To reduce reliance on virgin plastic, packaging company Coveris has launched a new generation of lightweight stretch films that contain 30% recycled content. These low-gauge, yet high-performing films are made with recycled polythene, recovered from post-consumer waste streams and Coveris’ own circular manufacturing process. The product comes in hand and pre-stretched variants and is the thinnest recycled stretch films available in the market today. Besides being fully recyclable, they … [Read more...] about Coveris releases stretch film with recycled content
Asia Food Journal
Natureworks and IMA collaboration on compostable coffee pods yield promising results
NatureWorks and IMA Coffee Lab have passed the first significant trial phase in their strategic partnership. Results were positive in compatibility testing on the K-Cup compatible compostable coffee pods. This particular stage involved identifying and achieving optimum material sealing parameters and limits on the capsules, filters and top lid films. Microleakage detection testing and figuring out how to set it up to be used by IMA packaging machineries were also done at IMA’s R&D … [Read more...] about Natureworks and IMA collaboration on compostable coffee pods yield promising results
Capsoil FoodTech platform converts oil to water-soluble powder
Capsoil FoodTech, established by natural fruit extracts and concentrates supplier Prodalim Group, is introducing a breakthrough in the functional food and beverage space. Its proprietary technology can process bioactive oil compounds into self-emulsifying powders. This allows manufacturers to easily integrate nutritional oils, lipid-based nutrients and fat-soluble vitamins into their own product portfolios. This particular process doesn’t involve extraction, solvent or heat and doesn’t … [Read more...] about Capsoil FoodTech platform converts oil to water-soluble powder
