April 2015

the 20lb netweight standup &quotbox pouch&quot replaces a 50lb polywoven bag that was hard to open, making it far more appealing for the target demographic of female horse owners aged 4065.dr. thornley&rsquos hay balancer from equine health sciences repackages from a 50lb &quotno frills&quot woven feed bag to a 20lb netweight standup &ldquobox pouch&rdquo that aims to corral the horse feed market in the west.as i roamed the aisles of pack expo east in february, i stopped by the booth of flexible packaging supplier flexpack.

our design consultancy, falcon, has created the packaging design for a new range of erasers and pencil sharpeners from swordfish, a subsidiary of snopake brands. renowned for their wide range of shredders, laminators and trimmers, swordfish has created a range of handheld erasers and sharpeners. these are designed to appeal to schoolage children, students and homeoffice users.falcon has created a clear and distinctive communication hierarchy that stretches over more than thirty skus and a variety of pack formats, designed to appeal to a younger demographic.

how deliciously divine are these selfpromotional chocolates designed by fortuito, a piped chocolate maze tangles itself around the logo, flavor, and chocolatier. classic flavor combinations are used such as mint and chocolate, orange and chocolate as well as strawberries and chocolate with a colorcoding system implemented accordingly. the overall design is playfully regal, in hopes that it would give its consumers some creative spark.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp

detroit wwj &ndash attention all parents you&rsquoll want to take note of this recall.beechnut nutrition, an new yorkbased company, is recalling approximately 1,920 pounds for its classics stage 2 sweet potato &amp chicken baby food following a report of a small glass piece found in a 4oz. jar of the product.the recalled product is in a 4oz glass jar marked &ldquodec 2016&rdquo and includes product numbers &ldquo12395750815&rdquo through &ldquo12395750821&rdquo on the cap.

europe &ndash proving that there&rsquos sometimes a lot more to a humble paper bag than meets the eye, specialist &lsquofood to go&rsquo packaging supplier dempson crooke has lent its own name to the recentlyintroduced dempson bag, which incorporates a new technology aimed at manufacturing bags with a uniquely wide bottom.perfect for use in both the food service and grocery &amp bakery outlets, the dempson bag can carry cake, pizza, sushi and chocolate boxes and large items incl. hot takeaway that must lie flat when carried out of the retail premises.

spain &ndash rpc&rsquos3.8 litre us gallon size thermic ultra retortable barrier jar is proving to be the ideal packing solution for a leading spanish olive supplier aceitunas del guadalquivir based inseville.specifically developed to meet the needs of the olive industry, the thermic ultra provides a pack format that combines safety and ease of handling with long shelf life and the ability to withstand the rigours of high temperature filling processes, including hot fill, pasteurisation and sterilisation to122&degc.the jar&rsquos pp structure weighs just 160g compared to aro

spain &ndash banking on aluminium&rsquos cando capability to heighten the appeal of water to a tasteconscious younger demographic, vichy catal&aacuten has become the first supplier of natural mineral water within the iberian drinks market to extend from glass and pet into cans.specifically targeted at the 16 &ndash 35 age group, two beverages vichy catal&aacuten genuina and the newlyintroduced vichy catal&aacuten lim&oacuten &ndash a mineral water with natural lemon flavour &ndash are now available in 33 cl standard aluminum cans produced by ball packagin

steel cut oats, made from whole oat groats, are an excellent source of protein, soluble and insoluble fiber, and select vitamins and minerals.by anne marie mohan, senior editor organic steelcut oatmealenlargethe drawback of this type of oatmeal is its cooking time&mdashup to 30 minutes compared with the two to three minutes required for rolled or instant oatmeal.