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Mini bottles bring the cute to candy packaging
Jelly Belly captures the essence of the Snapple juice drinks in a new line of jelly beans made with 100% natural flavors and packaged in miniature-size Jelly Belly Snapple bottles.
The QR code: It’s what’s for breakfast
Surprises outside of the cereal box could soon complement the ones buried inside if Mark Addicks, chief marketing officer for General Mills, has his way with the packaging used for the breakfast mainstay.
Color conveys packaged foods’ health, taste appeal
Vibrant colors and luscious food photography suggest that delicious food can be compatible with a calorie-conscious lifestyle.
Couscous' carton is a natural
Kraft paper carton conveys wholesome appeal of superfood.
Designing a more customizable yogurt
Voskos Greek Yogurt’s making its products easier to enjoy with new low-profile, wide-mouth packaging.
Soup’s On: Sachet serves up a clearly convenient snack
Squeeze & Stir, available in the U.K., uses a small plastic pouch to contain a wet-soup concentrate instead of a small envelope with dry mix.
Fiber tray makes gourmet eco-cooking a snap
Mushroom Sauté is a 7-oz. heat-and-serve product that contains washed, fresh mushroom slices, Grade A butter, and all-natural seasonings.
Don't forget the basics when designing packages
How design can help a package make the leap from retail shelf to a consumer’s home.

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Home-cooking trend keeps plastics packaging market hot
The shift in global consumer behavior to eat more meals at home continues to heat up the consumer plastic packaging market.
Will mobile technology replace eco-labels?
While mobile tech might be good news for the sustainable packaged products themselves, it also might lead to the demise of some eco-labels.
Sleek sauce bottle design is a winner
Designed by three students from Birmingham City University, these tall bottles challenge condiment packaging category convention.
Cookie packages get inviting new look
Lotus Bakeries launches new packaging for Anna’s Thins
Warming Trends: Package design gets in touch with its emotional side
Now more than ever, designers are focusing on how packaging can best create an emotional connection between products, brands, and customers, and then use these relationships to help their products stand out from the competition, move to better profit margins, and serve the changing U.S. marketplace.
M-real upgrades linerboard mill
M-real has rebuilt its M-real Kemi linerboard mill in Finland. The rebuild wil help the paperboard manufacturer make coated kraftliners with high printability for packaging and retail applications such as point-of-sale displays and retail-ready trays.
Transparent label
YUPO Clear is designed to provide a no-label look for several package types with the convenience of pressure-sensitive labeling
Closure with Scoop
Closure system with integrated scoop is designed for large package applications that are big, bulky.