Tag: fresh food
Americas: Study finds meat waste more costly than plant-based food
Approximately 31% of food produced in the US, or 133 billion pounds of food worth US$162 billion, was wasted in 2011, according to the...
Europe: Eco-friendliness drives region’s fresh food packaging market
The European fresh food packaging market is buyer-oriented, as the fresh food packaging market is mostly driven by the emergence of eco-friendly packaging technologies,...
Asia Pacific: Japan’s Kuraray buys Australia’s Plantic, expands into barrier film...
Kuraray expands into bio-based barrier materials after acquiring Australia-based, film barrier company Plantic Technologies.
The acquisition of the bio-based barrier film company enables Kuraray to provide...
Asia Pacific: Cold chain logistics in China grows as standard of...
In 2013, the production volume of meat exceeded 80 million tons while that of vegetables surpassed 0.7 billion tons, according to a report by...