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Anuga 2025 review: Alu-free cartons, connectivity & monomaterials dominate
Anuga 2025 review: Alu-free cartons, connectivity & monomaterials dominate
The 2025 agro-food trade show Anuga in Cologne, Germany, broke previous attendance records, attracting over 8,000 exhibitors and 145,000 visitors. Packaging developers took advantage of the opportunity to discover and showcase innovations tapping into the latest trends in F&B packaging.On the trade show floor, Packaging Insights spoke to SIG Group, info.link, Vergeer Holland, and Daesang, about their latest solutions.
Food industry rethinks sustainable bakery packaging formats amid delivery boom
Food industry rethinks sustainable bakery packaging formats amid delivery boom
Bakery packaging is increasingly shaped by what consumers order and how effectively products support delivery and disposal. The pursuit of performance and sustainability is fueling packaging innovation in the food industry. Packaging Insights explores front-line developments in the bakery packaging industry with Fiberdom, Jardine Restaurant Group, and Innova Market Insights.
Milk-based biodegradables can replace plastic in food packs, find scientists
Milk-based biodegradables can replace plastic in food packs, find scientists
Researchers have synthesized a biodegradable film for food packaging by combining calcium caseinate — a commercially available derivative of casein, the main protein in milk — with modified starch and bentonite nanoclay. The study, published in Polymers, details the development of functional and biodegradable films using biopolymer blends and nanoclay suspensions. To enhance the film’s flexibility and durability, glycerol and polyvinyl alcohol were added.
Sustainable household packaging trends
Sustainable household packaging trends
Innova Market Insights data indicates that consumers care about Household Packaging sustainability. Globally, 42% of consumers globally say it is essential that Household Packaging is recyclable. For one-third of consumers, refillable Household Packaging is the most important. Consumers also prioritize biodegradability, with 36% choosing this as the most important environmental claim.
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
The Future of Steel Drums: Building Sustainability Into Every Component
From the steel body to the closures and linings, Greif offers a configurable solution that helps companies advance carbon reduction, chemical safety, and operational performance in one integrated package.This Technical Paper is brought to you by Greif.
FachPack 2025: Masterpress on hybrid printing tech
FachPack 2025: Masterpress on hybrid printing tech
Gabriel Magdaleno, strategic product management and marketing director at Masterpress, told us about the company’s hybrid printing technology. We also discussed the marketing and sustainability benefits of shrink sleeve labels.

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Smart bioplastic: Scientists create compostable plastic films from food waste...
Smart bioplastic: Scientists create compostable plastic films from food waste sugars
Scientists from Monash University, Australia, have developed a method to turn food waste sugars into natural plastic films that could replace petroleum-based packaging, offering compostable alternatives to plastics for food and agricultural films like silage wrap. The research, published in Microbial Cell Factories, details the potential of a new type of biodegradable plastic by converting food waste sugars into polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) biopolymers. The team aims to create smarter bioplastics for packaging and medical applications. 
Canon unveils an inkjet press for corrugated packaging
Canon unveils an inkjet press for corrugated packaging
Canon USA has introduced the Canon corrPRESS iB17, an inkjet press engineered for industrial-scale corrugated packaging production. It aims to support corrugated converters that have to deliver shorter runs with more variants, faster turnaround times, and premium quality.The corrPRESS iB17 delivers offset-like quality directly onto corrugated boards up to 1.7 m wide with water-based inks and primer for indirect food contact.
Mondi introduces lightweight banana box design ahead of PPWR
Mondi introduces lightweight banana box design ahead of PPWR
Mondi has collaborated with trading partner Europcell, Ecuadorian banana exporter Incarpalm, and a European importer to develop a lightweight banana box that is said to be “equally strong and more sustainable.”The banana box is made with around 40% recycled fiber and up to 10% less weight than the previous design, according to the companies. The packaging aims to lower emissions while protecting fruit during transport.
California lawmakers vote to ban PFAS in food packaging and cookware
California lawmakers vote to ban PFAS in food packaging and cookware
The state legislature in California, US, has passed amendments in the Senate on a ban on PFAS in products, including food packaging and cookware. The proposal, Senate Bill 682, would prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS starting January 1, 2028.
Plastic waste and coffee grounds turned into CO2-capturing material by...
Plastic waste and coffee grounds turned into CO2-capturing material by scientists
Scientists at the University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, have patented a technology that captures CO2 from industrial processes. The innovation combines spent coffee grounds, discarded PET plastic packaging, and potassium hydroxide to create a material for CO2 adsorption.The patent presents a novel method with the potential to reduce environmental pollution, industrial emissions, and anthropogenic CO2. It focuses on producing activated carbon through the co-pyrolysis of spent coffee grounds and PET plastic waste, using potassium hydroxide as the activating agent.
Eating with emotion: IFF finds India’s Gen Alpha links food with happiness and...
Eating with emotion: IFF finds India’s Gen Alpha links food with happiness and identity

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A new study by IFF on Indian consumers reveals that Gen Alpha considers food a source of emotional fulfillment, shifting the focus from function and lifestyle to happiness and experience. The study highlights innovation opportunities for manufacturers by exploring how the youngest generation is “reshaping” the F&B industry’s thoughts on taste, identity, and emotional connection to food.
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California lawmakers vote to ban PFAS in food packaging and...
The state legislature in California, US, has passed amendments in the Senate on a ban on PFAS in products, including food packaging and cookware. The proposal, Senate Bill 682, would prohibit a person from distributing, selling, or offering for sale food packaging that contains intentionally added PFAS starting January 1, 2028.
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Fingerprint-locked water bottles rise in China as safeguard...
Fingerprint-locked reusable water bottles are emerging as a back-to-school favorite among Chinese parents, dominating sales charts on major e-commerce platforms as the new school term begins. The water bottles feature biometric security on their lids, safeguarding drinking water from potential contamination and protecting children from pranks or bullying related to tampering with their beverages. 
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September in review: European trade shows, Nestlé...
Last month, Drinktec, Labelexpo, and FachPack took place in Europe. We look back at the biggest industry highlights from these major trade shows. Meanwhile, ClientEarth accused Nestlé Poland of greenwashing over “misleading” slogans on its Polish bottled water brand Nałęczowianka. Australia, South Africa, and Poland launched initiatives to reduce packaging waste pollution. We look back at the biggest stories in September. 

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Material reduction trends in F&B packagingOct2025

Innova Market Insights data shows a 13% increase in F&B launches with Reduced Material packaging claims between July 2020 to June 2025. Europe  accounted for the largest share (58%) of these launc...

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Sustainable household packaging trends Oct 2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates that consumers care about Household Packaging sustainability. Globally, 42% of consumers globally say it is essential that Household Packaging is recyclable. For one-third of consumers, refillable Household Packaging is the most important. Consumers also prioritize biodegradability, with 36% choosing this as the most important environmental claim.

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Trends in bakery packagingOct 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows that 39% of consumers globally say freshness is the aspect that most influences them when buying bread and bread products. Packaging plays a key role in this trend, supporting the increase in global Bakery launches. Recyclable was the leading sustainable claim for these launches, while the use of the Vegetable Ink claim is also increasing.

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FachPack 2025: Masterpress on hybrid printing tech
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