What role will active and intelligent components play in future food and drink packaging? We caught up with Chip Tonkin, director of the US based Sonoco Institute of Packaging Design and Graphics at Interpack 2011 to find out.
The long-standing dispute within the cranberry industry about the most appropriate way to measure the urinary tract infection (UTI)-battling berry’s active constituents was resolved in France recently when a government body backed a version of the DMAC...
Domino Foods, Wild Flavors and Sunwin International have entered a collaborative agreement to produce naturally-derived sweeteners and sweetening systems, the companies have said.
The UK company behind a high pH, electrolysed water product says it fully expected the advertising watchdog to rule against its cancer, ageing and other claims, and will appeal.
Wine and spirit trade industry body the Wine and Spirit Trade Association (WSTA) is launching a fraud prevention unit in an effort to combat fraud in the sector.
Coca-Cola Hellenic is the first company in the European beverage industry to receive an A+ for its 2010 stakeholder-reviewed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report, according to the firm.
Krones has unveiled a new strap handle at Interpack in Dusseldorf that wraps around PET containers so that bottles can be held together without shrink film.
Flavor ingredients firm Senomyx has been granted a US patent for two bitter blocker flavor modulators intended to mask bitter notes associated with several common food and beverage ingredients.
Electroplasmolysis and microwave heating beat conventional thermal processing methods hands down in terms of yields and quality in juice production, claims new research from Turkey.
Double-digit growth in the beverage, savory and confectionery sectors helped International Flavors & Fragrances to achieve revenue of $714m in the first quarter of this year; nine per cent up on the same period of last year.
Use of high intensity sweeteners is growing around the globe, but different sweeteners are more popular in different markets. Mintel’s David Jago explains the subtleties of all things sweet.
Wells Plastics has criticised NAPCOR’s latest campaign against degradable additives, claiming that its own oxo-degradable PET additive is recycling friendly.
The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo have settled a trademark lawsuit over PepsiCo’s Trop50 juice packaging design, which Coca-Cola had claimed was too similar to that of its Simply juice range.
Chr Hansen is launching a new yeast for making fruitier wines that can be added directly as a frozen product rather than having to be rehydrated first.
Russia is threatening to ban sales of PET beer bottles but a new report from Pira indicates that the global popularity of the plastic among brewers is on the increase.
Spirits rivals Diageo and Pernod Ricard are toasting a successful start to 2011, having beaten market expectations for the first three months of the year.
Soaring sugar prices have inspired Tate & Lyle to develop new beverage prototypes under its Optimize platform, which replace as much as 45 per cent of the sugar with blend of sweeteners but without impairing taste.
UK authorities have given the green light to a £15m joint venture between Eco Plastics and Coco-Cola to supply recycled PET (rPET) to the global drinks giant.
Higher prices have helped AB InBev post a 5.6 per cent increase in quarterly revenue despite bad weather in Brazil and persistent unemployment in the US.
The European Commission has approved the merger of Citrovita and Citrosuco - two orange juice businesses that together process 40 per cent of the orange juice from Brazil.
A new conveyor lubricant specifically designed for glass bottles on steel conveyor belts combats the highly abrasive properties of the two materials when used together, said Ecolab.
Is the tidal wave of concern over bisphenol A (BPA) that swept away polycarbonate baby bottles containing the chemical about to cause similar mayhem in the food and beverage can sector?
PepsiCo has beaten analyst expectations for first quarter profits but Morning Star analyst Philip Gorham believes that in beverages Coca-Cola is recovering better from the recession.
Tate & Lyle today announced that it has entered a five-year exclusive global marketing and distribution agreement for BioVittoria’s zero-calorie monk fruit sweetener, the company told FoodNavigator-USA.
Plastic bottles and jars are forecast to experience strongest unit growth in the European larger packaging sector to 2015 and look likely to overtake glass containers within a decade, said Pira International.
Coca-Cola is facing mounting pressure on bisphenol A (BPA) after 26 per cent of its shareholders called on the company to reveal its plans over the continued use of the chemical in its packaging.
Coca-Cola has put a figure on the likely impact on its finances of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan after publishing first quarter results that fell slightly below Wall Street expectations.
Use of high intensity light pulses (HILP) and thermosonification (TS) is effective in cutting E.coli populations in orange juice, according to new research.
Coca-Cola will face more calls tomorrow to publish a report on how it will seek to dispel customers concerns over bisphenol A, and what plans it has to develop replacements for the chemical used in its can linings.
Beverage carton recovery in the UK is gaining traction thanks to the combination of an industry-funded nationwide network of recycling bins and the growing number of kerbside collections.
A flour product adapted especially for its resealable plastic flour pouch and a vacuum packed chocolate bar are two products that stand out above the raft of new dry food launches, according to Mintel’s Global New Products Database (GNPD).
A new Leatherhead report has highlighted how vitamin fortification and other ‘health and wellness’ claims are driving growth in the global sports and energy drink market.
