All Food articles – Page 50
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ArticleMars Petcare UK ‘to remove 180 tonnes of plastic’ from pet food multipacks
Mars Petcare is set to replace shrink-film with cardboard across its UK multipack pet food range, in a bid to meet its goal of 100% recyclable packaging by 2025.
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ArticleElliott launches ‘world’s lowest carbon footprint’ absorbent meat pad
Elliott Absorbent Products has developed a range of sealed edge absorbent pads for fresh meat and fish, which it claims has the lowest carbon footprint of any high absorbency pad on the market.
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ArticleAptar Food + Beverage launches closure composed of renewable feedstock material
Aptar Food + Beverage’s Neo closure solution for the infant formula market is now available in food grade renewable feedstock material based on the mass-balance approach.
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ArticleStarlinger develops rPET material for dairy, hot drink and ready meal applications
Starlinger viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger & Co GmbH, has developed a new, recyclable material made from rPET for dairy and hot-fill applications.
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ArticleSoft plastic packaging recycling scheme announced by Tesco
Shoppers at all of UK retailer Tesco’s large stores will now be able to bring back any soft plastic packaging for recycling.
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ArticleHeinz unveils ‘easily recyclable’ baby food pouch
Heinz is set to launch a mono-material baby food pouch that is recyclable via kerbside collection.
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ArticleUFLEX unveils a host of ‘breakthrough’ products and solutions
At the end of Q2 2021, UFLEX announced a host of noteworthy products and solutions across its various businesses, including a new mono-material pack for a global premium chocolate brand and a paper-based pharma solution for Procter and Gamble
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ArticleKellogg's to roll out accessible cereal boxes
Following a successful trial, Kellogg's is permanently implementing a new "world-first" technology that enables consumers with sight loss to playback on-pack information via a smartphone.
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ArticleGousto and DPD pioneer scheme to tackle food waste in supply chain
In a bid to combat food waste, recipe box company Gousto is partnering with DPD to facilitate the rerouting of any failed box deliveries to a food distribution charity, FareShare.
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ArticlePets at Home to trial flexible food packaging recycling points
Pets at Home is introducing dedicated recycling points for flexible pet food packaging across 40 of its stores.
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ArticleMcDonald's Germany tests new packaging concept at 30 sites
McDonald's Germany is trialling a switch from paperboard boxes to thin wrapping paper, a move which the company says will save around 70% of packaging material.
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ArticleGerman supermarket chain trials packaging free sections
German supermarket chain Kaufland has announced that it is currently trialling packaging free sections within its supermarkets that allows customers to buy food items such as organic pasta, rice, lentils or dried fruit without the use of packaging.
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ArticleSyntegon presents "next generation" filling machine
The portfolio of cup filling and sealing machines from Syntegon subsidiaries Ampack GmbH, Germany, and Osgood Industries, LLC, USA has been extended with the new LFS filling machine for the dairy and food industry.
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ArticleFinalist interview: Eco-Tite® R shrink bag from Amcor
The next of our Sustainability Awards 2021 finalist interviews puts the spotlight on Amcor's Eco-Tite® R PVdC-free shrink bag, which has been nominated in our Pre-commercialized Innovation category.
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ArticleBan on apple stickers could stop 100 million pieces of waste a week, experts say
Waste disposal experts are calling for plastic stickers on fruit to be banned, a move that they say could save over 100 million extra pieces of waste a week.
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ArticleFinalist interview: HelloFresh
In the latest of our Sustainability Awards finalists interview series, we find out about HelloFresh’s Dynamic Packaging Configurator, which allows to predict packaging consumption autonomously through a machine learning classifier.
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Article100% paper-based sandwich packaging to be trialled in supermarkets
Greencore Group is set to commence trials for a 100% fibre-based, plastic-free recyclable sandwich skillet in stores across the UK.
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ArticleMondi and Unilever serve up paper-based packaging for Colman’s Meal Makers
Mondi has developed a paper-based, aluminium-free packaging material for Unilever’s Colman’s dry Meal Maker and Sauces range that it says can be recycled in existing paper waste streams
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ArticleFerrero issues update on 2025 sustainability goals
The Ferrero Group has issued an update on its efforts towards making 100% of its packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.
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ArticleA closer look at ICP's corrugated cardboard box made from tomato stems
The Slovenian Pulp and Paper Institute (ICP) recently presented a corrugated cardboard pack made partly from tomato stems. The tomato stems are from locally sourced agricultural waste.