From biodegradable films to smart labelling systems, food packaging innovations are transforming the way we protect, store, and transport what we eat. These advancements address critical global ...

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Recent advances in the analysis of food packaging materials and photoinitiators are reshaping our understanding of chemical migration and its implications for food safety. Photoinitiators play a ...

The ready-to-eat packaging industry is evolving fast, driven by convenience, sustainability rules, and new technologies.

The water-proof food packaging is made from a type of corn protein called zein, starch and other naturally derived biopolymers, infused with a cocktail of natural antimicrobial compounds (see video).

If relevant stakeholders – from government to industry and consumers – play their part, recyclability can be improved and plastic pollution eliminated, believes NGO WRAP. Of the 141m tonnes of plastic ...

A team of scientists has developed a 'smart' food packaging material that is biodegradable, sustainable and kills microbes that are harmful to humans. It could also extend the shelf-life of fresh ...

Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...