Food Packaging

He expressed concern over the use of newspapers for wrapping or packaging food and also pointed out significant health risks associated with this practice.

"The ink used in newspapers contains various bioactive materials with known negative health effects, which can contaminate food and lead to health issues when ingested," FSSAI cautioned on Wednesday.

Additionally, printing inks may contain chemicals, including lead and heavy metals, that can leach into the food, posing serious health risks over time, the regulator said.

The chief guest, adviser Agriculture, Government of Nagaland, Mhathung Yanthan stressed on the paramount importance of packaging for Nagaland’s Food and Handicraft secto

The initiative was aimed at educating participants about the latest trends and technological advancements in food packaging, emphasizing the significance of innovative packaging for enhancing export potential.

The new cleaner packaging design will feature Biscoff as the core brand in a larger font for improved customer brand recognition, with the reduced Lotus marque acting as an endorsement to the core brand.

Frances Booth, category development & marketing manager at Lotus Bakeries says: “This greater focus on Biscoff on the packaging will immediately grab the customer’s eye in-store with most consumers regularly referring to the brand simply as, Biscoff.”

Synerlink, a leading provider of sustainable packaging solutions for the food industry, has introduced Versatech, a forward-looking filling solution tailored for the food and dairy sector. Versatech's modular design allows customers to adapt this packaging innovation to their evolving business strategies over time.

A wide range of UPM Specialty Papers’ label papers have been certified as industrially and home compostable, helping brand owners and label converters meet their target of prioritizing materials with a sustainable end of life.

he preferred end of life for any paper is to be recycled as fibres. However, compostability is an area that sets fibre-based and fossil-based materials apart. While it is estimated that fossil-based materials take hundreds of years to decompose, the industrial compostability standard requires that material disintegrates into soil in less than 12 weeks.

Food and beverage brands constantly launch new products and new packages, many of which are posted to social media — if you can find them. Packaging Digest highlights the best of them on a regular basis, with the most recent “find” at the beginning. Come back often to quickly scroll through to see what you’ve missed. You'll find the just archived Best in Food & Beverage Packaging for August at this link