Merrick’s new dog treats stay fresh with high barrier flexible packaging
Merrick Pet Care received help to introduce their new Fresh KissesTM dental treats for dogs from Takigawa Corporation America (takigawa-corp.com), a global leader in the art and science of flexible packaging.
According to Takigawa’s director of worldwide sales Steve Coulson, the challenge was to keep the dental treat’s fragile botanical oils and breath enhancers at optimum freshness. “The packaging structure needed to protect a product that containing all natural ingredients and essential oils with up to 33 treats in the package,” he says. “It’s a very fragrant product that has ambitious shelf life requirements.”