South African Vital Health Foods evolves into healthy snacking
Nutritional supplements manufacturer Vital Health Foods has launched a line of grab-and-go nutritional snacking options for the South African market.
Archives for April 3, 2017
UK cricket flour energy bar wins ife 2017 Sustainable Packaging Award
Yumpa, a range of energy bars made with cricket flour, is the first of its kind in Europe to have an EU accredited fully compostable wrapper.
Pretium Packaging to close one of its factories
Pretium Packaging will close a plant in Seymour, Indiana, US, in May, axing 55 jobs.
Snaxpo 2017
Clean label doesn’t guarantee healthy snacking, but dairy might help: Kerry
Clean label is a good way for consumers to decide whether a snack and dairy product delivers on transparency, but it is not an indicator of health value, said Kerry’s business development manager, Carrie Schroeder.
DS Smith, International Paper & Smurfit Kappa in fraud investigation
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) has launched an anti-trust investigation into alleged corrugated sheet and packaging fraud in Italy.
European Parliament votes in favour of strict new palm oil measures
Today the European Parliament voted to implement tough new palm oil resolutions, which if enforced would see its elimination from use in biofuels and enforce stricter regulations on production and certification throughout the continent.