YottaMark Inc. today announced it has been granted a patent on methods for personalizing food nutrition scores. The Company's ShopWell app, downloaded more than a million times in 2013, helps shoppers make healthy choices about the food ...
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The industrial world as we know it is changing rapidly, making more and more advances and coming up with new processes every day. This means that the supplemental processes that keep these industries functional, like logistics and ...
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US-based materials science company Landec is all set to expand commercial applications for its BreatheWay technology packaging solutions. The technology has been developed to optimize the ratio of carbon dioxide and oxygen within the ...
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US-based paper manufacturer NewPage has extended its flexible packaging papers portfolio with the launch of the new FlexPack Essential, designed for lamination and extrusion applications in food and medical packaging. The new packaging ...
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Specialty papers supplier NewPage has unveiled FlexPack Essential, a flexible packaging paper designed for applications in food packaging. The new product is claimed to comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards for food ...
When it comes to storing energy on the grid, giant batteries are the only game in town. Now, a number of companies are building mechanical systems that use air as the storage medium. U.K.-based Highview Power Storage last week said that ...
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Shoppers struggling to find the right homeware will be helped by the launch of stylishly-curated Unique Home Things. The new online boutique is stocked with an exclusive range of homewares and gifts that are not available on the high ...
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Demand for active and intelligent packaging in the US alone is forecast to expand 8.0% annually to US$3.5 billion in 2017. It is the fastest growing packaging segment worldwide. Food and beverage made up 65% of demand in 2012. That is ...
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The Alexir Partnership will be launching the AlexiMAP at the Packaging Innovations Show on 26-27 February at the NEC in Birmingham on their Innovation Centre stand J43. The AlexiMAP is the result of a joint project between Alexir and ...
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UK-based tray sealer specialist Packaging Automation is set to introduce SkinPAC, a new pack format designed for fresh products such as meat and fish. Claimed to offer high visibility vacuum packs aimed at improving shelf life, better ...
US-based packaging solutions provider Intertek has expanded its film and flexible polymer testing services at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. The company's service expansion will help material engineers and scientists better understand how ...
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Norwegian food manufacturer Fjordland has unveiled the new ConviTray concept ready meal packaging tray in collaboration with Swiss packaging development company Comvince and UK-based Nicholl Food Packaging. ConviTray, which has ovenable ...
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Researchers at a US military lab in Massachusetts have developed a pizza that has a shelf life of three years and requires no refrigeration or freezing. Since lightweight individual field rations replaced canned food in 1981 for soldiers ...
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Dean's Sour Cream and Cottage Cheese products are currently arriving on retailer shelves throughout the upper Midwest in innovative new packaging. The packaging concept, originally developed and used throughout Europe, provides several ...
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Arla Food Ingredients, a subsidiary of Swedish-Danish cooperative Arla Foods, has unveiled Nutrilac FastRipe, a natural milk protein, designed to cater to the needs of cheese manufacturers. Claimed to allow cheese-makers reduce ripening ...
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