From improving packaging shapes to integrating QR codes on-pack, there’s a lot that cheese manufacturers can lean on in order to attract, retain and re-invigorate consumer interest.
Coca-Cola is removing labels from Sprite bottles in a UK trial in a bid to improve sustainability: presenting a bare bottle on shelves. Will other brands follow suit – or will branding and marketing teams decide the move is simply too risky?
We speak to two leading packaging manufacturers about the materials, formats and branding choices that plant-based milk manufacturers are eyeing in 2024.
Mondelez International-owned Cadbury Australia has revamped the packaging for its Easter series to meet consumer demand for sustainable packaging, and as part of the firm’s long-term efforts to reduce plastic use and wastage.
For those who are blind and partially sighted, buying food and beverages often poses problems. Knowing the ingredients of a product, whether it contains allergens, or often simply what it is, can often be difficult when packaging does not communicate...
Microplastics, which research suggests could be harmful to human health, are well-known infiltrators of a wide variety of food and beverages. Now, researchers have found that nanoplastics, the even smaller offspring of microplastics, are present in stratospheric...
The edible packaging market is projected to take a bigger bite out of single-use plastic sales in the coming years. Which packaging innovations – fit for human consumption – are turning heads?
From recyclability to carbon footprint and shelf life, we find out more about the properties of Tetra Brik Aseptic 200 Slim Leaf, Tetra Pak’s new aseptic carton with a paper-based barrier.
Global food and beverage conglomerate Nestlé injects multi-million-pound investment into Impact Recycling’s pioneering facility to progress hard-to-recycle plastic management and create positive environmental change.
The European Parliament has voted in favour of banning BPA and ‘forever chemicals’ in food packaging, and MEPs want to eliminate ‘less necessary’ packaging such as very lightweight plastic carrier bags. But the plastic industry is concerned the vote is...
Packaging multinational Mondi has partnered with Swedish dairy co-op Skånemejerier to launch new mono-material packaging that's easy to sort and recycle.
By Luca Bucchini, Chairman, European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA)
Over the last few years, as part of the EU Green Deal, policy makers have focused their efforts on introducing a series of highly ambitious regulations that mean to bring sustainability to every step of the food chain. Among others, a legislative file...
Although efforts show progress on plastic pollution is possible, the world is ‘not on course’ to eliminating plastic waste and pollution, stresses the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
Austrian start-up inoqo, which uses AI to help grocery retailers and food and beverage brands to reduce the environmental impact of their food supply chains, has announced a tie-up with Norway-based online grocery delivery provider Oda.
Having just become the majority shareholder of Paboco (otherwise known as The Paper Bottle Company), ALPLA sets out plans to produce a fully recyclable paper bottle made from FCS-certified fibers from a new state-of-the-art manufacturing site in Denmark...
Seven packaging specialists have come together to create the Barcelona Packaging Hub: an entity born to respond to larger and more complex projects for customers around the globe.
Glass remains by far the most dominant packaging format for wine and spirits. But it's heavy to transport, creating concerns over carbon emissions. Will consumers accept the innovations trying to offer more sustainable packaging formats?
We speak to Julia Trebels, category & consumer insight manager at SIG, to find out more about the research and development process behind the market-first product.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced an investment into carbon conversion research: eying up the potential to create more sustainable packaging materials.
Israeli start-up MadeRight has secured funding to expand its development team and refine its fungi-based packaging production process with the aim of achieving a commercially viable prototype.
Industry is approaching the plastic pollution problem in varying ways, with some companies turning to plastic alternatives made from unlikely materials, from fungi to algae and grains. Join pioneers in the plastic-free space pitch their innovations at...
If relevant stakeholders – from government to industry and consumers – play their part, recyclability can be improved and plastic pollution eliminated, believes NGO WRAP.
Partially sighted consumers are a growing demographic. Solutions are coming aimed at allowing these shoppers to more easily access key on-pack product information and nutritional details.
Food packaging has a number of key roles. Firstly, it aims to keep food safe from its environment, so it doesn’t get dirty or contaminated. Secondly, it makes it more convenient to transport. Thirdly, it can serve to extend food shelf life. It is this...
Packaging is the shop window for your brand, the primary interface through which food and beverage manufacturers interact with consumers. Packaging innovation, therefore, cannot be taken lightly. How are R&D teams leveraging packaging science to develop...
Plastic pollution is a global concern, with an estimated eight million tonnes of plastic enters the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on the planet, ocean-life, and even humans. What role can innovation in food and beverage packaging play...
Part of its strategy includes exploring alternative plastic materials, but the company wants to make sure new solutions don’t end up having a worse impact on the environment. “It’s a complicated puzzle, but it’s one we’re committed to solving,” Rashida...
The UK’s Notpla, which creates sustainable packaging solutions from seaweed and plants that disappear naturally to give consumers the convenience of single-use without the plastic waste, is cheering after Prince William unveiled ‘The Earthshot Burger’...
In what is considered a landmark study, a team of international researchers has identified cancer risk – and other human health findings – associated with the production, use, and disposal of plastic.
The dairy co-operative says swapping plastic with fiber-based caps could reduce the plastic used in its milk cartons whilst improving recyclability at the same time.
As new research from HelloFresh reveals one in five consumers throw away perfectly safe and edible food because they rigidly follow date labelling, HelloFresh is urging the EU and UK to revise rules to allow innovative time-temperature indicators to minimize...
Plastic packaging does an enormous amount of harm to the environment, taking up land in landfill sites and maiming wildlife on both land and sea. However, it also contributes to climate change, emitting high levels of greenhouses gasses into the atmosphere....
Under a new CEO and with peak-pandemic receding farther into the background, the Consumer Brands Association is “going back to the future” to focus on core values that, while still priorities in recent years, took a backseat during the chaos of COVID...
In today’s era of sustainability, rising ingredient and energy prices, reducing waste by extending shelf life is more imperative than ever. But what implications does this have for clean labels? Where do manufacturers draw the line between extending shelf...
After it emerged that policymakers were considering a ban of dairy descriptors on plant-based products sold in the UK, makers of dairy alternatives are none the wiser if their industry would face more restrictive labeling rules.
Leatherhead Food Research has warned that food companies must act now to ensure their sustainability claims can stand up to the scrutiny of EU regulators if a draft directive came into force in 2024.
Mars Wrigley UK has announced that its Mars bars will be wrapped in more environmentally friendly paper packaging rather than its traditional plastic wrapper.
The US company behind the EEASY Lid, claimed to be the world’s first aluminium lug lid designed to assist the rising numbers who wrestle with hard-to-open lids, has announced that Germany's largest supermarket EDEKA Kempken is the first to adopt...
Affordability is a growing concern among consumers, according to data released by the EY Future Consumer Index, with the cost-of-living crisis meaning that many are forced to be more careful with what they buy. When compared to previous surveys, the data...
Meet Xampla, the British company innovating solutions for two separate industry challenges: plastic pollution and the protection of valuable vitamins and nutrients. Food-Navigator Europe caught up with Stanley Mitchell, Head of Business Development at...
A new report from Swedish-Swiss packaging company Tetra Pak revealed high levels of consumer support for sustainable packaging. However, due to supply chain issues and high prices, many companies are nevertheless struggling to implement changes to their...
Through a suite of virtual and augmented reality activations launched this week, KIND Snacks is breaking down for mainstream Americans the complicated concept of regenerative agriculture and the real-world environmental impact of its latest sustainability...
Switching to easier to recycle coffee packaging – while preserving flavour and aroma – is a key challenge facing coffee roasters, but one that Sweden-based Löfbergs claims to have solved in collaboration with Amcor.
Israel-based MadeRight is leveraging fungi fermentation technology to turn ‘waste into gold’. Its innovative material addresses the performance ‘trade-offs’ inherent in sustainable packaging, co-founder Rotem Cahanovitc tells FoodNavigator.
A new method developed by researchers has succeeded in extending the shelf life of strawberries. Researchers tested five low-density polyethylene (LDPE) films, each infused with solutions containing combinations of plant-derived essential oils and nanoparticles...
Melodea Ltd., an Israeli green tech company, has just launched VBseal, its new sustainable packaging that is not only resistant to water vapour and oil but has heat-sealing properties.
EU experts have developed a natural, biodegradable inner coating from tomato pomace for use in metal food packaging that offers a viable alternative to bisphenol A (BPA), deemed “a substance of very high concern” to human health by the EU Court of Justice...
Foundation Earth has published an open-source life-cycle assessment system which enables environmental impact comparisons between supply chains producing the same kinds of food.
