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" We have the technologies to save food AND our planet. I help companies do both while seeing business returns"
- Dr. Claire Sand
SYSTEMS THINKING SOLUTIONS FOR FOOD WASTE REDUCTION

Leadership in Driving Research - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: 7 Packaging Innovations That Have Revolutionized Food the Last Half Century Packaging Digest January 2025
- PRESENTATION: 3 Hot Topics in Spring 2024 by Catapult March 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Better Food Security Food Technology February 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
- ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
- ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
- ARTICLE: Ted Labuza Talks Reaction Rates and Packaging Food Technology March 2022
- ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
- PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
- REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
- ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
- ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- VIDEO: August 2019-Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2019 Consumer/Market Drivers and Direction for More Sustainable Packaged Food. IFT Webcast
- PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
- VIDEO: July 2019-Packaging Conference Insights and Opportunities for YOU to Drive Change
- PRESENTATION: Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Recent Challenges and Advances in Migration from Packaging Materials into Foods. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- VIDEO: February 2019-Making it Happen in 2019: PTR is doing it-You can too!
- VIDEO: October 2018-Packaging 2020: Sustainability, Waste Reduction, & Consumer Experiences
- VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Leveraging Packaging Within a Cluster. Food and Beverage Wisconsin
- PRESENTATION: Food Packaging Research Needs. IFT Annual convention, Chicago, IL July 2016.
- ARTICLE: Food Packaging Research: A Global Effort Food Technology Magazine, April 2016
Directional Product, Process and Packaging LCAs - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: Packaging Can Work Harder to Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest April 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Better Food Security Food Technology February 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: A Bright Future for Bioderived Plastic Food Technology October 2023
- ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
- PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
- PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
- PRESENTATION:Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
- ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine, November 2020
- ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
- ARTICLE: Global Research Partners in Food Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, September 2019
- VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
- VIDEO: September 2018-Packaging Research-Identify, Quantify, Prioritze, Decide
- VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
- ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017
- PRESENTATION: Interview for Wall Street Journal: See-Through Food Packaging Boosts Sales Clear Packages Draw Shoppers But Are Very Tricky; What's Best Left Unseen
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Recyclable Packaging Solutions - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: 4 Keys to Unlock Package Recycling Packaging Digest December 2023
- PRESENTATION: PAC Global Webinar: Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions 2023
- PODCAST: Pulp Nonfiction: Packaging’s New Vanishing Act: Reducing PFAS & Food Waste with Claire Sand Episode 22, 2023
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
- ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Insights from Australia Packaging Digest March 2023
- ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
- ARTICLE: Controlling Moisture in Foods Using Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2021
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- ARTICLE: The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
- ARTICLE: Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017

Recycled Content for More Sustainable Packaging - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: 4 Keys to Unlock Package Recycling Packaging Digest December 2023
- PODCAST: Pulp Nonfiction: Packaging’s New Vanishing Act: Reducing PFAS & Food Waste with Claire Sand Episode 22, 2023
- PODCAST: EP 22: Frank Yiannas on Netflix’s Poisoned, Bio-Derived Polymers in Packaging
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
- ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Insights from Australia Packaging Digest March 2023
- ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Packaging Digest March 2021
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- ARTICLE: Bio-Derived Polymers for Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2018
- ARTICLE: Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
Bioderived Packaging Insights - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: A Bright Future for Bioderived Plastic Food Technology October 2023
- ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
- ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
- PRESENTATION: Sustainable Packaging that Reduces Food Waste. Mumbai Oct 2018
- VIDEO: July 2018 - Bioderived Polymers
- BOOK: Packaging sustainability and bio-degradable films and packaging in Brody, Han, Hong (Ed.), Modified Atmosphere Packaging MAP for Fresh-cut Fruit and Vegetables. Wiley Publishing 2009
Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging - Return to top for other categories
- PODCAST: EP 22: Frank Yiannas on Netflix’s Poisoned, Bio-Derived Polymers in Packaging
- MEDIA: The Dirty Truth About Compostable Plastic, The Atlantic July 2023 Planet Column
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022
- ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
- PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
- ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
- ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
- VIDEO: October 2018- Packaging 2020: Sustainability, Waste Reduction, & Consumer Experiences
- VIDEO: September 2018- Packaging Research-Identify, Quantify, Prioritze, Decide
- ARTICLE: Testing Package Design Food Technology Magazine May 2018
- ARTICLE: Vetting Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, June 2017
- ARTICLE: Packaging Shapes Up and Feels Great Food Technology Magazine, December 2016
- ARTICLE: Consumer Convenience Pivots Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine, July 2016
- ARTICLE: Societal Factors Influence Packaging Food Technology Magazine, March 2016
- ARTICLE: Packaging That Sells Food Technology Magazine, August 2015
SYSTEMS THINKING SOLUTIONS

Circular economy - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: Packaging Can Work Harder to Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest April 2024
- PRESENTATION: 3 Hot Topics in Spring 2024 by Catapult March 2024
- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: A Preliminary Study - Chemicals of Concern Used in Packaging Materials in Direct Contact with Food Research Gate January 2024
- ARTICLE: 4 Keys to Unlock Package Recycling Packaging Digest December 2023
- PRESENTATION: PAC Global Webinar: Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions 2023
- ARTICLE: Tackling PFAS for Safer and More Sustainable Food Packaging Food Safety Magazine Dec 2023/Jan 2024
- PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
- PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
- ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
- ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
- ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
- ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021
- REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Are Biodegradable Additives for Food Packaging a Solution? No, They Make It WorsAre Biodegradable Additives for Food Packaging a Solution? No, They Make It Worsee Packaging Digest, March 2021
- ARTICLE: Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
- ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
- ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2019 Toward More Sustainable Packaged Food More Sustainable Packaging and Less Food Waste. McGill Center for Convergence
- VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time , August 2019
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
- VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
- PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
- BOOK: Packaging sustainability and bio-degradable films and packaging in Brody, Han, Hong (Ed.), Modified Atmosphere Packaging MAP for Fresh-cut Fruit and Vegetables. Wiley Publishing 2009
Collection and Sorting - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- ARTICLE: Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2019
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2019 Toward More Sustainable Packaged Food More Sustainable Packaging and Less Food Waste. McGill Center for Convergence
- VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time , August 2019
- ARTICLE: The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
- VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
Packaging Source Reduction - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
- ARTICLE: 6 Packaging Reductions That Don't Increase Food Waste Packaging Digest February 2023
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
Returnable/Reusable - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
- ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021
- ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- ARTICLE: Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
- ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017

Packaging Legislation and Regulation - Return to top for other categories
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- PRESENTATION: 3 Hot Topics in Spring 2024 by Catapult March 2024
- ARTICLE: 3 Tips for the Best EPR-Forward Food Packaging Packaging Digest February 2024
- ARTICLE: 2024 Food Packaging Prediction Packaging Digest Jan 2024
- PRESENTATION: PAC Global Webinar: Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions 2023
- PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
- ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
- PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
- PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
- PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
- PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
- ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
- ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Protecting Nutraceuticals With Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2021
- ARTICLE: 5 Ways to Be Proactive on Slack Fill Packaging Digest August 2021
- ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021
- ARTICLE: 5 Ways to Be Proactive on Slack Fill Packaging Digest August 2021
- REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Are Biodegradable Additives for Food Packaging a Solution? No, They Make It Worse Packaging Digest, Mar 2021
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time , August 2019
- ARTICLE: The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
- ARTICLE: Packaging Rules Food Technology Magazine, April 2018
- PRESENTATION: GFSI, BRC, SQF and Beyond: Where Food Safety is Heading and Packaging's Role in Getting Us There
- BOOK: Packaging sustainability and bio-degradable films and packaging in Brody, Han, Hong (Ed.), Modified Atmosphere Packaging MAP for Fresh-cut Fruit and Vegetables. Wiley Publishing 2009

Systems Innovation - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: PackJam 24 Proves a Resounding Success Packaging Digest May 2024
- PRESENTATION: 3 Hot Topics in Spring 2024 by Catapult March 2024
- PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
- PRESENTATION: Use of Bayesian Networks to Make More Sustainable Food Packaging Choices That Prevent Food Waste, IFT 2023 Session
- ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
- PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
- PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
- PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
- ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
- ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
- ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
- ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
- ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
- ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
- ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
- ARTICLE: Ted Labuza Talks Reaction Rates and Packaging Food Technology March 2022
- ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
- ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
- ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
- ARTICLE: A systematic analysis of the overall nutritional contribution of food loss and waste in tomatoes, spinach, and kidney beans as a function of processing Journal of Food Process Engineering September 2020
- ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
- ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
- ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
- ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020
- ARTICLE: Packaging That Meets Shelf Life Goals Food Technology Magazine March 2020
- ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
- VIDEO PRESENTATION: Economics of food waste reduction as a function of packaging solutions: building the business case for packaging solutions to food waste. Food Packaging, Shelf Life, and Food Safety conference. Munich. Fall 2019
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- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2019 Toward More Sustainable Packaged Food More Sustainable Packaging and Less Food Waste. McGill Center for Convergence
- PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
- VIDEO: My Belief in the Ciruclar Economy (and why you should too), June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
- ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019
- ARTICLE: Packaging That Communicates Freshness Food Technology Magazine November 2018
- PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
- PRESENTATION: Keynote: Packaging with more value. Keynote Food Tech Summit & Expo Mexico Mexico. September 2018.
- VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert , August 2018-
- VIDEO: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me , April 2018
- VIDEO: How you can change the game with fresh packaging , February 2018
- PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Leveraging Packaging Within a Cluster. Food and Beverage Wisconsin
- PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
- ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
- ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016
- ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
- PRESENTATION: Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015
- PRESENTATION: Bringing in Innovation with the Packaging Value Chain. IFT Webcast February 26, 2015.
- ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008
What Agility Offers - Return to top for other categories
- PRESS: Hamburger Helper looks to stay relevant with help of Illinois innovation center, Chicago Tribune March 2024
- PRESENTATION: Use of Bayesian Networks to Make More Sustainable Food Packaging Choices That Prevent Food Waste, IFT 2023 Session
- ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
- ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
- ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
- ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
- ARTICLE: 5 Ways Active Packaging Has Staying Power Packaging Digest November 2020
- ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
- ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
- VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert , August 2018
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Leveraging Packaging Within a Cluster. Food and Beverage Wisconsin
- ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016
- PRESENTATION: Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015
- PRESENTATION: Bringing in Innovation with the Packaging Value Chain. IFT Webcast February 26, 2015.
- ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008
FOOD CATEGORY INSIGHTS
Frozen Food, Fruits & Vegetables Packaging Insights - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: Tackling PFAS for Safer and More Sustainable Food Packaging Food Safety Magazine Dec 2023/Jan 2024
- ARTICLE: A systematic analysis of the overall nutritional contribution of food loss and waste in tomatoes, spinach, and kidney beans as a function of processing Journal of Food Process Engineering September 2020
- ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
- ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
- ARTICLE: Advanced Sterilization Technologies Unwrap Packaging Potential Food Technology Magazine, August 2021
- ARTICLE: Meat Packaging Design Captures Consumers' Attention Food Technology Magazine July 2021
- ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
- VIDEO PRESENTATION: Economics of food waste reduction as a function of packaging solutions: building the business case for packaging solutions to food waste. Food Packaging, Shelf Life, and Food Safety conference. Munich. Fall 2019
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Packaging for food waste minimization in symposia: Food loss and waste minimization in fruit and vegetable chains: global perspectives and opportunities for transformation into high-value products and ingredients. IFT Annual Meeting. June 2019
- ARTICLE: Packaging That Keeps Produce Fresh Food Technology Magazine, January 2018
- PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
Pet Food Industry Packaging Insights - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
- VIDEO PRESENTATION Economics of food waste reduction as a function of packaging solutions: building the business case for packaging solutions to food waste. Food Packaging, Shelf Life, and Food Safety conference. Munich. Fall 2019
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- ARTICLE: Packaging That Appeals to Pet Owners Food Technology Magazine, March 2018
- PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
- ARTICLE: Pet Product Packaging to Minimize Fraud , Food Quality & Safety website, May 2016
Snacks Industry Packaging Insights - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine, November 2020
- VIDEO PRESENTATION: Economics of food waste reduction as a function of packaging solutions: building the business case for packaging solutions to food waste. Food Packaging, Shelf Life, and Food Safety conference. Munich. Fall 2019
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- ARTICLE: Snack Packaging Food Technology Magazine April 2019
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PACKAGING INNOVATION
Barriers - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: Better Oxygen and Grease/Oil Barriers, Longer Life Food Technology November 2023
- ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
- PRESENTATION: . Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
- ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
- ARTICLE: Controlling Moisture in Foods Using Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2021
- ARTICLE: Advanced Sterilization Technologies Unwrap Packaging Potential Food Technology Magazine, August 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresh Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
- ARTICLE: Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- ARTICLE: Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2019
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Packaging for food waste minimization in symposia: Food loss and waste minimization in fruit and vegetable chains: global perspectives and opportunities for transformation into high-value products and ingredients. IFT Annual Meeting. June 2019
- ARTICLE: Raising the Bar: High Barrier Polymerss Food Technology Magazine October 2018
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
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- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Regulations and Packaging Solutions for Meat. Global Meat News, Spring 2017
- ARTICLE: Superior Barriers Food Technology Magazine, February 2017
- PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
- ARTICLE: Innovations in Plastic Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, November 2016
- ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Edible & Antimicrobial Packaging - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: 2024 Food Packaging Prediction Packaging Digest Jan 2024
- ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
- PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
- ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
- PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresth Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
- ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
- ARTICLE: Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Packaging Digest March 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
- ARTICLE: 5 Ways Active Packaging Has Staying Power Packaging Digest November 2020
- ARTICLE: Antimicrobial Packaging on the Rise Again Food Technology Magazine October 2020
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions for Clean Label Products Food Technology Magazine, January 2017
- PRESENTATION: Quantifying the impact of packaging solutions to reduce food waste in Symposia entitled Packaging solutions to reduce food waste: Packaging Case studies. IFT Annual meeting June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Packaging for food waste minimization in symposia: Food loss and waste minimization in fruit and vegetable chains: global perspectives and opportunities for transformation into high-value products and ingredients. IFT Annual Meeting. June 2019
- PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
- ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Packaging Machinery - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
- ARTICLE: How to Pick a Co-Packing Partner Food Technology Magazine February 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine November 2020
- ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
- ARTICLE: Agile Packaging Machinery Food Technology Magazine, December 2015

Food Safety - Track & Trace - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: 7 Packaging Innovations That Have Revolutionized Food the Last Half Century Packaging Digest January 2025
- ARTICLE: Packaging for Better Food Security Food Technology February 2024
- ARTICLE: A Preliminary Study - Chemicals of Concern Used in Packaging Materials in Direct Contact with Food Research Gate January 2024
- PRESENTATION: Building the business case for intelligent packaging, Campden BRI Nov 2023
- ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions to Food Security Problems Packaging Digest Winter 2023
- ARTICLE: 2024 Food Packaging Prediction Packaging Digest Jan 2024
- PRESENTATION: PAC Global Webinar: Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions 2023
- ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
- ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breathroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
- ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
- ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Delivers Food Technology November 2022
- ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022
- ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
- ARTICLE: Packaging to Protect Seafood Quality Food Technology Magazine, June 2021
- ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
- ARTICLE: Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
- VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
- VIDEO PRESENTATION: Economics of food waste reduction as a function of packaging solutions: building the business case for packaging solutions to food waste. Food Packaging, Shelf Life, and Food Safety conference. Munich. Fall 2019
- PRESENTATION: The Role of Intelligent Packaging and the Internet of Things. Food Engineering conference. Symposia Chair. Minneapolis. September 2018
- PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
- PRESENTATION The future of Intelligent packaging. IFT. Chicago. July 2018
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Regulations and Packaging Solutions for Meat. Global Meat News, Spring 2017
- PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
- PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
- ARTICLE: Intelligent Packaging Advances to Meet New Needs Food Technology Magazine, November 2015
- ARTICLE: Radio Frequency Identification in Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September and October 2014
PACKAGING MATERIAL INNOVATION

Glass, Paperboard & Metal Packaging - Return to top for other categories
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- ARTICLE: A Preliminary Study - Chemicals of Concern Used in Packaging Materials in Direct Contact with Food Research Gate January 2024
- PRESENTATION: PAC Global Webinar: Future-Proof Your Packaging: Addressing Chemicals of Concern with Value Chain-based Solutions 2023
- PODCAST: Pulp Nonfiction: Packaging’s New Vanishing Act: Reducing PFAS & Food Waste with Claire Sand Episode 22, 2023
- ARTICLE: Better Oxygen and Grease/Oil Barriers, Longer Life Food Technology November 2023
- ARTICLE: A Bright Future for Bioderived Plastic Food Technology October 2023
- PODCAST: EP 22: Frank Yiannas on Netflix’s Poisoned, Bio-Derived Polymers in Packaging
- ARTICLE: The Role of Metal in Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2020
- ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
- ARTICLE: Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
- ARTICLE: Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
- ARTICLE: The Future of Paperboard is Bright Food Technology Magazine March 2019
Plastic Packaging - Return to top for other categories
- ARTICLE: A Preliminary Study - Chemicals of Concern Used in Packaging Materials in Direct Contact with Food Research Gate January 2024
- ARTICLE: Better Oxygen and Grease/Oil Barriers, Longer Life Food Technology November 2023
- ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
- MEDIA: The Dirty Truth About Compostable Plastic, The Atlantic July 2023 Planet Column
- ARTICLE: A Guide to 6 Seal Test Methods for Food Packaging, Packaging Digest November 2021
- ARTICLE: The Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2019
- ARTICLE: Raising the Bar: High Barrier Polymers Food Technology Magazine October 2018
- ARTICLE: Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
- ARTICLE: Innovations in Plastic Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, November 2016