Sustainable packaging firm RAP has unveiled its new range of 'single serve' portion packs. This followed the launch of RapTray, which the firm claimed was the world's first hermetically sealed, modified atmosphere carton food tray.
A breakthrough in packaging for ambient ready meals that contain raw meat, vegetables and sauces is being claimed. It involves the use of a film technology that can extend shelf-life from eight weeks to up to 12 months.
Planned in-store trials of a new board tray design will show how the material can support differentiation and growth in the ready meals market, according to supplier Meadwestvaco (MWV).
An intelligent food label that tells consumers how long they have to eat a product after it has been opened could solve one of grocery’s great conundrums.
Margins are tight for ready meal makers, leaving packaging system suppliers with the unenviable task of providing functional, versatile and sustainable solutions at the right price.
With the growth in popularity of speciality breads, cheesy loaves are flying off the shelves. Alas, not all of those tangy toppings are intentional. Or, so say the UK's leading food research bodies, which are seeing the incidence of moulds in bakery...
While food safety is an ever-present concern, the sustainability of packaging has grabbed all the attention in recent times. But it comes as little surprise that expensive green packaging alternatives have fallen down the priority list as cost pressures...
What is food packaging for? A simple question. Its job is to contain the food and keep it clean, safe and secure until it is used. It should be easy to handle from production through to distribution and sale. It should enable consumers to identify the...
Getting food and drink packaging right is vital in encouraging consumers to engage with a product or brand and to ensure food safety, but what is the public looking for, and how are trends changing?
The same benefits of shelf standout, cost efficiency in the supply chain and energy efficiency in processing still apply to retort pouches, says one supplier, but the UK market is showing signs of saturation.
One expert has branded the proposed new EU food information legislation “crazy” ahead of a second vote on the issue by Parliament's Environment, Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) tomorrow.
Cardboard could replace aluminium and plastic as the material for ready meal and sandwich trays in the modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) process, if a new development takes off in the UK.
As it plans to demonstrate how its vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) options can be integrated with high-pressure processing (HPP) at this May’s Interpack show in Düsseldorf, Multivac claims that the process technology is being driven by...
Rexam has applied its proprietary rotary thermoforming (RTF) technology to new containers used by Danish brand Tulip for its heat-processed pork products.
The use of nanotechnology in food packaging will take off in the UK over the next few years, including developments such as an electronic tongue, which allows the life stage of foods to be determined before consumption, experts have claimed.
Public ignorance about the role played by food packaging could lead to the adoption of regulatory policies that produce more waste, an expert in the...
With a sustainability initiative underway, Mars is on track for a 10,000t packaging reduction by 2010. And that's just for starters, says Sarah Britton
In a market where 'fresh' has become the widely used buzz word, canned food products might appear to have acquired a somewhat dated image. But, as Catherine Quinn discovers, the canmakers are fighting back
Competition in the chilled pizza market is hotting up, with prepacked products battling it out with the fresh made-to-order alternative from the deli...
Value stream mapping (VSM) has been used to justify the additional costs of switching to a new type of shrink lidding case ready packaging, which is...
The launch of a Kraft board salad tray for Pret A Manger, and the promise of new fibre-based packaging in the spring with even broader applications,...
No significant reduction in the high cost of shaped cans for beverages and food is likely in the near future, canmakers warn. But for some at least,...
Frantschach has designs on becoming the leader in active packaging in Europe. Stefan Chomka went to the company's Neoplex plant in Denmark to discover how it intends to do it
Ilapak is introducing some of its latest innovations in electronic
packaging technology at IBA 2003, demonstrating new methods for
bakeries to boost production line efficiency.