Packaging Digest

Tea in a pouch is easy to use
Totally Light Tea2Go™ from 4C Foods Corp., Brooklyn, NY, is impacting the way America drinks bottled water. Just pour a single-serve packet of the powdered-tea mix into a bottle and enjoy. 4C Foods, which has been supplying iced-tea mix for more than 30 years, introduced last year the stick-shaped, laminated pouch, which contains just the right amount of flavored tea mix for a half-liter ...

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Flexible packs shift shapes with the times
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