vegetables
Healthy freeze dried snacks
Amongst the new products arriving to the snacking sector in the wake excessive sugar consumption warnings is Nothing But’s freeze dried fruit and vegetable snack packs.
New healthy Gruffalo ready meal
Healthy world food brand Mini nom nom’s exhibited at September’s Lunch! show in London.
Consumer trends drive packaging industry growth
Key consumer trends are the driving force behind the growth of the global packaging industry, reports Rabobank.
Four-strong sauce range
Gourmet Africa has unveiled a range of four cooking sauces inspired by different African regions.
Suppliers must adapt to online shopping era
Rabobank believes the arrival of a new era in online shopping will increasingly impact fresh fruit, vegetables and floriculture supply chains.
‘Persistence and hard work’
Leatherhead Food Research recently appointed Jenny Arthur in the newly created role of director of nutrition and innovation.
Fresh food flowrapper
Ulma Packaging has launched the FM200 horizontal flowrapper for wrapping fresh food products in a pillow pack style with three seals.
EFSA proposes calcium DRVs
EFSA has proposed dietary reference values (DRVs) for calcium as part of its continuing work on DRVs for European citizens. The scientific opinion was finalised following a six-week public consultation.
Perchlorate in food opinion re-published
EFSA has re-published its scientific opinion on the risks to public health from perchlorate in food, particularly in fruit and vegetables. Adopted in September 2014, the opinion has been revised due to a technical error. EFSA’s experts have re-assessed dietary exposure to perchlorate using corrected data on perchlorate levels in food and taking into account […]
Food recalls drop in Q1
Product recall specialist Stericycle ExpertSolutions has reported that recalls and notifications have decreased in the first quarter of 2015, due to heightened recall awareness and significant efforts to improve product safety. The findings come as the company publishes its quarterly European Recall and Notification Index, which is based on data from the EU’s Rapex and Rasff […]
Supply chain vital to increase fruit and veg consumption, says NFU
The whole of the supply chain must do more to increase the consumption of fruit and veg by British consumers, from trying innovative new packaging to better promotions, the NFU has argued. NFU horticulture board chairman, Guy Poskitt, says, “It is vitally important that we work together across the whole supply chain to influence consumers […]
ROUND-UP: Packaging
Here is your weekly round-up of Packaging news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com. The European beverage packaging market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.64% from 2015-2019, according to a new report from research firm Technavio In […]
Steady growth predicted for juice market
The global juice market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.96% from 2015-2019, according to a new report from research firm Technavio. The report highlights the many new varieties of juices that have been introduced to the market to cater for the needs of consumers. These days, cross-sectional varieties of juice that are […]
Discounter opts for carton packs
Aldi Süd is delivering organic vegetables in combisafe carton packs from SIG Combibloc to German supermarket shelves. This packaging alternative to the classic food metal can promises comparable product protection and the same kind of shelf life for the food it contains, but it also scores for its environmental benefits. Compared to other packaging solutions […]