March 2015

it&rsquos not easy to get a new kind of food off the ground and into mainstream retail. mia mccarthy has done it twice.she launched ready to eat breakfast, yummia bircher muesli, in 2011. now mccarthy has launched a yummia brand extension, a yoghurt that helps people achieve their 5 plus 2 per day it includes a vegetable as well as fruit. strawberry and beetroot are paired in one variant, sweet potato &amp cinnamon in another, and apple and carrot in a third.yummia is estimating 1000 growth by the end of 2015 financial year.

the process for packaging cask wine was invented in south australia, by thomas angove of angove&39s in fact, in 1965. it wasn&rsquot unpopular. far from it. when penfolds added a plastic, airtight tap to a metallised bladder, wine drinkers in australia saw its advantages and sales surged. by the 80s it was the everyday way to drink wine.its only real problem was that the packaging form was mainly chosen by producers of less expensive wines as it is cheaper to produce and distribute than glass bottles.

from now on, tetra pak cartons from all of its plants are able to wear the forest stewardship council fsc label. tetra pak has been given approval to supply forest stewardship council fsc labelled packages from anywhere in the world, having received fsc chain of custody coc certification for all of its converting plants and market companies. it is now one of fsc&rsquos largest multisite certifications, covering a total of 92 facilities worldwide.fsc is an international, nongovernmental organisation that promotes responsible management of the world&rsquos forests.

heinz and kraft have begun the process of merging to form what will be north america&rsquos third largest food company and one of the world&rsquos most significant packaging operations.warren buffet&39s berkshire hathaway and 3g, heinz&39s owners, will have a 51 stake in the combined firm, to be called the kraft heinz company, with a 49 stake to be held by kraft&39s existing shareholders. the proposed company would have revenue of about 35.7 billion us28 billion a year.

amcor has acquired south african packaging company, nampak flexibles, for au28m.amcor has made sixteen acquisitions in the last four years and chief executive and managing director, ken mackenzie, has stated more than once that growth by both acquisition and organic growth is a key part of his strategy.

the 2015 edition of latin america&rsquos leading processing and packaging exposition continues a 30year tradition of convening the industry and delivering innovations in an exciting market.by pat reynolds, vp editorenlargein 1985, expo pack m&eacutexico launched with 20 exhibitors and 1,000 net square feet.

georgia&rsquos oldest brewery selects a highrecycled content aluminum can for its products to align with its sustainability goals, without sacrificing the quality of its beer.by anne marie mohan, senior editor, packaging worldenlargered brick brewing company, georgia&rsquos oldest operating craft brewery, has announced that it will now offer its beer in aluminum cans made from novelis&rsquo evercan&trade from novelis, the world&rsquos first certified highrecycled content aluminum can sheet.red brick will expand its beverage packaging options to include evercan aluminum c

as the craft cocktail movement explodes in bars and restaurants around the world, fans of these handmade, highquality drinks are increasingly looking for ways to create cocktail recipes with exotic and fresh ingredients at home.by anne marie mohan, senior editorenlargefor these diy craftcocktail enthusiasts, rokz design group, of eugene, or, offers a variety of naturally flavored cocktail salts, sugars, and infusions with sweet and spicy ingredients such as chocolate, watermelon, pepper, and ginger.rokz&rsquo line of infusion products was born out of the company&rsquos desire to off

organic and fair trade sweeteners company changes its name to wholesome, a concept that carries through to its new package graphics.by anne marie mohan, senior editor, packaging worldwholesome changes its packaging graphicsenlargewholesome sweeteners, a leading u.s. brand of organic, fair trade, and nongmo sugars and sweeteners, has a new name and a new look. now known as wholesome, the new brand will debut in early march.

blue bell heightens foodservice brand identity and worker safety, while also enhancing cost and operating efficiencies with inplantforming of preprinted allpaper drum containers.by judy rice, contributing editorpremium ice cream maker blue bell creameries, headquartered in brenham, tx, produces and packages a broad range of yearround and seasonal ice cream flavors in pint and halfgallon round containers and bulk drums. for its institutional ice cream customers, the company initially had been using paperbased bulk drums with metal ring binding.