Sonoco expands ClearGuard packaging for liquid and viscous product pouches
Sonoco has expanded its ClearGuard portfolio of flexible packaging to include pouches for liquid or more viscous products.
Archives for June 13, 2017
Snack major pladis teams up with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com
pladis, the international snacks arm of Turkey-based food group Yildiz Holding, has struck a sales and product development deal with China’s second largest B2C online retailer, JD.com.
Healthy snacks continue to dominate in the US, shows Mintel research
Health remains a in snacking with 32% of US consumers reporting the majority of snacks they eat are healthy, while 28% are snacking on healthier foods this year than in 2016, shows Mintel Global News Products Database.
UK supplier creates low morphine poppy seed blend after drug test alarm
A UK-based specialist ingredient maker has launched a poppy seed blend which contains low morphine content, amid a number of recent cases in which individuals have failed drug tests after eating poppy seeds.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö expands Genuine Vegetable Parchment capacity for bakery
Ahlstrom-Munksjö will invest €6.7m ($7.5m) in production capacity at its Saint Severin plant in France, to be completed in Q4 2018.
Rising butter price “causing a panic” among bakers, biscuit, cake and pastry makers
French bakery associations, La Fédération des Entrepreneurs de Boulangerie (FEB) and Les Fabricants de Biscuits et Gâteaux de France, have risen the alarm over the relentless upward drive of the butter price and the slippery slope now facing the industry.
Ferrero opens first Asian innovation centre in Singapore
Ferrero has opened its first Asian Innovation Center in Singapore to develop and test new products ‘in a market of strategic importance’.