Food Packaging

German oral hygiene brand Paperdent has partnered with Elopak to launch its range of vegan, alcohol-free mouthwash in cartons made from sustainably sourced paperboard.

Paperdent is the first mouthwash brand to package its product in Elopak’s D-PAK™ cartons, reducing the plastic content of its packaging by over 80% compared to conventional packaging for mouthwash.

FSSC 22000 contains requirements that help companies address risk in multiple areas, including food fraud, food defence, food safety and quality culture, quality control, allergen management, and environmental monitoring programmes.

The design and shape of Greiner Packaging’s K3 solution is manufactured to provide functional benefits, ensuring ease of handling and portion control for consumers.

Greiner said the cardboard wrap on Greiner Packaging’s innovative K3 cardboard-plastic combination provides stability, so the cup can be produced with particularly thin walls, and uses less plastic than competitors.

The business said online ordering of fresh ingredient meal kits has ‘soared’ over the past few years. One client was said to be dissatisfied with its existing packaging for individual hens’ eggs. Antalis explained the die-cut box took over 40 seconds to assemble and pack. With over 8,000 eggs per week sometimes being sent, it was both laborious and costly.

A consumer court in Gujarat has ruled that fast food chains KFC and Pizza Hut should not charge extra fees for packaging charges from consumers. The judgment comes after a law student from Bihar filed a PIL when he noticed that extra charges were being added to his order when he tried ordering food via the food delivery app Zomato.

The public consultation began on 9 February and is open until 8 March. The commission will then seek approval for the proposal by member states.

‘The prohibition of BPA will consequently result in business operators needing to identify substances, in particular other bisphenols and their derivatives, to replace BPA in the food contact materials and articles where it is currently used,’ the commission’s draft proposal reads.

BPA is used in everything from plastic and metal food containers to reusable water bottles and drinking water pipes.