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Content covers topics including:
 Systems Thinking Solutions to Prevent Food Waste: Value Chain Systems Solutions, Leadership in Driving Research (Preventing Food Waste), Product and Process, Directional Product, Process and Packaging LCAs, Nexus of Health, Nutrients & Packaging and Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging (Preventing Food Waste)
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More Sustainable Materials: Innovative Materials, Recyclable, Recycled Content, 
Bioderived, Compostable, Packaging LCAs, Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging (More Sustainable)
Systems Thinking Solutions to Sustainability: Leadership in Driving Research (More Sustainable), Value Chain Solutions, Circular economy, Collection and Sorting, Source Reduction, Returnable/Reusable, Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging (More Sustainable) and Legislation and Regulation
Crystal Ball-What is the Future of Packaging/ What does the Future of Food Packaging look like, Systems Innovation, What Agility offers and Package Design
Category Updates: 
Bakery, Dairy, Meat, Fish, Frozen Food, Fruits & Vegetables, Pet Food, Snacks, Beverages, E-Commerce, Food Service, Ingredients
Packaging Innovation​: Top Pilot, Scalable Packaging Solutions, Top 40 Packaging Solutions, Cost Reduced Packaging, Smart & Intelligent Packaging, Seal Integrity, Active Packaging (MAP) ,  Barriers,  Smart & Intelligent Packaging, Better Seal Integrity, Edible & Antimicrobial  Packaging, Packaging Machinery, Food Safety - Track & Trace, Reduce Food Fraud, Closures
Packaging Material Innovations: Glass , Plastic, Paperboard and Metal

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Learn more about food packaging from our resources pages

​Find links to discover what packaging technologies and innovations are, what they do, uses cases, trends, articles, presentations, case studies, FAQs, and more in our compiled resource pages. The PTR team is an unmatched food packaging team  - offering clients tailored packaging science & value chain solutions to the food & packaging industry.  

Packaging
​Sustainability

Learn about sustainable packaging trends and practices and find information on the environmental impact of packaging, sustainable materials and designs, regulatory requirements, and the business case for sustainable packaging.

Active & Antimicrobial Packaging 

Find out more about active and antimicrobial packaging, which are innovative technologies that extend the shelf life and safety of food and beverages.

Intelligent
​Packaging

Intelligent packaging uses sensors and other technologies to provide real-time information about the product, its environment, and its journey. Discover how this information can be used to improve the safety, quality, and sustainability of your products.

Packaging
Industry Solutions

The food packaging industry has a wide range of solutions to prevent food waste and extend its shelf life.

​...REDUCE FOOD WASTE & INCREASE SHELF LIFE
" 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
 Value Chain Systems Solutions - Return to top for other categories​​​
  1. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology July 2023
  2. PRESENTATION:  Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste Global Pouch Forum June 2022
  3. PRESENTATION: Implications of Shelf Life at the Extremes SLIM Conference 2021
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  5. ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
  6. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breathroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  7. ARTICLE: Top Packaging Challenges: Getting It and Making It Count Food Technology September 2022
  8. ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
  9. ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization Food Technology February 2022
  10. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  11. ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
  12. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  13. ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
  14. ​REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  15. PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
  16. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  17. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  18. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  19. ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technolog Magazine August 2020
  20. ARTICLE: Packaging That Meets Shelf Life Goals Food Technology Magazine March 2020
  21. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  22. 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 
  23. PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  24. VIDEO: June 2019-My Belief in the Circular Economy (and why you should too)  
  25. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  26. 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 
  27. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019 
  28. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  29. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  30. PRESENTATION:  Keynote: Packaging with more value. Keynote Food Tech Summit & Expo Mexico Mexico. September 2018.
  31. ARTICLE: Packaging Resonates at IFT18 Food Technology Magazine September 2018
  32. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me ​
  33. PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  34. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  35. ​ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
  36. PRESENTATION: Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015 
  37. PRESENTATION:  Bringing in Innovation with the Packaging Value Chain. IFT Webcast February 26, 2015.
  38. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
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​Leadership in Driving Research  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  2. ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
  3. ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  4. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  5. ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Ted Labuza Talks Reaction Rates and Packaging Food Technology March 2022
  7. ​​​​ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
  8. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  9. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  10. ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
  11. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  12. ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020​
  13. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  14. VIDEO: August 2019-Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time ​
  15. PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  16. VIDEO: July 2019-Packaging Conference Insights and Opportunities for YOU to Drive Change 
  17. PRESENTATION:  Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
  18. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  19. PRESENTATION: Recent Challenges and Advances in Migration from Packaging Materials into Foods. IFT Annual meeting June 2019​
  20. VIDEO: February 2019-Making it Happen in 2019: PTR is doing it-You can too! 
  21. VIDEO: October 2018-Packaging 2020: Sustainability, Waste Reduction, & Consumer Experiences 
  22. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me 
  23. ​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  24. PRESENTATION:  Food Packaging Research Needs. IFT Annual convention, Chicago, IL July 2016.
  25. ​ARTICLE: Food Packaging Research: A Global Effort Food Technology Magazine, April 2016
Product and Process Components to Reducing Food Waste and Increasing Shelf Life  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Advanced Sterilization Technologies Unwrap Packaging Potential Food Technology Magazine, August 2021
  4. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  5. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  6. 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 
  7. PRESENTATION:  Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  8. 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
  9. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  10. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  11. PRESENTATION:  Keynote: Packaging with more value. Keynote Food Tech Summit & Expo Mexico Mexico. September 2018.​
  12. PRESENTATION:  Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  13. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me 
  14. ​ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
  15. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  16. ​PRESENTATION: Packaging value chain. IFT FPD Webinar 2015
  17. ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016​
  18. ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Directional Product, Process and Packaging LCAs  - Return to top for other categories​
  1. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  2. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  3. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  4. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
​Nexus of Health, Nutrients & Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Protecting Nutraceuticals With Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2021
  2. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  3. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  4. 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 
  5. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019 
  6. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  7. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  8. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me ​
  9. ​ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
  10. ​ARTICLE: Vetting Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, June 2017​
  11. ​PRESENTATION: Packaging value chain. IFT FPD Webinar
  12. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  13. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Shapes Up and Feels Great Food Technology Magazine, December 2016​
  14. ​ARTICLE: Societal Factors Influence Packaging Food Technology Magazine, March 2016
  15. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
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  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. PRESENTATION:  Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
  3. PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
  4. ​PRESENTATION:Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
  6. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  7. ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine, November 2020
  8. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  9. ARTICLE: Global Research Partners in Food Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, September 2019
  10. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
  11. ​VIDEO: September 2018-Packaging Research-Identify, Quantify, Prioritze, Decide 
  12. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me 
  13. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
  14. ​ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017​
  15. 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

​​...MORE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING SOLUTIONS & STRATEGIES

MORE SUSTAINABLE MATERIAL SWITCHES
Innovative Materials Related to Sustainable Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ​ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
  2. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  3. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
  7. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  8. ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
  9. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  10. PRESENTATION: Sustainable Packaging that Reduces Food Waste. Mumbai Oct 2018
  11. ARTICLE:  Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
  12. ARTICLE:  Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  13. PRESENTATION:  . Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017 
  14. ARTICLE:  Innovations in Plastic Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, November 2016​
  15. ARTICLE:  Food Packaging Research: A Global Effort Food Technology Magazine, April 2016
  16. PRESENTATION:  Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015
  17. 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 
PTR leads efforts to reduce climate change by reducing food waste ​with more sustainable packaging.
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Recyclable Packaging Solutions  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Insights from Australia Packaging Digest March 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
  6. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  7. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  8. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  9. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  10. ARTICLE: Controlling Moisture in Foods Using Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2021
  11. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  12. ARTICLE:  The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
  13. ARTICLE:  Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
  14. ARTICLE:  Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017
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Recycled Content for More Sustainable Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  3. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Insights from Australia Packaging Digest March 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  7. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  8. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Packaging Digest March 2021
  9. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  10. ARTICLE:  Bio-Derived Polymers for Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2018
  11. ARTICLE:  Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
  12. ARTICLE:  Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
 Bioderived Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  7. PRESENTATION: Sustainable Packaging that Reduces Food Waste. Mumbai Oct 2018
  8. VIDEO: July 2018 - Bioderived Polymers 
  9. 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 ​
Compostable Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
Packaging LCAs  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
  2. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  3. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  7. ARTICLE: Life Cycle Assessments Guide Sustainability Food Technology Magazine May 2020
  8. ARTICLE: The Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2019
  9. ARTICLE:  The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
  10. PRESENTATION:   Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  11. ARTICLE:  Bio-Derived Polymers for Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2018
Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging  - Return to top for other categories​
  1. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  7. PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
  8. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  9. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  10. VIDEO: October 2018- Packaging 2020: Sustainability, Waste Reduction, & Consumer Experiences 
  11. VIDEO: September 2018- Packaging Research-Identify, Quantify, Prioritze, Decide 
  12. ARTICLE:  Testing Package Design Food Technology Magazine May 2018
  13. ARTICLE:  Vetting Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, June 2017​
  14. ARTICLE:  Packaging Shapes Up and Feels Great Food Technology Magazine, December 2016​
  15. ARTICLE:  Consumer Convenience Pivots Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine, July 2016​
  16. ARTICLE:  Societal Factors Influence Packaging Food Technology Magazine, March 2016
  17. ARTICLE:  Packaging That Sells Food Technology Magazine, August 2015

​SYSTEMS THINKING SOLUTIONS

Leadership in Driving Research around Sustainable Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ​ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology July 2023
  3. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  5. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  6. ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
  7. ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  8. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  9. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  10. ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
  11. ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
  12. ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022​
  13. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  14. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  15. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  16. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  17. ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021​
  18. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  19. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  20. ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020
  21. ARTICLE: ​Life Cycle Assessments Guide Sustainability Food Technology Magazine May 2020
  22. VIDEO: August 2019-Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time 
  23. VIDEO: July 2019- Packaging Conference Insights and Opportunities for YOU to Drive Change 
  24. PRESENTATION: Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
  25. PRESENTATION:   Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019​
  26. VIDEO: March 2019- Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste 
  27. VIDEO: February 2019- Making it Happen in 2019: PTR is doing it-You can too! 
  28. ​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  29. PRESENTATION:  Food Packaging Research Needs. IFT Annual convention, Chicago, IL July 2016.
  30. ​ARTICLE: Food Packaging Research: A Global Effort Food Technology Magazine, April 2016​
Value Chain Solutions Supporting Sustainable Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
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  1. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology July 2023
  2. 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
  3. PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
  4. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  5. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  6. ​PRESENTATION:  Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
  7. PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
  8. ​PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
  9. ARTICLE: 6 Packaging Reductions That Don't Increase Food Waste Packaging Digest February 2023
  10. ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022​
  11. ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022
  12. ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
  13. ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
  14. ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022​
  15. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  16. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  17. ​ARTICLE: Wanted: Packaging Professionals to Share Knowledge Packaging Digest February 2021
  18. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  19. ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020​
  20. ​ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  21. VIDEO: August 2019-Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time  ​​
  22. 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 
  23. PRESENTATION:  More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  24. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  25. 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 
  26. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019 
  27. VIDEO: March 2019-Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste
  28. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  29. PRESENTATION: S Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  30. VIDEO: October 2018-Packaging 2020: Sustainability, Waste Reduction, & Consumer Experiences -  
  31. PRESENTATION:  Keynote: Packaging with more value. Keynote Food Tech Summit & Expo Mexico Mexico. September 2018.
  32. ARTICLE: Packaging Resonates at IFT18 Food Technology Magazine September 2018
  33. VIDEO: April 2018: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me ​
  34. PRESENTATION:  Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  35. ​ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
  36. ​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  37. ​
  38. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  39. ​ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017​
  40. PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
  41. ​PRESENTATION: Packaging value chain. IFT FPD Webinar
  42. ​ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016​
  43. ​ARTICLE: Modified Atmosphere Packaging Expands Food Technology Magazine, May 2016
  44. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  45. PRESENTATION: Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015 
  46. BOOK: The Packaging Value Chain DesTech Publishing 2010 
  47. 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 ​
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Circular economy  - Return to top for other categories​​​
  1. PRESENTATION:  Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
  2. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  3. ​
  4. PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
  5. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  6. ​PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
  7. PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
  8. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  9. ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  10. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  11. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  12. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  13. ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
  14. ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021​​
  15. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  16. 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
  17. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  18. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  19. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  20. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  21. VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time   , August 2019
  22. PRESENTATION:  Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  23. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
  24. VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste  , March 2019
  25. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  26. ​​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  27. 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
  1. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  6. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  7. ARTICLE: Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2019
  8. VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time   , August 2019
  9. ​​ARTICLE: The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
  10. PRESENTATION:  Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  11. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
  12. VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste  , March 2019
  13. ​​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
Packaging Source Reduction  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 6 Packaging Reductions That Don't Increase Food Waste Packaging Digest February 2023
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  7. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  8. ​VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste  , March 2019
  9. ​​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​​
Returnable/Reusable  - Return to top for other categories​​​​
  1. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Sustainability's Fourth Wave Food Technology Magazine January 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  6. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  7. ARTICLE: Materials for Increased Packaging Sustainability Food Technology Magazine, November 2017
  8. ​​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
Consumer Views, Trends, and Testing of Packaging  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  3. ​PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
  4. PRESENTATION:Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023​
  5. PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
  6. ARTICLE: Top Packaging Challenges: Getting It and Making It Count Food Technology September 2022
  7. ARTICLE: Wanted: Packaging Professionals to Share Knowledge Packaging Digest February 2021  
  8. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  9. ARTICLE: Life Cycle Assessments Guide Sustainability Food Technology Magazine May 2020
  10. ARTICLE: The Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2019
  11. VIDEO: May 2019-Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution  
  12. VIDEO: March 2019-Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste 
  13. ​PRESENTATION: Sustainable Packaging that Reduces Food Waste. Mumbai Oct 2018
  14. ARTICLE: Packaging That Communicates Freshness Food Technology Magazine November 2018
  15. VIDEO: September 2018-Packaging Research-Identify, Quantify, Prioritze, Decide 
  16. ARTICLE:  The Future of Packaging is Personal Food Technology Magazine, February 2018
  17. ARTICLE:  Vetting Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, June 2017​
  18. ARTICLE:  Packaging Shapes Up and Feels Great Food Technology Magazine, December 2016​
  19. ARTICLE:  Consumer Convenience Pivots Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine, July 2016​
  20. ARTICLE:  Societal Factors Influence Packaging Food Technology Magazine, March 2016
  21. ARTICLE:  Packaging That Sells Food Technology Magazine, August 2015​
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​Packaging Legislation and Regulation  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. ​PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023​
  2. ​ARTICLE: Less Packaging, More Sustainability Food Technology Magazine March 2023
  3. PRESENTATION: Future of Food Packaging | More Sustainable Food Packaging. May 2023
  4. PRESENTATION: IFT 2023 Session: Best Practices in Applying the Value Chain to Remove Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging IFT First, July 2023
  5. ​PRESENTATION: Understanding PFAS: Regulations, Sources, Chemistry, and Alternative. Merieux April 2023
  6. PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
  7. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  8. ​ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  9. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  10. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  11. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  12. ARTICLE: Protecting Nutraceuticals With Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2021
  13. ARTICLE: 5 Ways to Be Proactive on Slack Fill Packaging Digest August 2021
  14. ARTICLE: Help Fuel US Packaging Circularity by July 4th Packaging Digest June 2021
  15. ARTICLE: 5 Ways to Be Proactive on Slack Fill Packaging Digest August 2021
  16. REPORT: Unwrapping the Arguments...Solving Packaging and Food Waste Through Government/Industry Collaboration, May 2021
  17. ARTICLE: Are Biodegradable Additives for Food Packaging a Solution? No, They Make It Worse Packaging Digest, Mar 2021
  18. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  19. VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time   , August 2019
  20. ARTICLE: The Dynamics of Recycling Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine June 2019
  21. PRESENTATION:  Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
  22. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  23. VIDEO:  Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
  24. ARTICLE: Packaging Rules Food Technology Magazine, April 2018
  25. PRESENTATION:   GFSI, BRC, SQF and Beyond: Where Food Safety is Heading and Packaging's Role in Getting Us There
  26. 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 

​ ...VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF FOOD PACKAGING
​Crystal Ball-What is the Future of Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Wanted: Packaging Professionals to Share Knowledge Packaging Digest February 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  4. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breakthroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  6. ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
  7. ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  8. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  9. ARTICLE: Gordon Robertson: Rational Thoughts on Sustainable Packaging Food Technology May 2022
  10. ​ARTICLE: Ted Labuza Talks Reaction Rates and Packaging Food Technology March 2022
  11. ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  12. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  13. ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
  14. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  15. ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
  16. ARTICLE: Controlling Moisture in Foods Using Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2021
  17. ARTICLE: Are Biodegradable Additives for Food Packaging a Solution? No, They Make It Worse Packaging Digest, Mar 2021
  18. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  19. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  20. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  21. ARTICLE: Packaging That Meets Shelf Life Goals Food Technology Magazine March 2020
  22. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  23. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  24. ARTICLE: Global Research Partners in Food Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine Sept 2019​​
  25. PRESENTATION:  More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  26. VIDEO: Capture industry insights in a fraction of the time , August 2019
  27. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Insights and Opportunities for YOU to Drive Change  , July 2019
  28. PRESENTATION: Migration from Packaging - Concerns and Opportunity. IAPRI Netherlands. June 2019
  29. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  30. VIDEO: Motion in the Ocean: How to Reduce Packaging Waste , March 2019
  31. VIDEO: Making it Happen in 2019: PTR is doing it-You can too! , February 2019
  32. ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Demands Efficiency Food Technology Magazine December 2018
  33. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert , August 2018
  34. ARTICLE: The Future of Packaging is Personal Food Technology Magazine, February 2018
  35. VIDEO:  How you can change the game with fresh packaging - , February 2018​
  36. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
  37. ​ARTICLE: Global Approaches to Sustainable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2017​
  38. PRESENTATION: Food Packaging Research Needs. IFT Annual convention, Chicago, IL July 2016.
  39. ​ARTICLE: Food Packaging Research: A Global Effort Food Technology Magazine, April 2016
  40. ARTICLE: Strategies to Halt Package Fraud Food Technology Magazine, January 2016​
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Systems Innovation  - Return to top for other categories​​​
  1. PRESENTATION: Industry solutions to phase out PFAS and other chemicals of concern in packaging. Food Contact Regulations June 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  1. 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
  1. PRESENTATION: Challenges Related to PFAS in Packaging- Food Safety Summit May 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Maricel Maffini on Chemicals of Concern Food Technology December 2022
  3. ​ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  5. ARTICLE: How to Retain Your Retiree's Packaging Expertise Packaging Digest November 2022
  6. ARTICLE: In Pursuit of Clean Packaging with No Chemicals of Concern Food Safety December 2022
  7. ARTICLE: How to Avoid Chemicals of Concern in Food Packaging Packaging Digest October 2022
  8. ARTICLE: Flexible Packaging at a Critical Crossroads in Sustainability Packaging Digest August 2022
  9. ARTICLE: Less Trash Talk: Recycling More Film and Paperboard Packaging Food Technology August 2022
  10. ARTICLE: Ted Labuza Talks Reaction Rates and Packaging Food Technology March 2022
  11. ​ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
  12. ​​​ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  13. ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
  14. 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
  15. ARTICLE: Food Packaging Expert Discloses Exciting Development and Issues Packaging Digest September 2020
  16. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  17. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  18. ARTICLE: The Dawn of the Food Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine August 2020​
  19. ARTICLE: Packaging That Meets Shelf Life Goals Food Technology Magazine March 2020
  20. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020​
  21. 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 
  22. PRESENTATION:  More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  23. VIDEO: My Belief in the Ciruclar Economy (and why you should too), June 2019
  24. PRESENTATION: Current Issues and Advances in Consumer Research and Testing for Sustainable Packaging. IAPRI, Netherlands. June 2019
  25. 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 
  26. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019
  27. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  28. ARTICLE: Packaging That Communicates Freshness Food Technology Magazine November 2018
  29. PRESENTATION: Sustainable packaging and its role in reducing food waste. IuFoST, Mumbai, October 2018.
  30. PRESENTATION:  Keynote: Packaging with more value. Keynote Food Tech Summit & Expo Mexico Mexico. September 2018.
  31. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert  , August 2018-
  32. VIDEO: One Thing My Expertise in Reducing Food Waste Has Taught Me  , April 2018
  33. VIDEO: How you can change the game with fresh packaging  , February 2018 
  34. PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  35. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  36. ​ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017​
  37. ​ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016​
  38. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  39. PRESENTATION:  Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015 
  40. PRESENTATION:  Bringing in Innovation with the Packaging Value Chain. IFT Webcast February 26, 2015.
  41. ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008​
What Agility Offers  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Helps Fight Food Insecurity Due to War and Climate Change Packaging Digest March 2022
  3. ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
  4. ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  5. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  6. ARTICLE: 5 Ways Active Packaging Has Staying Power Packaging Digest November 2020
  7. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  8. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  9. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert  , August 2018
  10. ​ARTICLE: Increasing Agility in the Packaging Value Chain Food Technology Magazine, October 2016​
  11. PRESENTATION:  Enabling your Innovations using the Packaging Value Chain. AMI Multilayer films conference. Chicago, June 3, 2015 
  12. PRESENTATION: Bringing in Innovation with the Packaging Value Chain. IFT Webcast February 26, 2015.
  13. ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008​
Package Design  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  3. ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 5 Ways to Be Proactive on Slack Fill Packaging Digest August 2021
  5. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Insights from Australia Packaging Digest March 2023
  6. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breathroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  7. ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Delivers Food Technology November 2022
  8. ARTICLE: Top Packaging Challenges: Getting It and Making It Count Food Technology September 2022
  9. ​ARTICLE: Making Packaging Tradeoffs for Commercialization February 2022
  10. ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  11. ARTICLE: Protecting Nutraceuticals With Packaging Food Technology Magazine Octoober 2021
  12. ​ARTICLE: Meat Packaging Design Captures Consumers' Attention Food Technology Magazine July 2021
  13. ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresh Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
  14. ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine November 2020
  15. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  16. ARTICLE: The Role of Metal in Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2020
  17. ARTICLE: Life Cycle Assessments Guide Sustainability Food Technology Magazine May 2020
  18. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  19. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  20. ARTICLE: Frozen Food Packaging Heats Up Food Technology Magazine, November 2019
  21. PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019​
  22. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert   , August 2018
  23. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Shapes Up and Feels Great Food Technology Magazine, December 2016​
  24. ​ARTICLE: Packaging That Sells Food Technology Magazine, August 2015
  25. ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008​

...PACKAGING AND INDUSTRY INNOVATIONS

FOOD CATEGORY INSIGHTS
Bakery / Bakeries Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  3. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  4. 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 
  5. 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
  6. ARTICLE:  Packaging Solutions for Baked Goods Food Technology Magazine January 2019
  7. ARTICLE:  Modified Atmosphere Packaging Expands Food Technology Magazine, May 2016
Dairy Industry / Dairy Farm Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1.  ARTICLE: 3 Reasons to Reassess Reclosable Flexible Packaging Now Packaging Digest May 2022
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  4. 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 
  5. 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
  6. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
Meat/Fish Industry Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology Magazine, July 2023​​
  2. ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Packaging to Protect Seafood Quality Food Technology Magazine, June 2021
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  5. 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 
  6. 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
  7. PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
Frozen Food, Fruits & Vegetables Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. 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
  2. ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
  3. ​ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
  4. ARTICLE: Advanced Sterilization Technologies Unwrap Packaging Potential Food Technology Magazine, August 2021
  5. ​ARTICLE: Meat Packaging Design Captures Consumers' Attention Food Technology Magazine July 2021
  6. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  7. 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 
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. ARTICLE: Packaging That Keeps Produce Fresh Food Technology Magazine, January 2018
  11. 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
  1. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  2. 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 
  3. 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
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging That Appeals to Pet Owners Food Technology Magazine, March 2018
  5. PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  6. ARTICLE: Pet Product Packaging to Minimize Fraud , Food Quality & Safety website, May 2016  ​​
Snacks  Industry Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine, November 2020
  4. 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 
  5. 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
  6. ARTICLE: Snack Packaging Food Technology Magazine April 2019
Beverage Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: The Role of Metal in Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2020
  2. 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 
  3. 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
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018​
E-Commerce Packaging Insights  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Delivers Food Technology November 2022
  2. 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 
  3. 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
  4. ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Demands Efficiency Food Technology Magazine December 2018​
Food Service Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ​​ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresth Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  4. ARTICLE: Frozen Food Packaging Heats Up Food Technology Magazine, November 2019
  5. 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 
  6. 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
  7. ARTICLE: Ingredient Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September 2017​
  8. ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017​
Ingredients Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Protecting Nutraceuticals With Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2021
  2. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  3. 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 
  4. 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
  5. PRESENTATION:  Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  6. ARTICLE: Ingredient Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September 2017​

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Top Pilot, Scalable, Packaging Solutions to Reduce Food Waste & Increasing Shelf Life  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  3. ARTICLE: Progressive Produce Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  5. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  6. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  7. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  8. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  9. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  10. PRESENTATION: More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  11. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine February 2019 
  12. 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 ​
  13. 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 
  14. PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar 2018
  15. ARTICLE: Ingredient Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September 2017
  16. ​ARTICLE: Packaged to Preserve Food Technology Magazine, July 2017​
  17. ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017​
  18. ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  19. BOOK: The Packaging Value Chain DesTech Publishing 2010 ​
Top 40 Packaging Solutions for Reducing Food Waste  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  3. PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  5. ​​ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  6. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  7. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  8. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  9. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  10. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  11. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  12. ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine February 2019 
  13. 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 ​
  14. 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
  15. PRESENTATION Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  16. ARTICLE: Ingredient Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September 2017
  17. ​ARTICLE: Packaged to Preserve Food Technology Magazine, July 2017​
  18. ARTICLE: Foodservice Craves Packaging Innovation Food Technology Magazine, March 2017​
  19. ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  20. BOOK: The Packaging Value Chain DesTech Publishing 2010
Cost Reduced Packaging / Innovations in Packaging Cost Reduction  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 6 Packaging Reductions That Don't Increase Food Waste Packaging Digest February 2023
  2. ARTICLE: 4 Vital Shelf-Life Prediction Methods for Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2022
  3. ARTICLE: Orchestrating More Sustainable Reusable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Dec2020/Jan 2021
  4. VIDEO: Packaging Conference Takeaways from an Expert , August 2018
  5. ARTICLE:  ​Reducing the Cost of Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, July 2016

​Smart & Intelligent Packaging Innovations  - Return to top for other categories
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  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology July 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breakthroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Packaging Science Increases Food Access Food Technology Magazine November 2021
  6. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  7. ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
  8. PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
  9. ARTICLE: Packaging to Protect Seafood Quality Food Technology Magazine, June 2021
  10. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  11. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  12. ARTICLE: Antimicrobial Packaging on the Rise Again Food Technology Magazine October 2020
  13. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  14. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  15. ARTICLE: Packaging That Meets Shelf Life Goals Food Technology Magazine March 2020
  16. ARTICLE: IoP Can Efficiently Connect Our Packaged Food Value Chain Food Technology Magazine Feb 2020
  17. PRESENTATION:  More Sustainable Food Packaging​ Innovations. National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  18. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019 
  19. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  20. 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 
  21. ​ARTICLE: Packaging That Communicates Freshness Food Technology Magazine November 2018
  22. PRESENTATION: The Role of Intelligent Packaging and the Internet of Things. Food Engineering conference. Symposia Chair. Minneapolis. September 2018
  23. PRESENTATION: Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  24. PRESENTATION: The future of Intelligent packaging. IFT. Chicago. July 2018​
  25. PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017​​
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  27. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
  28. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
  29. PRESENTATION: Packaging Solutions to Decrease Food Waste for Meat, Seafood, and Cheese-based Products IFT Division Webcast, March 2017
  30. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions for Clean Label Products Food Technology Magazine, January 2017
  31. PRESENTATION:  Packaging value chain. IFT FPD Webinar 2015
  32. ​ARTICLE: Intelligent Packaging Advances to Meet New Needs Food Technology Magazine, November 2015
  33. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  34. ​ARTICLE: Radio Frequency Identification in Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September and October 2014
  35. ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008​
  36. PRESENTATION: IFT Short Course Speaker on packaging for Food Science for non Food Scientists. IFT Annual meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2008
 Innovations in Seal Integrity  - Return to top for other categories​​
  1. ARTICLE: Voortman's Recipe for Reclosable Cookie Packaging Success Packaging Digest June 2023
  2. ARTICLE: 3 Reasons to Reassess Reclosable Flexible Packaging Now Packaging Digest May 2022
  3. PRESENTATION: Implications of Shelf Life at the Extremes SLIM Conference 2021
  4. ARTICLE: Packaging and Sustainability: Achieving More Sustainable Confectionery Packaging Manufacturing Confectioner Feb 2023
  5. ARTICLE: 3 Reasons to Reassess Reclosable Flexible Packaging Now Packaging Digest May 2022
  6. ARTICLE: A Guide to 6 Seal Test Methods for Food Packaging, Packaging Digest November 2021​
  7. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  8. ​ARTICLE: Testing the Integrity of Package Seals Food Technology Magazine July 2019
  9. 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
  10. ​ARTICLE: How to Reduce Packaging Waste Food Technology Magazine, February 2019 
  11. ARTICLE:  Testing Package Design Food Technology Magazine May 2018
  12. PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
  13. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Active Packaging (MAP - Modified Atmosphere Packaging) / Using Active Packaging  - Return to top for other categories​​
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  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. ARTICLE: Toward Smart(er) Fresh Meat Packaging Food Technology July 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
  4. ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
  5. ARTICLE: Nanotechnology's Favorable Future in Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2023
  6. ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
  7. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breakthroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  8.  PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  9. ​ARTICLE: A Guide to 6 Seal Test Methods for Food Packaging, Packaging Digest November 2021
  10. ARTICLE: Speaking Sustainably: changing consumer perspectives around packaging and food waste Supermarket Perimeter Nov 2021
  11. PODCAST: Packaging 360- Advanced Packaging Technology for Enhanced Food Safety and Protection. Sept 2021
  12. ​ARTICLE: Meat Packaging Design Captures Consumers' Attention Food Technology Magazine July 2021
  13. ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresh Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
  14. PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Waste Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
  15. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021​
  16. ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  17. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  18. ARTICLE: 5 Ways Active Packaging Has Staying Power Packaging Digest November 2020
  19. ARTICLE: Antimicrobial Packaging on the Rise Again Food Technology Magazine October 2020
  20. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  21. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  22. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  23. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions for Baked Goods Food Technology Magazine January 2019
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. ARTICLE: Packaging That Keeps Produce Fresh Food Technology Magazine, January 2018
  27. ARTICLE: Capturing More Value from Packaging Food Technology Magazine, December 2017
  28. ​ARTICLE: Packaged to Preserve Food Technology Magazine, July 2017​​
  29. ​ARTICLE: Superior Barriers Food Technology Magazine, February 2017​
  30. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions for Clean Label Products Food Technology Magazine, January 2017​
  31. ​PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
  32. ARTICLE:  Modified Atmosphere Packaging Expands Food Technology Magazine, May 2016
  33. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
  34. ​ARTICLE: Innovative Food Packaging Solutions Food Technology 2008​
​Barriers  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Beefed-Up Meat Packaging Advances in Two Ways Packaging Digest July 2023
  2. ​PRESENTATION: . Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  3. ARTICLE: Rethinking Barrier Films, Food Waste and the Circular Economy Flexible Packaging October 2021
  4. ARTICLE: Controlling Moisture in Foods Using Packaging Food Technology Magazine September 2021
  5. ​ARTICLE: Advanced Sterilization Technologies Unwrap Packaging Potential Food Technology Magazine, August 2021
  6. ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresh Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
  7. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  8. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Food Technology Magazine March 2021
  9. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  10. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  11. ARTICLE: Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, October 2019
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. ARTICLE:  Raising the Bar: High Barrier Polymerss Food Technology Magazine October 2018
  15. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
  16. ARTICLE:  Superior Barriers Food Technology Magazine, February 2017​
  17. ​​PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
  18. ARTICLE:  Innovations in Plastic Food Packaging  Food Technology Magazine, November 2016​
  19. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Edible & Antimicrobial  Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 10 Top Innovations in Food Packaging Science - IFT 2023 Packaging Digest August 2023
  2. ​​ARTICLE: Packaging Can Solve Our Food Waste Conundrum Packaging Digest April 2021
  3. PRESENTATION: Top 3 Packaging Solutions to Prevent Food Waste 2022
  4. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  5. PODCAST: Packaging Possibilities: Food Wast Reduction Packaging Digest May 2021
  6. ARTICLE: Packaging Expands Fresth Produce Access Food Technology Magazine, May 2021
  7. ARTICLE: Antimicrobials Grant Superpowers to Food Packaging Packaging Digest March 2021
  8. ARTICLE:  Multilayer Packaging Continues to Make Its Mark Packaging Digest March 2021
  9. ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions That Prevent Food Waste Packaging Digest October 2020
  10. ARTICLE: 5 Ways Active Packaging Has Staying Power Packaging Digest November 2020
  11. ARTICLE: Antimicrobial Packaging on the Rise Again Food Technology Magazine October 2020
  12. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  13. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K., 2017 Breakthroughs in Intelligent & Responsive Packaging to Reduce Food Waste, Minn Pack 2017
  14. ​ARTICLE: Packaging Solutions for Clean Label Products Food Technology Magazine, January 2017​
  15. 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
  16. 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  
  17. ​PRESENTATION: Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017
  18. ​ARTICLE: Decreasing Consumer-Derived Food Waste Food Technology Magazine, October 2015
Packaging Machinery  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Packaging Strategies to Stall Lipid Oxidation Food Technology Magazine, April 2021
  2. ARTICLE: How to Pick a Co-Packing Partner Food Technology Magazine February 2021
  3. ARTICLE: Packaging for Sweet Treats Food Technology Magazine November 2020
  4. ARTICLE: BETA, XR, AI and Big Data Advance Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine Sep 2020
  5. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  6. ARTICLE: How Food Entrepreneurs Drive Package Innovation Food Technology Magazine January 2020
  7. ARTICLE:  Agile Packaging Machinery Food Technology Magazine, December 2015
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Food Safety - Track & Trace  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 4 Packaging Lessons from Kiwi's Global Supply Chain Packaging Digest April 2023
  2. ARTICLE: 5 Food Packaging Science Breathroughs to Use in 2023 Packaging Digest January 2023
  3. ARTICLE: Cool New Tech to Extend Food Packaging Shelf Life Packaging Digest December 2022
  4. ARTICLE: E-Commerce Packaging Delivers Food Technology November 2022
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Serving Up Well-Done Foodservice Packaging Food Technology Magazine May 2022​
  6. ARTICLE: 3 Solutions to Ensure Supply Chain Resiliency Packaging Digest September 2021
  7. ARTICLE: Packaging to Protect Seafood Quality Food Technology Magazine, June 2021
  8. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  9. ARTICLE:  Active and Intelligent Packaging = Longer Shelf Life Food Technology Magazine April 2020
  10. VIDEO: Packaging's Role in the 4th Industrial Revolution , May 2019 
  11. 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 
  12. PRESENTATION:  The Role of Intelligent Packaging and the Internet of Things. Food Engineering conference. Symposia Chair. Minneapolis. September 2018
  13. PRESENTATION:  Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  14. PRESENTATION The future of Intelligent packaging. IFT. Chicago. July 2018​​
  15. PRESENTATION: Sand, C.K. 2017 Milk Packaging Midwest Dairy Annual Meeting, July 2017
  16. PRESENTATION:  Tactical packaging challenges and solutions for fresh seafood. Louisiana. January 2017​
  17. ​ARTICLE: Intelligent Packaging Advances to Meet New Needs Food Technology Magazine, November 2015
  18. ​ARTICLE: Radio Frequency Identification in Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September and October 2014
Reduce Food Fraud  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: Internet of Packaging Will Energize Food Packaging Packaging Digest January 2020
  2. PRESENTATION: The Role of Intelligent Packaging and the Internet of Things. Food Engineering conference. Symposia Chair. Minneapolis. September 2018
  3. PRESENTATION:  Packaging technologies and value chain concepts to advance value-added pulse-based foods. McGill Convergence Innovation Webinar
  4. PRESENTATION:  The future of Intelligent packaging. IFT. Chicago. July 2018
  5. ​​ARTICLE: Opening Innovation With Closures Food Technology Magazine, February 2016
  6. ARTICLE: Strategies to Halt Package Fraud Food Technology Magazine, January 2016
  7. PRESENTATION: GFSI, BRC, SQF and Beyond: Where food safety is heading and packaging’s role in getting us there​ 2015
  8. ​ARTICLE: Intelligent Packaging Advances to Meet New Needs Food Technology Magazine, November 2015
  9. ​ARTICLE: Radio Frequency Identification in Packaging Food Technology Magazine, September and October 2014
Closures  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE:  Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
  2. ​ARTICLE: Opening Innovation With Closures Food Technology Magazine, February 2016

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Glass, Paperboard & Metal Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: The Role of Metal in Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine July 2020
  2. ARTICLE: A Classic Resurges: Glass Food Technology Magazine, December 2019
  3. ​ARTICLE:  Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
  4. ​ARTICLE:  Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
  5. ​ARTICLE:  The Future of Paperboard is Bright Food Technology Magazine March 2019​
 Plastic Packaging  - Return to top for other categories
  1. ARTICLE: 5 Bioplastics That Meet Today’s Food Packaging Needs Packaging Digest September 2023
  2. ​ARTICLE: A Guide to 6 Seal Test Methods for Food Packaging, Packaging Digest November 2021
  3. ARTICLE: The Complexities of Compostable Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine October 2019
  4. ​ARTICLE: Raising the Bar: High Barrier Polymers Food Technology Magazine October 2018
  5. ​ARTICLE:  Packaging Quenches Thirst for Beverages Food Technology Magazine August 2018
  6. ARTICLE: Innovations in Plastic Food Packaging Food Technology Magazine, November 2016​

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