Food and beverage brands constantly launch new products and new packages, many of which are posted to social media — if you can find them. Packaging Digest highlights the best of them on a regular basis. This compilation collects the news and developments from November 2022 that include redesigned Plum Organics pouches, Mars' bars paper wraps, insights into self-heating food packaging, White Castle’s salute to service members, a textured cap that ifnroms consumers of the shelf life, Pepsi Nutmeg Royale, healthy discussion, a Tetra Pak collaboration, and more.

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Popcorn’s design inspired by The Salvation Army.

North America food packaging market forecast to grow at a 4.9% CAGR from 2020 to 2028 to reach $135.52 billion.

Redesigned Plum Organics pouches clarify ingredients for parents while engaging them with a new QR code.

Mars is switching from plastic to recyclable paper-based wrappers in April for Mars, Snickers, and Milky Way brands.

A striking kind of apropos circularity via the cut-out label.

Textured cap lets visually impaired consumers know how much shelf life is left to reduce food waste.

Black-owned Blk & Bold coffee brand collaborated with Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever to create a coffee collection featuring the film characters.

Major brands, companies turning to PCR content.

Price increases propel interest in single-serving packaging.

UK’s first reusable coffee cup made from Bornewables biopolymers.

Kid-friendly plant-based “milk” uses “gooey” font on can. Look below for more on the growing trend in 1970s style typeface.

What a bee-autiful packaging!

Pepsi Nutmeg Royale draws attention in unusual packaging design.

World’s first biodegradable water bottle heading to retail: Cove, made of PHA.

Huhtamaki Group’s breakthrough technology enables home composting of paper coffee capsules.

Aldi UK testing reusable food packaging.

Sealed Air, ExxonMobil, Ahold Delhaize USA announce advanced recycling initiative for food packaging films.

FDA wants to know what “healthy” on food packaging should mean.

Squishy bulbous 1970s-style lettering is popular.

McDonald’s France debuts reusable plastic packaging.

Godiva unveils limited-edition Christmas packaging.

Popular UK brand Au Vodka enters US markets in striking gold packaging.

Shake ‘N Bake deletes the “shaker” bag, saves 900,000 pounds of plastic.

Copac’s self-sealing sandwich packs that extend shelf life to two days without the need for a sealing machine.

Confirm shelf life by touch with this novel label.

Tetra Pak collaboration with Fresh Start that offers shelf-life extending technology for food and beverages.

Vytal’s packaging containers are imprinted with machine-readable QR codes, which allows it to gather data along the supply chain.

Vertical farm brand's new resealable packaging turns to rPET thermoform while cutting plastic 38%.

Classy redesign for spirits.

Pancake mix packaging showdown.

Mentos Gum Boardio Canister earns Paperboard Package of the Year honors.

November 14 webinar on PFAS chemicals and food packaging.

Insights into self-heating food packaging.

Starbuck’s RTD coffees redesign is emotional.

Plastic food packaging identified as source of legal liability.

Absolut Vodka cuts glass bottles’ carbon footprint 20% with Ardagh Group’s hydrogen-fired furnace.

Product Ventures summarizes their work for Planters nuts’ redesigned packaging.

White Castle’s salute to service members past and present.

Bacardi removes plastic pourers from the brand’s packaging.

Pack Expo attendees Liked Berry’s Proxima tethered closure.

Flexible packaging weighs on brands’ sustainable plans.

Food packaging innovations leverage traceability, improve food safety, reduce waste, and help retailers engage with customers. Did we miss anything?

Global Snack Food Packaging Market to grow at a CAGR of 5.8%.

Marie’s debuts brand’s first squeezable dressings.

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