Derrick Teal

Derrick Teal

Derrick Teal is the editor-in-chief of Food Engineering and former content manager for Flexible Packaging and Packaging Strategies.

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RTD Cocktails
Brand Packaging | RTD Cocktails

Ingredients & Design Help RTD Brand Soar

As competition in the ready-to-drink (or RTD) category increases, brands are counting on quality ingredients and carefully designed packaging to resonate with consumers and drive sales.
Derrick Teal
August 30, 2022

Premixed cocktails were the fastest-growing category for spirits in 2021, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the U.S. Helping to spur that surge in popularity is Cardinal Spirits.


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Podcast | Impacts of Label Tech on the Supply Chain

As label technology continues to advance, CPGs need to understand how that impacts the supply chain in order to ensure the end label meets their, and their customers’, needs.
Derrick Teal
July 11, 2021
A Freedonia Group forecast from May expects the demand for printed labels to rise 3.2% per year through 2025. The organization found that “printed labels will benefit from the increased utilization of labels for advanced product promotion, which will drive the use of more appealing, 360-degree coverage and more complex, high-quality graphics.”
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Editors Forum

The Missing Link

Consumers want a circular economy that the industry is trying to provide, but there’s something missing from the chain.
Derrick Teal
July 11, 2021
I wish I were a smarter person. That’s not a self-deprecating statement, either, because I wish I were smart enough to specifically do one thing: make being a recycler profitable.
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Ink Trends

Food and Beverage Inks are Meeting Consumer Trends

The world of inks is keeping pace with the race for increasing food-safe product standards, packaging that pops and sustainability.
Derrick Teal
June 17, 2021
As the packaging industry continues to grow in order to keep up with the boom in e-commerce, so too does the market for packaging inks. And, like everything in the industry, there are efforts to improve sustainability but still meet functional needs and consumer safety requirements.
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Editor’s Forum

Come to Global Pouch Forum

Improvements to the virtual platform make engaging with pouch experts super easy.
Derrick Teal
June 7, 2021
Do you remember what your first packaging experience with a pouch was? For me, like it might be for many people, it was with Capri Sun. I don’t remember exactly where I was, but I do remember wondering what the heck it was and then proceeding to drive my straw into the front and straight out the back.
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