Lactips has developed an edible plastic made from milk protein (casein), claiming it has enormous potential for intelligent packaging in the food and beverage industry.
Linde Canada is launching its MAPAX line of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) gases for packaged prepared foods and customized mixtures for food processors.
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is looking for partners to commercialise its wireless sensor that detects ethanol formed from food spoilage, in the headspace of food packaging.
‘A synthetic material that does not leak ingredients of some sort does not exist’
Budelpack Poortvliet is installing a Bosch vertical form-fill-seal machine (vffs) to package loose items such as chocolates, confectionery, nuts and snacks, to start operations in January 2015.
Tera-Barrier Films (TBF) has invented a plastic film using an encapsulated nanoparticle layer that it claims will bridge the gap between aluminium foil and transparent oxide films.
A number of active substances designed for different applications in food contact materials have been backed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Food processors can zap harmful organisms in packaged products using plasma power, thanks to a method just discovered by scientists at Glasgow University in Scotland.
Seal integrity and taste preservation are some of the topics driving the global development of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), according to Bosch Packaging Technology.
Cold-water fish gelatin has the potential to be used as an edible, biodegradable food packaging alternative, according to the results of recent research.
An innovative series of oxygen scavenging additives designed for use in a raft of plastic packaging materials are cheaper, more efficient and simpler to apply than conventional techniques, said NanoBioMatters.
Gas safety specialist Witt has updated its MAP packaging analyzer MAPY 4.0 to introduce mandatory data entry with the goal of improving quality information.
A breakthrough technology that coats polymer films with an ultra-thin clear barrier layer to enhance product shelf-life has been unveiled by the Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology.
Mocon has said it will be opening a new testing laboratory in India at the beginning of next year as part of a strategy to expand into global packaging hotspots.
Mocon has established three in-house packaging testing laboratories across the globe to allow companies to put its machines through their paces before purchasing them.
Witt has launched the latest generation of its cordless and handheld gas analysers, version 6.0 of its Oxybaby model, which is due to hit the market in a few weeks and could help extend a product’s shelf life.
Witt, the German gas safety, control and analysis equipment supplier, has announced that its PA range of gas analysers is now available with integrated printer functionality to improve data access.
The Sprint Rapid Protein Analyzer from CEM Corp, North Carolina, USA, has won a 2008 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award at the IFT trade food show in New Orleans.
A new low-temperature sealing biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) grade film can increase output for bakery and chocolate manufacturers, while reducing their environmental impact, claims Wipak.
A new multifunctional gas analyser can provide food packaging
companies with accurate data storage and assure traceability for
their products, according to its manufacturer Witt Gas Techniques
Limited.
Wagon wheels developed using nanotechnology techniques could be
used to make improved food packaging materials, according to a
study published by German scientists.
A new transparent polyester film provides packagers with the
barrier performance of competing films, while its strength reduces
scuffing and abrasion, its manufacturer claims.
The idea that drinking water containing extra oxygen could improve
performance during exercise cannot be taken seriously, says a new
journal review, in a blow to producers of the drink.
A new test that realistically determines how much oxygen will pass
through food and beverage packaging during a product's lifetime
will enable producers to speed up and improve new product trials.
A hand-held headspace analyser is the first in the field to measure
carbon monoxide levels in modified and controlled-atmosphere
packaging (MAP) for case-ready meat, its manufacturerclaims.
A high pressure system using ozone gas would eliminate the use hot
water and chemicals when cleaning equipment at food processing
plants, according to the product's inventor, US-based
eFoodSafety.com.
Demand for barrier resins continues to boom, with the latest market
report estimating that the US market will continue to grow in
excess of 8 per cent up to 2009. With the European market expected
to see similar levels of growth,...
A film being developed to improve the permeability of gases for use
in space stations could also provide a breakthrough for food
packaging, writes Anthony Fletcher.
The American Food and Drug Administration has given Schott HiCotec
approval for its innovative PICVD process for barrier coating in
food and beverage packaging made of PET.
Chemists in India are lacing plastics with sugar to make them
palatable to soil bacteria. The plastics, which normally survive
for decades in landfills, start to biodegrade within days.
A researcher in environmental engineering at Staffordshire
University in the UK has developed a technique to convert unwanted
cooking oil into a 'biodiesel' which is a much cleaner alternative
to fossil diesel.
