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Featured Manufacturing Content
Can Paper Replace Plastic? KIND Pushes for Industry-wide Shift With Paper Wrapper Pilot
KIND Snacks is working to jumpstart the scale-up efforts of paper-based packaging materials and show a potential for these materials to succeed in the mainstream marketplace by sharing a look inside its ongoing pilot test.
Seven Sundays Acquires Longtime Manufacturer
Better-for-you breakfast brand Seven Sundays revealed it has taken a step toward vertical integration with the acquisition of its longtime manufacturing partner Birch Packaging. The transaction closed in June, and financial details were not disclosed.
Loopini: Italian Entrepreneur Cooks Up Protein Pizza On A Spreadsheet
Loopini is gearing up to roll out to its first chain retailer and close its first round of funding after a year of building the business online and within NYC indie grocers.
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Listeria and Foreign Matter lead to Sabra, Clif Recalls
In less than a week, two major brands — Sabra and Clif Bar — and a store brand from retailer HEB have all announced recalls due to manufacturing issues.
Celestial Brings Back Iconic Look After Customer Tea-Trum
In the fall of 2015, Hain Celestial-owned Celestial Seasonings tea altered its familiar packaging. Now, just over a year later, the brand has announced that due in part to consumer feedback, it’s going back to “new” packaging that’s virtually the same as its older packaging.
Industry Veterans Open New Manufacturing Facility
Small food brands will get product development capabilities overseen by big-brand experts with the opening of Snackwerks, a new facility being opened up by JPG Resources.
Marlo’s Bakeshop Debuts New Packaging
Marlo’s Bakeshop has re-launched its premium line of soft-baked biscotti in packaging with a fresh, sleeker look and more shelf-friendly dimensions.
Prinova Announces Partnership with Lycored
Prinova, a leading supplier of high-quality ingredients, flavors and value-added nutrient fortification products, announced a new partnership with Lycored. Prinova will be the exclusive distributor of Lycored’s lycopene- and beta carotene-based natural colors in the U.S.A. and Canada.
Snack Brand Packaging Revamps To Debut at Expo West
While Fashion Week New York just ended, several food brands are debuting new packaging “collections” of their own at this year’s Expo West. We’ve gotten some advance looks at these design revamps and have noticed a shift towards cleaner, graphic-oriented packaging that embodies the busy, modern millennial lifestyle.
Betsy’s Best Gourmet Nut and Seed Butters Launches New Flavor and Logo
The new year has brought exciting changes to Betsy’s Best, including a delicious new flavor—Gourmet Cashew Butter—and a refreshed logo.
Wholesome! Debuts Organic Frosting Line and Recyclable Green Bottle Design
Wholesome!, the largest supplier of Fair Trade, Organic and Non-GMO sugars, syrups, stevia, molasses and honey in North America, travels to this year’s Natural Products Expo West with news of new products, line expansions and sustainable packaging advances.
Words: The New On-Shelf Design Cue
In this NOSH Voices piece, guest author Adam Spriggs, founder of Nucleus Maximus, looks at food products’ packaging and analyzes how brands talk to consumers.
Pure Foods Opens Global Headquarters
Pure Foods, a specialty snack company, celebrated the opening of its global headquarters and primary manufacturing location on Friday, Jan. 29, at Gateway Commerce Park in Kingsport, Tennessee.