RTE cereals: The childhood obesity culprits?
Manufacturers of high-sugar ready-to-eat cereals are misleading and confusing kids in child-targeted TV advertising, researchers claim.
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Seafood packaging site taps into $430bn market
Sirane has unveiled a website geared toward packaging products for seafood applications.
General Mills cereal brand innovates with sustainable liner
Organic food brand Cascadian Farm has upped the sustainability quotient of its packaging, pouring into the first-ever cereal box liner made from renewable plant sources.
Ireland calls for EU max limits on folic acid in bread
Voluntary folic acid fortification of bread is sufficient but maximum limits should be set and the market carefully monitored, a public health expert says.
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US Crab meat firm redesigns packaging for EU launch
American crab meat company, Blue Star Foods, has partnered with Clip Creative in the UK to redesign the packaging of six of its patented pouch packs.
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Hotpack Packaging opens $27.2m facility in Dubai
Hotpack Packaging Industries, a UAE-based producer and wholesaler of disposable food packaging materials, has opened a $27.2m manufacturing and logistics unit in Dubai.
‘We’ve slashed the salt, now where's the credit?’
Bradford-based Seabrook crisps has slashed its products’ salt levels by 20% – but its boss says the industry as a whole is not getting the credit is deserves for undertaking such costly and challenging endeavours.
CKF buys DuPont award-winning Earthcycle Packaging
Canadian food packaging company, CKF has acquired Vancouver-based Earthcycle Packaging to expand its portfolio.
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Antimicrobial protein shows potential in active food packaging
Incorporating an antimicrobial protein onto polyethylene terephthalate (PET) presents the “main characteristics” to be used in active food packaging.
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Tech enables easy access to intelligent packaging
Emerging technology from StampaSud is designed to give food and beverage customers a simple way to implement intelligent packaging on their products.