Japan’s packaging industry is being forced to dramatically change formats, portion sizes and deploy new technologies in order to secure a place on the retail shelves of the world’s second largest consumer market.
Vacuum packaged fresh proteins often suffer from confinement odors, as the barrier film used to prevent oxygen transmission also prevents the trace amounts of odor causing molecules to escape.
With "fresh" and "healthy" emerging as food industry buzz words, it's easy to wonder if frozen foods—which almost inherently fail conjure connotations associated with either fresh or healthy products—still appeal to the majority of American consumers.
Packaging will utilize powerful sensors, fuzzy logic, digital displays and more to improve microwave cooking experience, report finds; packages will be built to intelligently communicate to the consumer when to stir, uncover, add salt, more.
Getting three square meals a day has become, well, a bit square. Hectic schedules, commutes, conflicting family schedules, pressing to-do lists and ever-buzzing phones have most consumers too busy to eat, let alone cook.
No country in the world loves a snack like the United States. Whether due to Americans’ level of disposable income, demand for convenience, interest in meal replacements or desire to indulge in exotic flavor options at a reasonable price, the U.S. remains the globe’s single largest market for snack foods.
Clif Family has introduced Clif Family Kitchen, a rebranding of their line of specialty food items, which includes nut mixes, chocolates, preserves, marmalades, chutneys, dukkah, olive oil, vinegar and more.
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