Archives for April 20, 2009

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Healthy lifestyle trend influences machine design

By Jane Byrne

Increasing consumer demand for less processed food was a driver for the enhancement of an existing horizontal flow wrapper to allow it to be used for the packaging of fruit and vegetable products, claims Bosch Packaging Technology.

Fanta gets on the natural bandwagon

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Fanta Orange is the latest beverage to be reformulated with 100 percent natural flavors in the US, catching the wave of consumers who have become increasingly skeptical of artificial ingredients.

Are ethics behind halal and kosher sales?

By Caroline Scott-Thomas

Interest in ethical consumerism is rising, and with it so will sales of halal and kosher-certified meats, predicts a Packaged Facts report, but animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming disagrees.