Packaging

Prevent product giveaway and reduce costs

In the competitive food industry, every gram counts. Small deviations in filling weight can lead to significant product waste, unnecessary product giveaway, and consequently higher operational costs. These inefficiencies..

Deposit return system may soon cover dairy and juice bottles

03 July 2026

Beverage, dairy, and juice producers should prepare for new deposit return rules. The Dutch government wants to update the system to increase the collection of plastic bottles and beverage cans. The proposals also affect...

Verpact warns against additional packaging taxes

01 July 2026

New national taxes on plastic packaging could slow investments in circularity. Verpact says this in response to a report by CE Delft. The organization fears that additional taxes will reduce investments in recycling and ...

Surplus: flexible choices, smart packaging

29 June 2026

Menu Surplus is the central production kitchen of Surplus, a healthcare and social services organization in the West Brabant region of the Netherlands. Through its Social Approach pillar, the organization places great va...

Is mandatory Nutri-Score getting closer?

25 June 2026

Will Nutri-Score soon become mandatory on every food product? According to Foodwatch, the time has come to take that step. The organization is calling on the Netherlands and five other European countries to end the volun...

Consortium works to improve plastic packaging recycling

24 June 2026

Plastic packaging keeps food fresh for longer, but it is not always easy to recycle. A consortium led by Utrecht University and companies from across the recycling chain will spend the next four years developing solution...

These names may only be used for meat products

18 June 2026

According to the European Parliament, terms such as steak, ribeye, bacon and chop may only be used for meat products. Parliament has approved new rules aimed at providing greater clarity on the use of meat-related terms....

THT or TGT? The difference remains unclear for many

18 June 2026

More than one billion products in Dutch supermarkets are now carrying shelf-life icons. With these symbols, manufacturers and retailers aim to help consumers waste less food and make better decisions about expiration dat...

Scancheck makes barcode verification easier

11 June 2026

The Scancheck machine has been developed for the automatic inspection of barcodes on tray-sealed top-seal products. Rejected products are gently blown off the line using an air knife, without damaging the packaging. This...

Packaging data management in the food industry

11 June 2026

For many food companies, keeping packaging data under control is becoming increasingly challenging. Especially when information is scattered across systems, suppliers, and various retailer formats. At the same time, reta...

Beverage products receive Gouden Windei award

04 June 2026

Three beverage products are sharing this year’s Gouden Windei award. Van de Boom Siroop Peer, Innocent Citrus Shield and 1 de Beste Ice Tea Perzik received the highest number of votes in Foodwatch’s public poll. Accordin...

AH increases awareness of use-by and best-before dates

03 June 2026

Albert Heijn has now added information about shelf-life dates to more than half of all its private-label packaging. In doing so, the supermarket chain has achieved the primary objective of the Coalition Shelf-life. Throu...

Food Tech Event evolves into a live innovation platform

29 May 2026

Robotics, food safety, packaging legislation and sustainability took center stage at Food Tech Event 2026. On May 20 and 21, more than 2,000 professionals from the food industry gathered at the Brabanthallen in ’s-Hertog...

PMD quality varies sharply by collection system

27 May 2026

The quality of collected PMD varies significantly between collection systems. That is according to new measurements by Verpact, VNG and NVRD. Door-to-door collection using bags, in particular, is showing strong results. ...

Transition to circular plastics seriously delayed

19 May 2026

Demand for recycled plastics continues to rise. At the same time, the European market for circular plastics is becoming increasingly unbalanced. Recent figures from Plastics Europe show that growth has nearly come to a s...

Tony’s Chocolonely reduces labeling errors

11 May 2026

Labeling errors, dependence on servers, and manual work on the production line; for Tony’s Chocolonely, these bottlenecks were holding back growth. By moving the labeling process to the cloud, the company gained stabilit...