Every product is packaged in tin, aluminum or wood with zero plastic and formulated with Mexican-origin ingredients, including five native chiles, tepezcohuite and cactus flower.
Sahar Mehrabzadeh and Sara Lowe of Bay Cities share how the company is helping retailers and brands achieve compliance with California’s SB 54 and other state-level Extended Producer Responsibility programs.
The innovation behind PaperFlow P-type was recently recognized with the Pap’Award in the category of “Circularity in Food Packaging.” The award honors packaging solutions that make a measurable contribution to the circular economy while meeting the practical requirements of industrial packaging applications.
Honor coincides with Kelpi’s food contact approval in the United States, which is expected this year and will mark a key milestone unlocking new opportunities for food applications in one of the world’s largest packaging markets.
Billie-Ann Plastics Packaging Corp. took home this year's honors for its clear cylinder.
May 15, 2026
The honor recognizes an NCA supplier member company that has developed an innovation in the past year that improves the ability of confectioners to manufacture, distribute, market, and/or sell chocolate and candy.
Through close collaboration between the technical and R&D teams of both companies, the partners conducted comprehensive trials, generating application-oriented insights that supported the optimization of the new high-barrier mono-PP pouch structure for food packaging.
Program aims to accelerate the development of packaging that extends shelf life, reduces food loss and waste, and meets rapidly evolving international packaging regulations.
