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Distribution partnership BFR Groupe
19 May 2016 | By Engilico
Engilico announces its distribution partnership with BFR Groupe, one of the leading distributors of packaging machinery...
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Coca-Cola uses hot fill system from KHS for juice and sports beverages
10 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Following a consultation Coca-Cola Canners decided to go for a system manufactured by its long-standing partner KHS for its juice and sports drink segments...
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Food withdrawals as a result of unreported allergens grows 60%
9 May 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The number of products being withdrawn from shelves as a result of unreported allergens on packaging has grown 60% in the UK last year, according EMW...
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Clean label: back to basics with ancient grains
4 May 2016 | By Innova Market Insights
Innova Market Insights discuss the trend for ancient grains, including quinoa, buckwheat and chia, and consider recent product launches...
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Clean label: going green
28 April 2016 | By Innova Market Insights
Innova Market Insights discuss the trend for green foods, including green vegetables such as kale, as well as wheatgrass and seaweed...
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Consumers most likely to look at calories first on nutritional panels
18 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Hartman Group have produced an infographic on consumer habits when reading the nutritional panels that currently accompany food and drink items...
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Mars to label some products ‘occasional’ in health initiative
15 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
As part of Mars' Health and Wellbeing Ambition, the company will add nutritional adding guidance on products that should only be consumed once per week...
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Edible food coatings – just a trend or the future?
Why throw away the packaging? Let’s eat it! Food packaging development has undergone a research renaissance. Edible films and coatings that are directly consumed with the food are now in the service of modern food preservation systems, as a result of the lifestyle changes of consumers. The imagined scenario involves,…
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RSPH calls for activity equivalent calorie labelling
7 April 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) is calling for the introduction of activity equivalent calorie labelling on food and drink to help tackle obesity...
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Survey reveals levels of consumer trust in seafood labelling
16 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Early results from a MSC survey show that more than half of participants doubt that labelled seafood is what it says on the packet...
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NUS researchers create eco-friendly food packaging
23 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The researchers say the novel food packaging material can slow down fungal growth, doubling the shelf-life of perishable food, such as bread...
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Consumers confused over the term ‘clean label’
18 February 2016 | By Victoria White
The latest consumer research from Canadean reveals a lack of consensus over what ‘clean label’ really means to consumers...
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Is convenience eating causing us to lose our connection with food?
18 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Research commissioned by the FSA suggests that people in the UK worry that convenience eating could cause them to lose a connection with the food they eat...
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Older consumers left ‘powerless’ by packaging
3 February 2016 | By Victoria White
Packaging on supermarket goods can leave ‘older’ consumers feeling powerless and vulnerable, according to a new study...
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Lupin drinks in carton packs from SIG Combibloc
31 January 2016 | By Victoria White
In Germany, the first lupin drinks are now available in aseptic carton packs from SIG Combibloc, under the umbrella brand “MADE WITH LUVE”...
