Food manufacturers including Nestle, Mondelez International and Unilever have announced plans to "harmonise" the way they label the nutritional information for products sold in the EU. Twelve companies, which also include Kellogg, Mars ...
Profamo VP Chris Nimptsch tells Ben Bouckley why consistency - and true readings of CO2, Brix and organic acid levels - is king for beverage producers, as he unveils VitalSensors' 'radical' new mid-infrared sensor, the VS3000. ...
Tags: Innovation, Plant Safety&Equipment, beverage producers
Design consultancy Blue Marlin has designed the branding and packaging for new adult soft drink Zeo, the debut product from the UK-based Freedrinks. The drink contains berries, herbs and spices, and has been designed with simplistic and ...
Tags: branding, packaging, new packaging, design
CKE Restaurants is introducing Bacon Bacon Biscuit at Carl's Jr.and Hardee's restaurants in the US.Bacon Bacon Biscuit is a new addition to the lineup of Made from Scratch Biscuits. Bacon Bacon Biscuit features bacon strips and a slice of ...
Tags: new addition, Bacon Bacon Biscuit, Scratch buttermilk Biscuit
Ritualized gift exchanges have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. When visiting someone's home, you traditionally take a gift. Many of those same gifts may work well during a western-style gift exchange. In other cases, Chinese ...
Tags: chinese gift, fine fruit, boxed drinks, seasonal foods, jades
Closure supplier in the US, Closure Systems International (CSI) has unveiled its new Xtra-Lok mini ‘S’ 28mm closure for the short-height carbonated soft drink bottle. The closure features a lightweight design that delivers ...
Tags: CSI, lightweight, closure
UK-based soft drink company britvic has announced the recall of all robinsons fruit shoot and fruit shoot hydro packs featuring a new cap design, over a packaging safety issue. Britvic said consumers with any affected product should ...
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Economic Times of reported that traditional Japanese and Korean rivalry came to the fore again when Hyundai Motor went ballistic with its marketing campaign Trendsetter V/s Follower on claims of a much superior small car EON over the newly ...
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SAAB Drink chose UK-based Rexam’s beverage can for Meladaj, its new apple-based carbonated soft drink, which will make its way into the Italian market in bars, clubs and retail outlets. Rexam and Enrico Giotti teamed up to create ...
Tags: beverage can, apple-based carbonated soft drink, aluminum cans
Children’s soft drink Robinson’s Fruit Shoot, which that was removed from shelves following a packaging safety scare, is returning back to store shelves. In early July, Britvic made drink was forced to recall millions of ...
The Indian Government said that this move will allow firms to conveniently switch to uniform norms for selling their products. With the revision, its now mandatory for FMCG companies to pack and sell products such as biscuits and milk ...
Tags: Packaging Norm, India, Indian packaging, Fmcg Firms
Before you down that pint,check the shape of your glass—you might be drinking more beer than you realize.According to a new study of British beer drinkers,an optical illusion caused by the shape of a curved glass can dramatically ...
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India has amended a regulation,which makes it mandatory for FMCG firms to sell products such as biscuits and milk powder in standard sizes.The new regulation will go into effect beginning 1 November 2012. This move comes after the ...
Tags: regulation, standard sizes, FMCG, packaged products
The future of Fraser&Neave has become the subject of speculation in recent days,with the Singapore-based food and drink group the centre of takeover talk. Heineken today(27 July)extended the deadline for Fraser&Neave to consider the Dutch ...
Tags: takeover, speculation, stake
Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different in form from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft ...