Food Packaging

eroni Nastro Azzurro has a global ambition to become a top 10 beer brand by 2030, with packaging a key driver for that growth.

Last redesigned in 2018, the brand’s secondary packaging was born of the ‘old’ codes of premium and had become recessive on shelf vs. competitors with bolder, more impactful packs and greater product appeal. Even Peroni Nastro Azzurro’s own 0.0% and ‘Stile Capri’ launches had overshadowed its core packaging.

Announced on 19 December 2024, the ban follows a public consultation and positive vote by EU member states earlier in the year, which was followed by a scrutiny period by the Council and the European Parliament. The ban also considers the latest scientific assessment from the European Food Safety Authority that concluded that BPA had potentially harmful effects on the immune system.

BPA is used in everything from plastic and metal food containers to reusable water bottles and drinking water pipes. It is already banned in the EU in infant bottles and similar products.

For Spring Gully Foods, which had been importing jars from overseas, making the switch to Australian-made glass jars is a win.

“We’re delighted with the Orora jars. As a South Australian company ourselves, we’re pleased that we now use jars that are also produced locally,” said Tegan Hack, Spring Gully Foods. 

“The colour of Orora’s glass jars is an improvement on the previous ones and our products really stand out – the gherkins really pop in the jar.”

Regarding pricing and availability, specific details have not been disclosed. However, the production phase is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2024, with the aim of making the hemp-based packaging available to food and beverage manufacturers shortly thereafter. The partnership’s goal is to provide an immediate solution for reducing single-use plastics, thereby supporting environmental sustainability and positioning North Queensland as a leader in the circular economy.
 

Hanmer Springs Tea Kiosk Café and Grill at the thermal pools has swapped the traditional pizza box for reusable plastic plates for both onsite café customers and customers who wish to take their pizza poolside.

“We were looking for ways to improve our kaitiakitanga and reduce our carbon footprint,” café manager, Holly Keepa says.

“Pizza boxes were an obvious starting point on this waste minimisation journey as we knew contaminated pizza boxes are not recyclable and were going into landfill.

As we enter the cooler months and the much-loved mandarin comes into season, Coles has done away with the plastic net bag and has instead launched packets of the lunchbox staple in a recyclable paper bag.

The new-look packaging solution for Coles Unique Selection mandarins will avoid the use of 11,700 kilograms of plastic in one year and can be recycled kerbside. 

Dole Packaged Foods LLC, Thousand Oaks, California, recently announced a significant shift toward sustainable packaging.

Beginning this summer, the company says it will use paper-based materials for the packaging of its popular Smoothie Bowl line, adding that the new packaging design eliminates 97 percent of plastic packaging across the entire product lineup, which includes Acai Original, Acai Protein, Mango Gets Mangosteen and Strawberry Meets Aronia flavors.

The new bottle, also the brand’s first bespoke bottle, is produced and decorated at AGP-Europe’s Limmared facility in Sweden. Its updated design features the Hernö copper still, with the wording ‘Hernö Gin Distillery Home of Swedish Gin’ embossed on the shoulder of the bottle.