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WUR launches research into recycled food packaging film

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has embarked on a four-year project to investigate the safety of recycled PE and PP film for use in food packaging. Collaborating with eleven industrial partners, WUR is leading..

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Pay per packaging, or free packing?

06 April 2020

As a Dutch manufacturer of thermoformed packaging machines, we are very involved in the crisis that befalls us all. The new circumstances call for new forms of cooperation. Yesterday's certainties have suddenly become un...

Empack postponed to June

12 March 2020

Following the postponement of several food trade fairs, the next edition of the Empack packaging trade fair will also be relocated due to the corona virus. Initially the fair would take place on 31 March, 1 and 2 April 2...

Antibacterial packaging less effective for greasier meat

12 March 2020

Researchers at Food Quality and Design discovered that the effect of antibacterial packaging depends, among other things, on the fat content in the meat. The packaging is more effective with lean minced meat than normal ...

The pitfalls of seduction

09 March 2020

Marketing is seduction and that involves a certain exaggeration. But exaggeration is not without risks: seduction can turn into deception. And that is forbidden.   Storytelling is trending in food marketing. Wher...

Wie gas verpakt, wil zekerheid

09 March 2020

Gasmengsels worden toegevoegd aan verpakkingen om producten langer houdbaar te houden. Het is essentieel dat dit goed gebeurt. “Het is waardevol om te controleren of het juiste gasmengsel in de verpakking aanwezig is en ...

Plastic-saving packaging

24 February 2020

In the dynamics of striving for plastic-saving packaging concepts, we must not lose sight of food safety and the prevention of food waste. That is why MULTIVAC is continuously innovating to further develop packaging tech...

Sustainable packaging: a joint innovation process

10 February 2020

Bringing together people from the industry to exchange insights and share knowledge: that is the purpose of the Roundtable discussions organised by ING in cooperation with the Dutch food industry magazine Vakblad Voeding...

Complicated packaging

10 February 2020

Packaging's great. You can set up (allergen) information, ensure food safety, seduce consumers with attractive shapes and colours, and keep cookies, soup and tomatoes together during necessary transport.  But onc...

"Choosing the right packaging is challenging"

10 February 2020

How can the food sector move towards less plastic and more recyclable and recycled packaging? There are no unambiguous answers, but there are opposing demands and interests and thus major dilemmas. We will discuss this w...

Packaging and labelling at Luiten Food

10 February 2020

Reliability is everything for meat supplier Luiten Food from Stompwijk. Together with ESPERA it came to a genius innovation in the field of packaging. The core: winning on speed, shelf life, quality and appearance.  V...

The packaging as a package of happiness

10 February 2020

Packaging has a clear purpose, especially with food. The user with his wishes and expectations is by no means always the starting point. Ensuring food safety is. And the choice of form, material and execution is often al...

Easy snacking right off the shelf onto the table

10 February 2020

In addition to herring products, Haasnoot Food Family produces around a hundred varieties of tapas. To achieve this, Haasnoot works closely with Sismatec, among others. Vision makes you buy extra and nicely packaged snac...

Packaging analysis with concrete action points

10 February 2020

European legislation and regulations in the field of packaging and waste are changing and consumers are making more and more demands. This has consequences for all parties marketing packaging, including food producers. W...

Column Maarten Wolsing: Imagine

10 February 2020

Imagine a world without plastic waste. The world has become a garbage dump. There's rubbish everywhere. No eye-catcher or Ocean Cleanup can beat that. How are we going to pass the Earth on to future generations? Older...

On the way to recyclable food packaging

10 February 2020

As a food producer/packer, you have undoubtedly done what the Packaging Waste Fund wanted you to do in recent years: you have worked on prevention (lighter, less, thinner) and paid attention to the Essential Requirements...