Food & Drink

Find out the latest food and drink news from the packaging industry

Innovation award trophy

Ball secures award recognition for variable printing solution

BALL Corporation is celebrating after being honoured in the Best Packaging/Labelling Innovation category at the World Beverage Innovation Awards 2025, announced at drinktec in...
Fruit with compostable labels

Coveris and TIPA enter exclusive agreement to deliver home compostable produce labels

COVERIS and TIPA® Compostable Packaging have entered an exclusive agreement to manufacture and market compostable labels for fresh produce in the UK. The move has...
Automated shrink wrapping line

Automated shrink wrapping system milks the attention at Little Town Dairy

A new automated shrink wrapping line has been installed at Little Town Dairy in Lancashire. The servo-driven side-feed dairy shrink wrapping system was supplied by...
Food manufacturing inspection machinery

Live webinar to provide insights into contamination detection in food manufacturing

METTLER-Toledo Product Inspection is teaming up with BRCGS and IFSQN to present a webinar for food industry stakeholders looking to mitigate contamination risks and...
Beefeater can design

Guinness and Beefeater recognised for canned beverage design excellence

GUINNESS and Beefeater have been named the winners of the 2025 Can Makers Design Accolade. Since launching in 2022, the Design Accolades have recognised exceptional...
Fibre-based packaging

Fibre-based solution with hatch design speeds up unpacking process

DS Smith and Finnish fresh herb and salad producer Famifarm Oy have teamed up on a project to create a recyclable fibre-based packaging solution...
Mono-material tray for refrigerated food applications

Coveris launches mono-material pack for refrigerated food

COVERIS has launched a new resealable mono-material tray solution designed for refrigerated food applications. The MonoFlexBP tray is described as replacing non-recyclable, mixed-material packaging while...
Cans with different colour options

New colour libraries support metal packaging demand

SUN Chemical and X-Rite Incorporated have announced new metal packaging colour libraries in the PantoneLIVE digital colour ecosystem. Designed for the drinks sector, the libraries are...
Shoppers looking at food packaging labels in supermarket

Reducing costs and protecting food safety with physical contamination detection

By Mike Pipe, head of product inspection UK, Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection WHEN Chewters Chocolates in Canada made the shift to automate its production and packaging...
Paul Synnott

Foodservice Packaging Association welcomes trio of new board members

THE Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) has appointed three new board members and launched a new website, incorporating an enhanced FPA member hub. The moves are...