Packaging & Labelling

Ella's Kitchen's new pouches are made from one material, making them easier to recycle

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Recyclability pledge across Ella’s Kitchen baby food range

By Gwen Ridler

Baby food manufacturer Ella’s Kitchen has pledged to make 73% of its pouches fully recyclable at the kerbside by 2024, as part of its continuing efforts to boost sustainability across the brand and within the industry.

Are you sure you can claim vegan? Credit: Getty/The_Believer_art

Food Forensics

Vegan lab testing – what to expect

By Alison Johnson

In this month’s Food Forensics column, Alison Johnson looks at the different testing options to confirm your vegan product claims and some interesting outliers you may encounter.

Experts in sustainability gathered to discuss how they're untangling scope 3 emissions in our recent roundtable session. Credit: Getty/Flashvector

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How can we manage and measure scope 3 emissions?

By Bethan Grylls

In an exclusive roundtable, Food Manufacture heard from industry leaders and SMEs alike, as their sustainability leads discussed the challenges of scope emissions and how food and drink producers could start to manage and measure them accurately and with...

What are the new trends in food and drink packaging? Credit: Getty/Edwin Tan

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Packaging trends and innovations: The Interpack 2023 roundup

By Bethan Grylls

Sustainable packaging solutions ruled this year’s Interpack, with exhibitors showcasing a range of innovations that addressed key challenges such as greenhouse gas, cost and efficiency. Here’s our roundup of launches…

CCEP has strengthened its partnership with CuRe Technology to accelerate its progress towards 0% virgin PET

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CCEP makes further investment in eliminating virgin plastics

By Gwen Ridler

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has strengthened its commitment to eliminating virgin plastics in its bottles with an investment in scaling up technology to convert hard to recycle polyester into high quality recycled PET (rPET).

Food processing is here to stay. Credit: Getty / AleksandarGeorgiev

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Creating a defence for food processing

By Ronan Gormley

Ronan Gormley of the University College Dublin summarises the key takeaways of the recent EFFoST conference, as experts took to the floor to debate food processing in relation to health, perception and sustainability.

Frank Dale has removed black plastic packaging from all of its product lines

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Frank Dale eliminates black plastic from production

By Gwen Ridler

Frozen baked goods manufacturer Frank Dale has eliminated black plastic packaging from all of its products as part of a suite of changes to its manufacturing process to promote sustainability.

Credit: Getty / JLGutierrez

Feature

Does anyone know what sustainability means anymore?

By Bethan Grylls

The meaning of sustainability has evolved to encompass a whole host of other focuses. Do we need to untangle these once separate issues, or are we all responsible in delivering to this new meaning of sustainability?

Is plastic a villain or just misunderstood? Credit: Getty/ smartboy10

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Do we need plastic packaging?

By Bethan Grylls

With Global Recycling Day having just passed, Food Manufacture looks at the impact of plastic packaging, the key areas for improvement and the challenge of ditching virgin plastics.

The FSA has called for views on its new

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FSA launches review into ‘may contain’ labelling

By Gwen Ridler

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a review into its new advice for how and when to apply precautionary allergen labelling (PAL), commonly seen as ‘may contain’ warnings on food packaging.

The PM's Windsor Framework promised little by has the potential to overdeliver for food and drink firms

Column: We need to talk about ...

The Windsor Framework

By Rod Addy

Provision Trade Federation director general Rod Addy discusses the recently agreed Windsor Framework and its implications for the food and drink industry in his exclusive column for Food Manufacture.

Packaging for hard cheese can be a determining factor in consumer purchases

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Transparent packaging driving hard cheese sales

By Gwen Ridler

Transparency, the ability to reseal products and sustainability were key features consumers look for in hard cheese packaging when purchasing, according to new research from Amcor.

What challenges now face the food and drink supply chain?

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Challenges and developments in the food and drink supply chain

By Gwen Ridler

With the food and drink industry under constant threat from global pressures such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, how has the supply chain managed to keep up and running and what new developments do operators need to be aware of?

Consumers are more conscious of the environmental impact of their food

Consumers want carbon labelling on food products

By Gwen Ridler

Pressure mounts on food processors to have a low carbon footprint, as UK consumers call for carbon footprint labelling on the products they eat, according to research by The Compleat Food Group.

Food codes won't always need a separate, physical label in the future

Digital feature: long read

Printing, labelling and coding: labelling without the labels

By Gwen Ridler

Consumers need to know what’s in their food and customers need to know what product they’re moving around their warehouse, but as technology advances what's the role of traditional labels in the food chain?

Find out the latest developments in packaging technology in The Complete Package

Complete Package

The Complete Package: Sustainability and EU legislation

By Gwen Ridler

The latest developments in packaging technology, developing sustainable solutions for direct to consumer wine delivery and beating EU legislation on tethered caps are highlighted in our latest round-up of food and drink packaging innovations.

The Portman Group has updated its best practice Alcohol Labelling Guidelines for producers

New guidelines launched for alcohol labelling

By Michelle Perrett

Drinks watchdog The Portman Group has updated its best practice Alcohol Labelling Guidelines for producers, which gives information how to communicate alcohol and health-related information to consumers, across multiple channels.

The Plastics Packaging Tax has already affected packaging costs for businesses

Packaging costs rise in wake of plastics tax

By Gwen Ridler

Packaging costs have risen for six out of 10 businesses since the launch of the Plastics Packaging Tax in April, according to new research by Lindum Packaging.

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