compostable, injection-molded cartons made of a foamed starch/fiber material from PaperFoam bv., Barneveld, The Netherlands. The carton is lightweight and renewable, and has other commercial packaging applications.
A new report on the U.S. organic food market indicates that the market in the United States is seeing much faster growth versus the conventional food market and shows no signs of slowing down.
A critical aspect on any production line, the package handling function
may require one conveyor section, multiple lanes or hundreds of
integrated material handling accumulators, elevators, lowerators,
robotics, controllers and more. We asked several manufacturers what’s
new in package handling equipment and systems to make your
manufacturing operation more productive.
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