Food & Beverage

The pioneering Fiber Bottle is made from 100% natural matter, recycled cardboard and water, and is biodegradable & compostable, and is now shelf-ready at scale, with Cullen already producing hundreds of millions of moulded fiber bottles for the healthcare sector across 34 countries globally.

Dairy giant Müller UK & Ireland has announced plans to remove 500 tonnes of virgin plastic from its annual production of cream pots by switching to packaging made from recycled plastic.

Tetra Pak announced that it will be exiting its remaining operations in Russia. Due to the cumulative impact of the restrictions on exports to Russia leading to an unsustainable supply chain, the company is left with no other option than to exit the country.

Health Canada is introducing new nutrition labelling regulations for packaged foods requiring a symbol on the front of packages indicating that a food is high in saturated fat, sugars and/or sodium. The regulations will come into effect on July 20, 2022.

KM Packaging and bread seller Earth & Wheat launched UK’s first “wonky” bread box which comes with an eco-friendly bag that is home-compostable.

Symphony Environmental Technologies PLC said on Tuesday it signed a supply agreement with Mexican bread manufacturer Grupo Bimbo for its d2p antimicrobial technology.

Walki is introducing a broad portfolio of different materials, including printed solutions, to suit the needs of the frozen food market with the aim of making the packaging fully recyclable in the paper stream.

Food-packaging leader Inno-Pak announced its acquisition of Stalk Market, a manufacturer of cutting-edge compostable and eco-friendly packaging. The strategic move dramatically expands Inno-Pak’s ability to...

In search of new sustainable plastic materials, researchers from the University of Alicante in Spain have developed a packaging material derived from pineapple waste.

The test cups are sourced from a 50-50 mix of post-consumer plastic material and biobased materials. The biobased material is crafted in part from McDonald’s used cooking oil.

Tray sealing solutions from Proseal that provide food manufacturers with maximum efficiency, flexibility, and quality will be exhibited on parent company JBT’s stand at this...

Faerch UK Ltd are delighted to support Chop’d, through Tri-star Packaging, with the launch of their popular salad bowl in a fully circular packaging solution, going into their London stores in March 2022.

Hoogstraten has invested in an innovative life-cycle analysis (LCA) tool to measure the environmental impact of different packaging from factory to shelf.

Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to sell its own brand fresh milk in carbon neutral, Tetra Pak cartons in a move that will save an initial 100 tons of plastic a year.

The plastics packaging tax comes into force six weeks from today (April 1st) but research by the Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) shows 80% of its members who sell packaging subject to the tax are ill-prepared.

Liquidseal and Rijk Zwaan partnered up and invented an edible coating for snack cucumbers, to help solve food waste issues and meet the demand of savvy consumers demanding sustainable retail options to reduce excess.