Roundup: Packaging
Here is your roundup of the latest packaging news. Next week’s roundup will focus on the latest processing news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Rodney Jack at rodney@bellpublishing.com
- New packaging solutions from StePac have extended the season for pomegranates and their extracted arils by preserving freshness and increasing shelf life.
- Sulapac and Stora Enso have launched a renewable and microplastic-free straw to combat the global problem of plastic waste.
- Dairy manufacturer Moriyama is the first customer in Japan to run commercial production using SIG filling technology and the first to offer premium ready-to-drink (RTD) products in SIG carton packs locally filled in Japan.
- Buxton Natural Mineral Water has announced its whole range will be made from 100% recycled plastic (rPET), while remaining 100% recyclable, by 2021.
- Nestlé has announced that it will use Nutri-Score nutrition labeling in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany and Switzerland, starting in the first half of 2020.
