The latest advances in convenience packaging options, single-serve, re-sealable, portion-controlled, on-the-go, offer retailers and consumers greater convenience, reliable containment, and sustained freshness. Increased recyclability and sustainability are other features. This is good news for bakery and snack producers who are striving to meet consumer demand.

Consumer trends are driving bakery/snack production in the areas that form/fill/seal (FFS) systems accommodate.

A desire for sustainability is one of the key factors driving the latest packaging innovations in baggers, closing equipment, twist ties, clips, zippers, resealable materials, heat sealing, and ultrasonic sealing.

Today's snack and bakery consumers want food products in packaging that offers convenience, reliable functionality and sustained freshness. They're looking for better-for-you snacks in single-serve portions and resealability.

Manufacturers today face many challenges when it comes to designing packaging materials for the snack and bakery market, especially as the consumption cycle of packaged foods grows longer.

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., featured advancements in three families of packaging films—Torayfan clear barrier BOPP, Torayfan white BOPP, and Lumirror high barrier PET—at Pack Expo International 2018 at McCormick Place in Chicago.