Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

KP Snacks bags on pub passion during World Cup

17-Jun-2014 By Kacey Culliney

KP Snacks has gone pub-themed for the 2014 FIFA World Cup; recreating a local UK pub in Rio for the games and running a consumer competition fronted by celebrity pub landlord Al Murray.

World Cup 2014 fever: Nobody else can seriously compete against snacks, says ESA

13-Jun-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Savory snacks are a perfect fit for the World Cup and industry has injected huge efforts into flavor development, pack design and marketing campaigns to draw the punters in, says the director general of the European Snacks Association (ESA).

The Carolina Nut Company: Making PBJ peanuts was like a Reese’s moment

12-Jun-2014 By Kacey Culliney

The Carolina Nut Company has rolled out a peanut butter & jelly (PBJ) peanut variety that it says bucks the trend in nut flavors and should help US expansion plans.

ASA: Chia and flax ad should be ‘super-seeded’

11-Jun-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld four complaints about the implied health claims of Bioglan ‘superfood’ chia and flax seeds.

General Mills and Kellogg refute Oxfam climate change attack

28-May-2014 By Kacey Culliney

General Mills and Kellogg have dismissed Oxfam’s claim that they are the ‘worst offenders’ on global greenhouse gas emissions and not doing enough to tackle climate change.

'We need more time': SFA calls for 4-6 years on Nutrition Facts panel overhaul

27-May-2014 By Kacey Culliney

The two-year proposed window for manufacturers to change nutrition labeling is not enough, snack makers need four to six years, says the CEO of the Snack Food Association (SFA).

2014 Sweets and Snacks Expo

Leaders of the pack at 2014 Sweets and Snacks Expo

22-May-2014 By Jenni Spinner

The 2014 Sweets and Snacks Expo showcased thousands of product launches, and old favorites, in standout packaging. Here are a number of bags, pouches, and other containers that captured attention.

Mary’s Gone Crackers founder: We realized we were more than a cracker company

21-May-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Mary’s Gone Crackers has become much more than a cracker company and it needed a brand revamp to better reflect that, says founder.

Kids' cereal waddles into plantable packaging

13-May-2014 By Jenni Spinner

Little Duck Organics’ Mighty Oats single-serve cereal cups boast an outer carton that, when planted in the garden, sprouts tasty vegetables from the seeds in the paperboard.

DISPATCHES FROM VITAFOODS EUROPE 2014

‘Boring’ bread needs clever labeling and flavor excitement: Mintel

12-May-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Packaged bread is typically boring and lifeless but clever labeling and flavor innovation should reinvigorate the category, says a Mintel analyst.

Interpack 2014

Dow to launch pacXpert across EMEA

08-May-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Dow Packaging has launched pacXpert at Interpack with plans to roll the product out across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) this month. 

Aplix Easy-Lock wins Kellogg’s deal

28-Apr-2014 By Jenny Eagle

Aplix has won a deal to supply Kellogg’s Special K Muesli and Crunchy Nut packs with its Easy-Lock polyethylene reclosable design across Europe.

Shelf appeal: Image analysis has greater focus than the untrained eye

25-Apr-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Image analysis could be a effective way to determine quality loss in storage compared to visual inspection, according to researchers.

Two-compartment pouch shakes up jerky packaging

24-Apr-2014 By Jenni Spinner

Jerk Nation pouches with jerky and seasoning separated, engineered by Thought For Food and Son, invite consumer interaction.

Packaging design inspiration gallery: SUSTAINABILITY

18-Apr-2014 By Jenni Spinner

Earth Day is an annual global celebration highlighting the importance of sustainability, recycling, water conservation, and other ways to save the planet. Here are some examples of food packaging that pitches in on the eco effort with compostable materials,...

General Mills slams Cornell cereal study: It is ‘absurd’ pseudo-science

10-Apr-2014 By Kacey Culliney

General Mills has slammed research suggesting on-pack cereal mascots are positioned to gaze into children’s eyes, calling the findings ‘absurd’ and describing the study as pseudo-science.

Matte is the new black for snacks: ‘There are several drivers’, says expert

08-Apr-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Traditional high-gloss packs will soon be a thing of the past as snack makers turn to matte finishes in the battle for shelf appeal, an expert says.

Reduce bread packaging by 20% with no shelf life impact: Study

03-Apr-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Industrial bread manufacturers should stop over-packing bread because thinner plastic films do not impact shelf life standards, researchers say.

Cereal psychology: Mascot eye contact sparks consumer trust

03-Apr-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Mascots on breakfast cereals that gaze directly into a consumer’s line of vision can spark trust; findings that researchers say could be used to fuel growth of better-for-you lines.

Mona’s Granola: Big cereal brands have overlooked sensual packaging

18-Mar-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Big cereal players haven’t worked out the concept of sensual packaging, sticking instead to rigid boxes and thick plastics but Mona’s Granola is one step ahead, says its founder.

MWV snack packs stack up

14-Mar-2014 By Jenni Spinner

MeadWestvaco has launched Evertain, a resealable paperboard container to protect snacks, boost sustainability, and drive shelf appeal.

Allergens survey highlights risks in industry practice

05-Mar-2014 By Sarah Hills

Nearly a third of food businesses have no corporate allergen management systems in place, an SGS survey has found.

Kind Snacks sues Clif Bar over alleged copycatting

13-Feb-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Kind Snacks has filed a lawsuit against Clif Bar for allegedly infringing its packaging trademarks.

Tyrrells uses poetic license with writer’s image

04-Feb-2014 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Tyrrells Crisps has apologized for inadvertently using an image of a Nobel Prize nominated poet to illustrate a "fleeting look of contempt" for its on-pack competition.

Bakers need to think like CPG firms, says Nielsen

30-Jan-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Bakers need to start thinking about concepts, packaging and branding ahead of formulation – like consumer packaged goods firms, says Nielsen’s bakery expert.

InterFlex Group acquires Star Packaging

17-Jan-2014 By Jenny Eagle

The InterFlex Group has acquired Star Packaging Corporation, a flexible packaging converter with markets in the North American bakery, chemicals and snack food sector.

New year, new waistline, new market? Kellogg slashes snack bar prices by 29%

16-Jan-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Kellogg has cut prices of its single-serve cereal bars in the UK by 29% which could make them competitive amid waistline woes and catapult the brand out of the breakfast aisle, an innovation expert says.

Are natural antimicrobial compounds the future for delaying bread mold?

08-Jan-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Natural, active antimicrobial sachets containing concentrated oregano essential oil (OEO) should resonate well with consumers concerned about artificial preservation techniques, suggest researchers.

The future of snacks: Health halos, pouch formats and semi-liquid treats

03-Jan-2014 By Kacey Culliney

Snacking as we know it will evolve, driven by an unruly consumer desire to try new and exciting concepts and companies must buck up and innovate to profit, says a healthy foods analyst.

Little consumers have big impact on food packaging

09-Dec-2013 By Jenni Spinner

Designing food and beverage packaging and products for kids calls for a balanced approach.

Ishida Europe MD: Snacks will be growth tool for Africa

02-Dec-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Ishida Europe plans to expand into Africa next year and snacks will spearhead the move, its managing director says.

Kraft, PepsiCo tackle packaging challenges

25-Nov-2013 By Jenni Spinner

An upcoming conference will bring together top food firms and industry suppliers to hammer out sustainability, design and other packaging issues.

EXCLUSIVE FROM ISHIDA EUROPE HQ WITH VIDEO

Making heat with sound: Ishida takes ultrasonic sealing to snack packs

20-Nov-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Ishida Europe has developed a new snack pack sealing system that uses ultrasonic technology – enabling manufacturers to make drastic film savings.

Cereal contamination: Improved 'bag-in-box' defense

13-Nov-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

Amcor Flexibles has optimized its ‘bag-in-box’ technology to offer greater protection against contamination of products like cereals from carton board, inks or the environment, it says.

dispatches from K Show 2013

Green PE growing in food packaging - Braskem

31-Oct-2013 By Joseph James Whitworth

Green polyethylene (PE) is growing with Tetra Pak, General Mills and Danone adopting the technology but is not yet at full capacity, according to Braskem.

Awards judges go nuts for Sonoco snack jar

30-Oct-2013 By Jenni Spinner

A Sonoco Plastics package has landed first-place honors for its design and sustainability.

Insignia Technologies hits $1m for global trials

30-Oct-2013 By Jenny Eagle

Insignia Technologies will go ahead with trials in the US, UK and Europe after renewed interest with a sizeable cash investment.

Kellogg’s Live Nation music app is just a novelty, says analyst

30-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Kellogg has developed an interactive music mobile app with entertainment major Live Nation but the move will only be semi-interesting for consumers and considered a novelty, says an analyst.

Car specialist SAS Automation in gear to be a 'major player' in baking, it says

25-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Automotive specialist SAS Automation dived into the bakery sector three years ago and says it plans to be a major player in de-panning within the next two.

SPECIAL EDITION: ENERGY-SAVING BAKING

Innovative energy efficiency: Bakers aren’t fully on board yet…

24-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Next generation energy-saving technologies do exist for bakers but not everyone is jumping on board, says the American Bakers Association (ABA).

SPECIAL EDITION: ENERGY-SAVING BAKING

Energy efficiency: Cost first, carbon second

24-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

The baking industry is acting on energy efficiency but cost comes first and this can block speedy progress, says the Carbon Trust.

Snack makers should bag an invite to Halloween

23-Oct-2013 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

A retail survey has predicted that $2.08bn will be spent on candy in America this Halloween, but what can snack manufacturers do to get a bite of the spook season action?

G&F Systems: Weak dollar helps drive international business

23-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

A weaker US dollar has helped drive international business for spiral conveyor specialist G&F Systems, a senior associate says.

Green baking: NASA coatings, heat recovery, recycled plastics, water reuse and much more…

17-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

Investments in green technology, waste recovery and sustainable supply can be seen across the baking sector, but what companies are pioneering and leading the way? BakeryandSnacks caught up with the B.E.S.T. in Baking (Becoming Environmentally Sustainable...

ABA & BEMA: Frank talk about bakery challenges

Regulation, consumers, retailers: Dealing with change in the bakery sector

16-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

There is a flurry of regulation and sustainability pressures facing bakers along with changing consumer tastes and retail demands – but how are bakers and equipment suppliers coping with these challenges?

Firing employees and hiring robots: Minimum wage rise to spark automation age, says All Bake Technologies

11-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

The higher minimum wage set for the US state of California will see more bakeries turning to automation and robots, says bakery equipment supplier All Bake Technologies.

Portion size science: There is still a lot we do not know, says review

09-Oct-2013 By Nathan Gray

Simply reducing portion sizes is not an easy solution to reducing energy intakes as results from laboratory based experiments do not necessarily reflect what happens in the real world, according to a new review.

Walkers recalls poppadoms after packaging error

04-Oct-2013 By Joe Whitworth

Walkers Snack Foods has withdrawn a batch of its crisps because the product contains egg and shrimp that are not declared on the label.

IBIE teaser: You’re never too old, or big, to learn…

02-Oct-2013 By Kacey Culliney

IBIE 2013 has a fantastic educational program lined up from tips for gluten-free and whole grain use, to insight on food safety regulations and labeling laws. BakeryandSnacks takes a look at ‘what not to miss’…

Dispatches from Pack Expo

Flavor Shakes seeks plastic bakery container manufacturer

01-Oct-2013 By Jenny EAGLE

Flavor Shakes, which makes containers for sugar sprinkles and spices, has saved the company thousands of dollars by creating a patent for stackable plastic containers.