Europe: Vetropack acquires glassworks in Italy
European glass packaging company Vetropack has signed a purchase agreement to acquire a glassworks from Italy-based Bormioli Rocco S.p.A. In the 2014 fiscal year, Vetropack Group sold more than 20% of its exports to customers in Italy. With the purchase of the glassworks in Trezzano sul Naviglio, which is home to the glass packaging business (Food and Beverage Division) of Bormioli...
Asia Pacific: Consuming better quality carbohydrates for healthy ageing, says Beneo-Institute
Consuming better quality carbohydrates are just as important as increasing physical activity for an improved lifestyle, says Beneo-Institute’s VP of Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Communication Anke Sentko at the 30th Scientific Conference of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. “Optimized nutrition and smart macronutrients that support a good metabolic set up are key to a healthier life." "This is...
Americas: Sirane’s packaging receives Kosher-certification
Sirane has received Kosher certification for a number of its oven and microwave-ready cooking solutions, thereby meeting all Jewish dietary law requirements. The Kosher certificate, which is also valid for Passover, covers the company's Sira-Cook, Sira-Cook Self-Seal, Sira-Cook Supreme, Sira-Cook Smart-Release, and Sira-Form ovenable dividers. "As we are selling more and more food packaging solutions to international markets, Kosher certification was...
Europe: 3i invests in Weener Plastic Packaging Group
Investment company 3i Group plc will invest about €250 million (US$279.4 million) in Weener Plastic Packaging Group (WPPG), a manufacturer of plastic packaging systems for FMCG companies and private label manufacturers. The former shareholder Lindsay Goldberg Vogel has sold its stake in WPPG. WPPG designs, develops and manufactures caps, closures and roll-on balls, as well as jars and bottles for the...
Americas: Ball’s food drive provides 700,000 meals in 37 communities
During Ball Corporation's 2015 Let's Can Hunger food drive, the company's North American employees donated more than 170,000 pounds of canned food and raised more than US$215,000 in monetary contributions, which will provide approximately 700,000 meals to those in need in the 37 communities where Ball operates in the US, Canada and Mexico. The food collected, combined with employee donations,...
Americas: Savoury Systems International achieves non-GMO status for protein
Savoury Systems International (SSI) has achieved Non-GMO Project Verified status for product #1000 Yeast Extract Low Salt-High Protein. The Non-GMO Project offers North America’s only independent verification for non-genetically modified organism (GMO) products made according to rigorous best practices for GMO avoidance. Verified products are produced in compliance with the Non-GMO Project Standard, which involves ongoing testing of all GMO risk...
Americas: Duravant acquires US-based packaging maker
Equipment manufacturer Duravant has acquired packaging equipment maker Hamer. The purchase expands Duravant's packaging platform and strengthens its engineering, design and service expertise in bag management system solutions. Hamer's packaging solutions include equipment for dosing, filling, bag closing, form fill seal automation, palletizing and fully automatic turnkey bagging systems. Dan Brown, president of Hamer will continue to lead the Hamer organization. He joined...
Americas: Teens report positive effects on appetite after eating soy-protein snacks, find researchers
Although eating high-protein, afternoon snacks can aid appetite control in adults, little information exists to guide parents on what types of snacks might benefit their adolescent children. Now, University of Missouri (MU) researchers have found that afternoon snacking, particularly on high-protein-soy foods, reduces afternoon appetite, delays subsequent eating and reduces unhealthy evening snacking in teenagers. “Our research showed that eating high-protein...
Americas: ConAgra Foods reaches negotiated resolution on 2007 peanut butter recall
ConAgra Grocery Products Company LLC and the Office of the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia and the Consumer Protection Branch of the Department of Justice has made a negotiated resolution. The resolution relates to the previously announced investigation into a peanut butter recall that occurred in February 2007. ConAgra Foods immediately and voluntarily recalled its Peter Pan...
Americas: Food service operators should woo diners back, finds report
Foodservice spending in the US, which was up 3% in the year ending April 2015, did not equate to foodservice visits, which were flat in the period, according to The NPD Group. The global information company says the foodservice industry remains challenged to get people out of their homes to eat versus eating in home. Four out of five meals are...