With compliance deadlines beginning this month, the international custom market research firm specializing in launch strategies has released a paper guiding brands through the challenges and opportunities ensuing from the FDA’s new Nutrition Facts labeling regulations. AMC Global draws on its decades of work in brand strategy for pack design and labeling to provide practical guidance.

The special wash-off adhesive for labels 62Rpw, which HERMA will be introducing, will allow recycling operators to produce high-purity PET pellets that do not contain any detrimental residues – no remains of paper or film labels, and no residual adhesive. 

The 2019 unicorn trend can be traced back to the great Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino launch of 2017. The colorful, limited-edition drink resulted in a #unicornfood spike on social media inspiring food and beverage brands to package or bottle the cheery qualities of unicorns in hopes of magical sales.

A new study reveals that labeling food and drinks with how much walking or running is needed to burn them off could help tackle the obesity crisis. So how much exercise would it take to work off that 1/2 pizza or pint of Ben and Jerry's?

Grass — sun-dried hay, to be specific — is a major component of this eco-friendly paper by HERMA. 

Amcor recently launched a “Choose Plastic” campaign with a goal of educating consumers, customers and other stakeholders on the benefits of plastic packaging. The multi-pronged initiative, which includes a new web page, an informative brochure and other materials to tell the PET story.

The food and beverage industry is being transformed by growth in e-commerce; however, many grocers see it as the biggest threat to their businesses, according to a recent survey by TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank.

The yogurt container, made in Coexpan Chile, has a removable label manufactured by Emsur Argentina that can be pulled off the pot without leaving any residue, making it easier to recycle.

The new EDL Model 22-45 single roll product wrapping system wraps both trayed and trayless products at rates of up to 45 packages per minute— including packaged food products, pet foods, dairy products, mixed multipacks and more, as well as untrayed single products and container multipacks.

In response to recent comments from manufacturers with annual sales exceeding $10 million, FDA announced that it will extend the compliance deadline again.