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Pioneering oats: Start-up Bevry aims to be the ‘Oatly’ of India with new product development pipeline Oat milk start-up Bevry has sets its sights on becoming the ‘Oatly of India’ with a new product development pipeline that includes a soon-to-be-launched cold brew coffee series. The company claims to be the first brand in India to manufacture and sell oat milk in the country. According to Bevry’s co-founder Pradeep Sanker, the company has taken Sweden’s O...

GEA launches thermoforming packaging technology for products up to 100mm high GEA has launched the latest version of its SKIN thermoforming packaging technology: PowerPak SKIN.50. This provides processors of sliced products, including hard cheese, with high-capacity packing of products of up to 100mm high that protrude up to 50mm above the level of the packing tray. The PowerPak SKIN.50 can also perform vacuum and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) packaging on the ...

‘Wildly ambitious’: Nestle Australia cites collection and processes as main barriers to recycled plastic wrapper roll-out Nestle Australia has revealed that scaling-up processes such as curbside plastic collection and chemical recycling are the main barriers in any plans to widely commercialise its recently-prototyped recycled plastic wrapper, urging industry and government collaboration to overcome these challenges. The wrapper, created for KitKat, recently mad...

Paccor adds to DuoSmart packaging solutions for dairy Paccor is adding new products to its DuoSmart range, with the launch of RecycleDuo and new DuoSmart solutions with rPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) or foamed PP (polypropylene) inlets. RecycleDuo does not use glue, which allows consumers to separate the plastic inlet and the cardboard segment more easily without any paper remains on the plastic cup, which improves recyclability. The new DuoSmart with rPE...

Swiss-headquartered packaging company SIG is set to build a new €40m ($47.9m) plant in Queretaro, Mexico, to serve North American markets.

Bakers set to unleash their widest designs with extended capabilities of Eddie Eddie can produce new profits for bakeries. Pic: DTM Print German OEM specialist DTM Print has unveiled a manual feed option, along with custom food trays, for Eddie, the world’s first-and-only NSF and GMP-certified edible ink desktop printer for printing directly onto cookies. Unlike printers that print on wafer paper or icing sheets that are then glued onto baked goods, Eddie prints di...

Subscribe ‘Understanding the seafood supply web’: Thai Union on why traceability is the ‘backbone’ of latest sustainability plan By Pearly Neo Global seafood giant Thai Union has pinpointed traceability to be the ‘backbone of sustainability’ in its upcoming sustainable seafood strategy, Seachange 2025, with a strong emphasis on tech transformation. Thai Union’s global sustainability strategy Seachange was firs...

Halo eyes European expansion with 100% compostable coffee pods: ‘Ours is a totally natural product’ UK start-up Halo Coffee is preparing to expand into continental Europe with its compostable coffee pods that are produced from a by-product of sugar cane processing. The company believes that this offers an important point of difference that will help empower consumers to tackle a pain point in the plastics problem. Almost 60bn coffee pods are produced annually and...

German confectionery industry offers skilled training for young recruits By Anthony Myers Germany’s confectionery industry has more than 100 apprenticeship places available to young recruits looking for a skilled job in chocolate production. The Federal Association of the German Confectionery Industry (BDSI) has a total of 13 different training occupations currently online in the following areas: • Confectionery technol...

The COVID-19 pandemic has driven up demand for food and beverage packaging that is secure and resealable as food safety and security concerns rise, according to a new report by packaging heavyweight Tetra Pak. According to the Tetra Pak Index Report 2020 which surveyed over 9,000 consumers worldwide to assess current consumer concerns, COVID-19 emerged as the top concern (64%) when it comes to current consumer priorities in 2020, exacerbating concerns about food safe...