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28 Aug 2025

Transforming frozen chicken convenience

By Staff Writer

Rainbow Chicken tackles fresh poultry shortages with the Farmer Brown Naked Range, a premium IQF solution offering quality, convenience, and sustainability. In a bold move to address one of South Africa’s most persistent grocery frustrations, Rainbow Chicken Limited has launched the Farmer Brown Naked Range, a premium line of individually quick-frozen (IQF) chicken portions designed to meet the...
21 Feb 2024

Mondi expands EcoWicketBag production

By Staff Writer

EcoWicketBags are designed for recycling and offer the advanced barrier protection required for diapers and feminine hygiene products. Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is expanding production of its innovative range of paper-based EcoWicketBags. This comes in response to increasing demand for sustainable packaging in the home and personal care (HPC) industry,...
20 Apr 2023

Mondi partners with ATS-Tanner to create new craft paper bundle packaging

By Staff Writer

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has collaborated with Swiss converter ATS-Tanner to create an innovative paper band, which can hold individually labelled products or bundles reducing unnecessary plastic. ATS-Tanner uses Mondi’s kraft paper Advantage MF SpringPack and converts it into a band by adding a functional barrier on both sides of...
18 Apr 2023

Amstel Lager launches new eco-aware carton packaging

By Staff Writer

Amstel Lager, the premium beer brand known for its slow-brewed, extra-matured taste, is excited to announce the launch of its new packaging design. From the first week of April, consumers can savour the delicious taste of Amstel in contemporary new appearance. Driven by their passion for progress, Amstel is launching new packaging that is stylish...
14 Apr 2023

Top appearance, best taste, longer shelf life

By Staff Writer

Film packaging for fresh fish in accordance with the requirements of the Food and Drug Agency (FDA) demand a certain oxygen transmission rate (OTR) to ensure the highest product safety. The film specialist Wentus, from Höxter has optimally implemented the strict FDA specifications with the film solutions WENTOPRO SkinTight 20 UHT and UHT-M. The high-performance...
03 May 2022

Berry recyclable dispenser delivers on sustainability and versatility

By Staff Writer

New lock-up dispenser from Berry Global is recyclable, suitable for e-commerce applications and can handle products with all types of viscosities. Berry Global has become one of the first packaging manufacturers to develop a recyclable lock-up 2cc dispenser. The new Berry Wave2cc meets market demands for a more sustainable version of the popular pump format...
21 Jul 2021

ethereal by Beverley Claire is unveiled as a new sustainable fragrance

By Staff Writer

Classified as a parfum, ethereal by Beverley Claire sets a new precedent in the fine fragrance category with its innovative and sustainable packaging technology. In a striking departure from the decades-long industry norm of glassed fragrances, ethereal is packaged in a recyclable aluminium can that uses bag-on-valve (BOV) technology.  BOV is a superior spray dispensing...
05 Jul 2021

Food safety is now the top priority amongst consumers after Covid-19

By Staff Writer

According to the new Tetra Pak Index 2020, released by Tetra Pak South Africa at the end of June, consumers from around the world have ranked food safety as their top concern after Covid-19. This global study, run by Tetra Pak in partnership with Ipsos (a global leader in market research), revealed that more than...
25 Jun 2021

Avery Dennison releases latest Cleanflake Label Materials for companies that care about recyclability

By Staff Writer

Avery Dennison has announced the latest iteration of its award-winning CleanFlake filmic label materials, which are now suitable for PET packaging in food, home and personal care and other segments in addition to beverages. What began as a breakthrough solution for PET plastic bottles can now make PET packages in a range of markets more...
07 Apr 2021

Mondi develops new packaging that requires 37% less material for Bell Germany

By Staff Writer

Mondi’s new recyclable packaging for Bell Germany’s ‘Abraham’ range of thinly sliced gourmet ham ensures perfect conformity with existing recycling guidelines. Bell Germany launched a mono-material recyclable WalletPack in March for over 30 products including Seranno, Prosciutto and Savoy sliced ham. The new solution will replace a multi-material non-recyclable plastic solution, using 37% less material...
23 Jul 2019

Turtle trucks!

By Staff Writer

A critical barrier to recycling in South Africa is the dire absence of essential waste collection services. For recycling to be most effective, separation of waste at source needs to improve. The problem, however, is that all too often waste does not even reach landfill, never mind recycling sorting centres, as it lies around as...
11 Feb 2019

Consumers drive change in food and beverage industry

By Staff Writer

Increasingly connected and engaged consumers have become a key driving force for change in the food and beverage industry in SA, say stakeholders.
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