Packaging & Packing Materials, Containers

PepsiCo trails paper-based packaging for Walkers Baked

08-Mar-2023 By Gill Hyslop

The snacking giant is testing paper-based outer packaging on its Walkers Baked 6-bag multipacks, following a successful trial with Walkers 22- and 24-bag multipacks last year.

Messi comes knocking to help Lay’s fans ‘fight to reach your dream’

07-Mar-2023 By Gill Hyslop

The four-time UEFA Champions League winner and FIFA World Cup 2022 Champion takes the brand’s No Lay’s, No Game platform to the next level, starring in a new commercial – titled Messi Visits – to remind fans that watching football without Lay’s is unthinkable.

Puratos ups the ante on its carbon-neutral promise with sustainable packaging

02-Mar-2023 By Gill Hyslop

The global provider of bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients is dedicated to moving to a healthier planet and is making major strides towards improving the sustainability of its packaging.

SNAXPO23 is rolling out the red carpet for early-stage brands

14-Feb-2023 By Gill Hyslop

SNAC International is gearing up for SNAXPO23 – Orlando, Florida, 19-21 March – which this year places emphasis on supporting startups, examining flavour trends and sharing knowledge.

State of Snacking report: Snackification is alive and well, despite cost-of-living crisis

20-Jan-2023 By Gill Hyslop

Mondelēz International has released its 2022 State of Snacking report, which reveals that, for the fourth consecutive year, snacking remains a preference over traditional meals, even though consumers are feeling the crunch of the current economy.

The EU prepares to overhaul packaging and waste rules

03-Jan-2023 By Natasha Spencer

With new European Union (EU) packaging rules on the horizon, the bakery and snacks sectors are gearing up to address packaging requirements and waste management policies that better reflect market and environmental needs.

Quinn shakes up the snacks space with regeneratively grown pop-at-home corn kernels

02-Nov-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Aligned to its mission to make a real change by forging partnerships with farmers working to advance regenerative agriculture, Quinn Snacks is relaunching its pop-at-home kernels, grown by a fifth generation farmer and soil health pioneer.

Helping producers to cope in this inflationary environment (by slashing €185,000 off annual costs)

01-Nov-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Escalating manufacturing costs are proving a challenge to food manufacturers across the world. To mitigate the impact of today’s pressurised environment, producers need to focus on efficiency, productivity and waste reduction. Product inspection, too,...

Clif Bar champions packaged snacks to tackle food insecurity

28-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

In the latest edition of Current Developments in Nutrition, a study backed by Clif Bar puts forward the first-of-its-kind set of guiding principles to define sustainable, nutritious packaged foods (SNPFs).

Plant-based barrier enables bakery and snack brand owners to differentiate themselves with a sustainable backstory

19-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Israeli green-tech innovator Melodea has developed a game-changing plant-based barrier coating that is plastic-free, but still as effective in maintaining product freshness.

Trendspotting in 2022: From Ferrero’s Nutella Biscuits to Zapp’s New Orleans-style potato chips and Purely’s Ecuadorian-grown plantain snacks

17-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Mister Bee Potato Chips punts the beauty of the West Virginia’s New River Gorge

14-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Parkersburg-based West Virginia Potato Chip Company is rolling out limited edition packs of its Mister Bee Potato Chips featuring the New River Gorge region, national park and preserve in West Virginia.

Puratos’ venture arm joins forces with Glimpact to help bakery sector reduce its environmental 'foodprint'

14-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Sparkalis – the corporate venture arm of Puratos Group – and French foodTech startup Glimpact have created a joint venture (JV) to roll out the first digital platform to evaluate and reduce the environmental footprint of the bakery, patisserie and chocolate...

Kellogg UK’s new innovation centre will ‘allow us to create in ways we’ve never done before’

07-Oct-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Manchester is home of the breakfast cereal giant’s new Culinary and Sensory Centre, a project that took over 18 months to develop and half a million pounds in investment.

Quinn Snacks attains coveted spot among world’s most climate-friendly products

30-Sep-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Colorado-based snack brand has been granted the Climate Friendly status from HowGood – the world’s largest sustainability database – attributed to the top 30% of food products with low carbon emissions.

Mondelēz on the hunt for ‘disruptively delicious’ startups

23-Sep-2022 By Gill Hyslop

SnackFutures – the innovation and venture hub of the Oreo maker – has opened applications for CoLab 2023, a start-up engagement programme created to unearth trailblazers that are ‘pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in making a snack delicious’.

TIPA tackles waste with compostable barrier film that surmounts the ‘corrosive’ properties of salty snacks

22-Sep-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Israeli biodegradable plastic packaging specialist has unveiled an innovative compostable film – which acts as a laminate for the so-called ‘caustic’ properties of salty snacks – at London Packaging Week.

Real Bread Campaign angered by government’s ‘snub' of the artisan baker community’s sourdough demands

02-Sep-2022 By Gill Hyslop

According to Campaign coordinator Chris Young, the current regulations ‘are not fit for purpose, do not support small bakery owners and do not protect shoppers adequately’, allowing a raft of what it calls ‘sourfaux’ to be marketed as sourdough and sold...

The 2022 Best in Baking recipients pioneering the bakery of the future

30-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Grupo Bimbo’s sustainably baked Supán & OroWeat 100% Whole Grain Organic Bread, Dawn Foods’ Women’s Leadership Development Programme and Apex Motion Control’s Baker-Bot are among the raft of recipients to receive the coveted Best in Baking Awards...

Seven top tips to keep in mind when switching to sustainable packaging

25-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Driven by consumer perception and political pressure – especially as climate change makes itself felt like it has never done so before – the biggest trends in the packaging industry today revolve around a circular economy.

Producers need to start getting ready for the UK’s EPR packaging regulations

25-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The implementation of the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations in the UK has been delayed until 2024, but packaging data specialist Ecoveritas is cautioning producers to not be complacent and to start making plans now.

Cama gets to terms with AR packaging at IBIE

25-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Cama North America is debuting its next evolution of its augmented reality (AR) tech at this year’s IBIE (International Baking Industry Exposition), to be held in Las Vegas, US, from 17-21 September.

KP Snacks’ responsible business plan set to save another 113 tonnes of plastic from UK landfill

23-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The UK snack producer is ramping up efforts to slash plastic packaging across its brands, with an additional 25% reduction for its premium potato chip Tyrrells range, with new packs rolling out on supermarket shelves this month.

PepsiCo rolls out revolutionary Lay’s chip displays made from waste

10-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

PepsiCo is expanding its use of climate tech developer UBQ Materials’ renowned thermoplastic across its supply chain, in items ranging from shipping pallets to Lay’s chip displays.

Brands cannot afford to ignore consumers' sustainable packaging demands

03-Aug-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Shorr Packaging has published its 2022 Sustainable Packaging Consumer Report, which reveals 86% of Americans are more likely to purchase a brand if the packaging is considered sustainable.

Bakers Basco ramps up national campaign for the return of bread supply equipment

27-Jul-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Bakers Basco is banking on a series of awareness posters to alert the nation to the issue surrounding the mishandling and abuse of their delivery baskets and dollies.

Zero Waste Boxes allow eco-conscious bakery and snack producers to recycle once ‘unrecyclable’ equipment

20-Jul-2022 By Gill Hyslop

TerraCycle has created a range of Zero Waste Boxes, designed to allow manufacturers to recycle once ‘unrecyclable’ items used in food-contact environments, giving them a ‘second’ life and saving thousands of pieces of plastic from landfill.

Real Bread Campaign’s call for support

15-Jul-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Real Bread Campaign is calling on bakers, retailers, caterers and passionate bread advocates to underscore its mission to get Defra to consider its Honest Crust Act, as well as to consider everyone in the upcoming month-long ‘bread for all’ event.

Are you Plastic Packaging Tax return ready?

24-Jun-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Packaging data specialist Ecoveritas has issued a reminder to UK businesses to be prepared to submit their Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) return before the end of July.

Video interview: Hostess set to sweeten its business for another century

15-Jun-2022 By Gill Hyslop

A decade after bankruptcy, Hostess Brands is thriving under CEO Andy Callahan, who has prioritised innovation to turn the century-old maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Donettes into a snacking powerhouse.

Bakers Basco ramps up its long arm of the law

27-May-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The membership scheme set up by Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis and Warburtons to manage a bakery equipment service has recruited a former police officer as its new National Investigations Manager.

Sustainable packaging: How are start-ups ‘thinking outside the box’ for snacks and booze?

04-May-2022 By Flora Southey

From reducing film in snack packets to reinventing the wine bottle, how are food and drink start-ups getting creative with sustainable packaging?

Danish motivator invites UK food producers to secure consumer confidence by joining war on plastic

22-Apr-2022 By Gill Hyslop

ReSea Project is on a mission to push the agenda for a plastic-free ocean – calling on UK food producers to join the fight.

In 2021, General Mills ‘met the moment’ in nourishing people and protecting the planet

20-Apr-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Cheerios, Betty Crocker and Nature Valley brand owner has released its 2022 Global Responsibility Report, highlighting the progress it has made against environmental and social commitments in 2021.

PepsiCo's Lay’s takes centrestage at Coachella with ultra-chic immersive tasting experience

04-Apr-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Lay's is heading into the desert to transform Coachella into a festival of flavour, giving festivalgoers the exclusive opportunity to taste Lay’s chips in their freshest form, served within 24 hours of being made.

The art of craft

Real Bread Campaign calls on FSA to regulate terms like ‘craft’ and ‘artisan’

24-Mar-2022 By Gill Hyslop

While the Campaign has hailed the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) strategy for 2022-27, an open letter has called for tougher regulations to recognise the craft sector and level the playing field for small business owners.

Clean label

The evolution of the clean label trend to unabridged transparency

24-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The clean label concept is beginning to move beyond just a simple and smaller ingredients list, with consumers paying greater attention to sourcing, production and packaging.

Brits would be happy to eat their cereal boxes for a more sustainable future

18-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

A new study has gauged growing support for edible packaging, however, it also revealed that Brits are unlikely to make drastic changes to their consumption – like ditching meat – to help save the planet.

PepsiCo LatAm transitions to GHG-busting plastic alternative made from household waste

16-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Lay’s, Cheetos and Quaker Oats maker is rolling out the use of UBQ material developed by Israeli startup UBQ Materials from household waste, which has significant impact in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Countdown to four intensive days to celebrate French bakery

08-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Sirha Europain puts the French bakery sector in the spotlight next month, celebrating the country’s know-how in all things baguette and beyond, with rising ingredient prices, production methods, standardisation and deep-freezing being the hot topics.

It's going to be a g-r-reat year: Kellogg’s encourages conversation on mental health and celebrates Tony’s 70th with Year of the Tiger commemoration

02-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

The Battle Creek, Michigan-headquartered breakfast giant is taking steps to break the stigma and prioritise employees’ mental health, while its Canadian arm is marking the double celebratory year with limited edition Frosted Flakes packaging.

2022’s biggest brand opportunity: Fly the flag to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

01-Feb-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Chevler – a manufacturer of baking cases and bespoke printed greaseproof paper – is reminding the UK bakery sector to not miss out the massive, one-off opportunity to be celebrated in June.

Calbee boosts pioneering plant-based mission with contemporary refresh for flagship brand

27-Jan-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Calbee America – which claims to have pioneered the plant-based snacking category with its Harvest Snaps Baked Veggie Snacks – has given its flagship lineup a brand refresh with a modern packaging design.

Ugly leads the charge against food waste, one potato at a time

05-Jan-2022 By Gill Hyslop

Dieffenbach’s Uglies is ramping up its efforts to reduce waste, fight hunger and support farmers with the introduction of a quirky new mascot.

Patent-pending mould-inhibiting packaging set to make big dent in bread waste

21-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

SoFresh, Inc. has numerous ongoing trials with North American bakeries to develop bakery packaging that extends the shelf life of bread and other perishable treats.

How can we get young drivers back on the UK’s roads?

13-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

While there has been a 40% recovery in the number of drivers in the UK, a loss of 9,000 HGV drivers in the same period reflects ‘a leaky bucket scenario’, writes Paul Empson, GM of Bakers Basco.

KP Snacks celebrates major plastic and packaging reduction milestones

08-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

KP Snacks has cut 410 tonnes of plastic from its packaging in 2021 after pairing back on packaging by 6.8% across a number of its brands. It also said that 13 million snack packs have been recycled to date through its partnership with TerraCycle.

Nurturing small startups with big ideas: PepsiCo launches MENA edition of Greenhouse Accelerator

08-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

PepsiCo has expanded its green tech accelerator programme in partnership with the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MOCCAE) to reach sustainable design innovators across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Kellogg’s UK to trial paper lining for Corn Flakes

03-Dec-2021 By Gill Hyslop

Aligned to its pledge to transition 100% of its packaging to reusable, recyclable or compostable material by the end of 2025, the breakfast cereal giant will be trialling a fully recyclable paper liner for its Corn Flakes cereals next year.

‘Neutral is not enough’: Panera Bread leads the charge towards climate positivity

03-Nov-2021 By Gill Hyslop

The global bakery café chain has become the fast-casual restaurant to commit to becoming climate positive – not just neutral – by 2050, challenging industry peers to follow suit.