Food Packaging

The move to replace traditional plastic based flexible film with VektroPack’s High Barrier Paper Flex product aligns with VektroPack’s commitment to sustainability, and will play a big part in helping brands meet APCO’s 2025 national packaging targets, the company says. The shift to paper-based film will remove plastic from the recycling stream, and facilitate kerbside recycling of the material by end users. 

Based on a nationally-conducted taste test, Pepsi® Zero Sugar tastes better and is more refreshing than Coke Zero. To celebrate, Pepsi is bringing it back to where it all started with The Pepsi Challenge—this time, featuring Pepsi Zero Sugar because the brand is confident America will agree it’s the superior zero-sugar cola.

Termotécnica, one of the largest manufacturers of EPS packaging in Latin America, has highlighted the role post-harvest technology will play the developing fresh table grape trade between Brazil and China. 

Authorities form Brazil and China signed a phytosanitary protocol allowing for the export of fresh grapes from Brazil to China in November 

Eduardo Brandão, executive director of the Brazilian Association of Exporters of Fruit and Derivatives (Abrafrutas), said while it was important for Brazil to seek new export markets, logistics could be a challenge.  

In addition to their new products, Mucci Farms is looking forward to sharing the proactive steps they've taken to enhance their operational efficiency, with a strong emphasis on sustainability at every level of the business.

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has joined forces with Lamb Weston, a major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products, in a closed-loop process designed to create low-weight sustainable packaging bags made with a thin coextrusion film structure.  At least 60% of the packaging is made with polymer using bio-feedstock from used cooking oil (UCO).

The A' Design Award, a highly respected and well-recognized award in the field of packaging design, has announced Jin Zhang's Hao Prawns as a winner of the Iron A' Design Award in the Packaging Design category. This prestigious recognition highlights the significance of Jin Zhang's innovative and visually striking packaging design within the competitive packaging industry.