Food Packaging

Sealester is a French start-up and has created a digital sealing system using thermal energy that can be integrated into industrial production lines. Potential applications include sachets, pouches and stand-up pouches. 

Guyenne’s Sunibarrier range is designed to be in direct contact with food products and has achieved the necessary barrier properties without the use of plastic film. The manufacturer described it as “the packaging of tomorrow”.

Extracts from MEP Christine Schneider and Secretary General of APEAL Alexis Van Maercke on food waste in EU.

The numbers are appalling around 88 million tonnes of food ends up in waste in the EU every year at an estimated cost of €143 billion.  We throw out 180 kilograms of food per person and even 50 per cent of healthy and edible food ends up in the garbage bin in households, stores, restaurants, and at other points on the food supply chain.

Fast food chains have revolutionised the way we eat. Order a quick meal, get it packed and finish it off in no time. However, this entire process generates a lot of waste material that is harmful for the environment and the planet too. Single-use plastic straws, small cardboard boxes and more are used to serve fast food to millions of people across the world. What if there was a way to save on this waste generation with a simple solution? Burger chain McDonald's has come with a reusable packaging for its customers in France.

Beverages major Coca-Cola India has partnered with grocery delivery service, Zepto, for a ‘return and recycle’ initiative for PET bottles. According to a joint statement, the initiative seeks to establish an organized process of collection of PET bottles with 100 per cent traceability, to ensure effective plastic waste management.

Move will save one billion plastic lids – enough to fill 35 Olympic swimming pools – from being sent to landfill every year globally
Heinz will introduce unique new caps to the famous squeezy tomato ketchup bottles, resulting in both the bottle and cap being 100% recyclable
The new eco-friendly caps, to be rolled out in 2022, deliver the same perfect serving of the World’s Favourite Ketchup that you know and love

Smurfit Kappa has created an innovative and sustainable packaging solution specifically tailored for wine, to help businesses in the sector capitalise on the continued growth in eCommerce wine sales.

The new solution holds Amazon’s ‘Frustration-Free Packaging’ (FFP) certification, which is a world first for a generic packaging solution that caters for different case counts and wine bottle types.

The multinational manufacturer is giving the iconic confectionary brand a revitalised identity by collaborating with brand expression agency Taxi Studio.

The packaging redesign is being put in place to reinforce Celebrations as a treat choice for the whole year round – not just for Christmas.

Taxi Studio believes the label struggled to retain relevancy in a market that has become increasingly crowded.

Overshadowed by constituent brands, the design team saw the need to bring Celebrations into its own unique identity to drive more equity into the brand.