With government funding drying up and businesses curtailing in-house programs, food technology research often has an entrepreneurial feel in the 21st century.

If your packaging doesn’t encourage someone to touch your product, it’s likely to sit on the shelf.

A new study shows alternatives to extended producer responsibility policies achieve high recycling rates with less cost and administrative bureaucracy.

General Mills learned through its Worldwide Innovation Network that new packaging ideas may not originate from within, but from its own suppliers.

Making a product “green” often calls for manufacturing changes—sometimes with unexpected results that must be factored into the equation.

Hollymatic FDA- and USDA-approved patty paper is designed for the meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, bakery and deli industries.

3M ScotchPad carry handles are custom-printed “strips” that stick directly to packages up to 50 lbs. for 1-handed carrying. Offering adhesion to a variety of surfaces, the handles are available in individually dispensed pads for application by hand or can be integrated into an automated packaging process.

Mirel bioplastic materials have physical properties comparable to petroleum-based resins but are biobased and biodegradable in natural soil and water environments, home composting systems and industrial composting facilities.