Food & Beverage

KPS Capital Partners has agreed to sell its Eviosys packaging business to Sonoco Products for USD3.9bn. This transaction, announced on Monday, will generate nearly USD2bn...

Consumer Convenience Technologies (CCT), maker of the EEASY Lid, the first jar lid innovation in nearly 80 years, recently announced it has partnered with broker...

Mondi has collaborated with Scan Sverige to create a polypropylene (PP) based mono-material packaging, that is designed for recycling. Scan Sverige, with over a century experience...

ProAmpac has teamed up with sandwich brand Sammi to launch a fibre-based modified atmosphere sandwich pack (MAP). ProAmpac is launching its fibre-based MAP RAP Sandwich Wedge...

Using Frugalpac’s Frugal Bottles, which are made from 94% recycled paperboard with a food-grade pouch to contain the wine, the new bottles are fully recyclable...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that grease-proofing materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are no longer being sold for use in food...

Faerch Group, a leading rigid food packaging manufacturer and integrated recycler, announced the introduction of their new Tumbler range to the Food Service market. This...

Fresh produce packaging pioneers StePacPPC have customized their award-winning modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) films to preserve fresh whole and sliced white mushrooms and whole exotic...

Marks & Spencer has introduced new recyclable paper packaging across its range of sandwiches and toasties available in all M&S Cafés across the UK. From this...

A major change to the packaging of Australian lolly brand Allen’s is on the way with a brand-new look, while reducing the plastic it uses in the process. The change will reduce Allen’s use of plastic by 21 per cent across their range, cutting 58 tonnes of plastic being used each year.

JDE Peet’s is rolling out its new home-recyclable paper refill packs for instant coffee in the UK and Ireland this month. The company, which includes coffee brands Kenco, Douwe Egberts and Tassimo within its portfolio, claims to be the first major coffee brand to switch from plastic to paper refills.

Packaging paper manufacturer Sappi is now further expanding its extensive portfolio with the “Seal Light Gloss” and “Guard MH” functional papers to offer its customers solutions that are even more customized to their specific product requirements. The innovation leader is making a decisive contribution to sustainability with these two new flexible packaging papers.

Upfield has recently unveiled the new Flora spread packaging created in collaboration with Footprint as a plastic-free solution that will greatly increase the product's eco-friendly nature.

Lidl GB is scrapping ‘Use By’ dates across its key dairy lines and replacing them with ‘Best Before’ dates as it looks to help customers reduce food waste at home. The move will apply to labelling on the supermarket’s own brand yoghurt and fresh milk ranges. Lidl’s updated milk packaging has already started filtering into stores across England and Wales.

Following successful commercial consumer testing in 2022, Tetra Pak and Lactogal have now launched an aseptic beverage carton featuring a paper-based barrier. This is part of a large-scale technology validation, involving around 25 million packages and currently ongoing in Portugal. Made of approximately 80% paperboard, the package increases the renewable content to 90%.

Mondi has collaborated with Swedish dairy producer Skånemejerier to create a mono-material, polypropylene (PP) based packaging for Hushållsost cheese. The new packaging has a mono-material base web and lidding film which is produced and printed by Mondi before being converted for 1kg and 2kg blocks of cheese by Skånemejerier.