Wondering what those colored circles on food packaging really mean? The answer is more technical than you might think.

We’ve all experienced it—walking into a grocery store for a quick errand, planning to grab just a few essentials, only to ...

For consumers, convenience and quality have always reigned supreme, but environmental concerns have recently begun to transform expectations. QSRs are now pressured to deliver more than simply ...

For example, oligomers, which are short-chain polymers that are an accidental byproduct of plastic manufacturing, are common in food packaging and processing materials, and are known to leach into ...

For example, public companies are now required by the Securities and Exchange Commission to disclose in their annual reports climate-related risks and how they manage them. For food service providers, ...

Consumer demand for sustainable food packaging has become a major catalyst for change in the industry. With a growing awareness of environmental impacts, consumers are now choosing products with ...

Many are even directly heated in their packaging (for example, ready-to-eat dishes in plastic trays reheated in the microwave), enhancing the migration of FCCs ( chemicals) into food.' They added ...

but food packaging in general. PET, according to Sykes, is safe for direct contact with food and does not require treatments that could impact its recyclability or lead to health hazards (PFAS, for ...