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The Importance of Material Honesty

30 Nov 2018

One of the top packaging design trends for 2019 is material honesty and what to consider when selecting materials for retail packaging or product packaging. With so many choices, it’s easy to understand the confusion and the difficulty brands have in selecting the right materials for their brand packaging. Today we’re seeing the negative impacts of unsorted recycling. China’s National Sword policy, for one, has reduced the amount of recycled materials the U.S. is able …

Steps to Designing Packaging that Connects with Customers

24 Sep 2018

A recent study of eye tracking on product packaging indicates that customers are spending fractions of seconds reading labels and making buying decisions. In many cases, as little as 1/20 of a second is spent on eyeing packaging.

We have also learned from recent studies that nutrition labels have little impact. Many of your most compelling nutrition facts, such as low sugar or vitamin content, is presented near the bottom of a nutrition table and …

Prevention & Control of Yeast & Molds in Cheese

27 Apr 2018

Since yeast and molds are widespread in the environment, controlling them in cheese involves an integrated multiprong approach.

How to reduce yeast and molds during the manufacture of cheese?

Raw milk: Raw milk contains vegetative yeast and mold spores. Despite popular belief, some of them may not be inactivated by pasteurization. It is good practice to activate the lacto peroxidase (LP) system in raw milk using milk silo cultures. The end products of the LP …

How Can Packaging Reduce Food Waste?

15 Feb 2018

The relationship between the packaging industry and the environment is a challenging one, but a new report has revealed the ways in which packaging can help reduce food waste. With more consumers voicing their concerns for the environment, AMERIPEN’s report ‘Quantifying the Value of Packaging as a Strategy to Prevent Food Waste in America’ highlights the importance of integrating investment, research and policy in order to change the way packaging is viewed.

According to AMERIPEN, …

Shelf Life & Shelf Impact Drive Dairy Packaging

16 Jun 2017

Maximizing product protection, freshness, convenience and shelf appeal govern packaging decisions about dairy foods. These goals are driving interest in aseptic filling, in-mold labeling, single-serving sizes and functional features.

Sustainability hasn’t been forgotten, either. Suppliers continue to lightweight structures and replace nonrenewable materials with renewable ones. The dairy industry also is addressing concerns about food waste.

Trends in long shelf life dairy foods

“Aseptic products extend shelf life, usually at least twice as long as …

How Food Packaging Color Influences Consumer Behavior

12 Apr 2016

Graphic Packaging International’s Nikki Clark examines how color is, or can be, used in food and drink packaging

Packaging is the most tangible representation of a product or brand for consumers and is therefore a primary selling tool for marketers, hence why it is important to spend time getting it right. According to research by marketing specialists, WebpageFX, consumers make a subconscious judgement about a product in less than 90 seconds of viewing it, …

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