Package choices at grocery stores are already beyond a few options, making “Paper or plastic?” seem downright archaic. As grocers build foodservice-at-retail programs, they are investing in new menu ...

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

Kemira is a Business Reporter client. What will food and the materials used to package it look like in 2030? What role will sustainability play? Will consumers be driven by convenience or are they ...

GEA has unveiled its new PowerPak Plus thermoforming packaging machine that enables the use of paper-based packaging alternatives to meet sustainability demands. Following technical modifications, the ...

When 2025 began, packaging experts agreed that the number one trend in their industry this year would be sustainable materials, ranging from biodegradable and compostable packaging to eco-friendly ...

Approximately 60% of all plastics produced worldwide are used for food packaging (1). That means that of the 380 million metric tons of plastics produced in 2015, 228 million metric tons were food ...

Ingredients present in food packaging can leach into the food. Depending on the materials used, ingredients can leach contaminants that may cause serious health problems. These food packaging ...

Vana Specialty Packaging has sustained its partnership with Mrs. Fields Cookies for more than two decades, starting in 2003.

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...