Best in New Food and Beverage Packaging

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, with the most recent “find” at the beginning. Come back often to quickly scroll through to see what you’ve missed.

Smart food packaging commercialization.

PepsiCo recalls 2,801 cases of sugared Mug Root Beer soda labeled as Mug Zero Sugar Root Beer.

BermudAir is the first airline partner for ecoSpirits, world’s first low carbon, low waste packaging and distribution system for premium wine and spirits.

Is Coca-Cola really the biggest plastic polluter? Not so fast…

Limited-edition “Trat-Pop” packaging inspired by Jerry Seinfeld’s “Unfrosted” Netflix film about Pop-Tarts.

McDonalds, BASF collaborate on 100% sustainable packaging made with compostable bioplastics.

Study shows compostable packaging breaks down successfully.

Brazilian researchers develop bioplastic film using banana peels that's eco-friendly and great for food packaging.

Affordable, curbside-recyclable paper packaging with high barrier to oxygen, moisture, and oil.

Bonduelle Group, ExxonMobil, Constantia Drukpol to develop a recyclable mono-PE freezer film.

In an UK first, Aldi moves to 100% recycled plastic for soft drinks packaging.

NYCOA to launch clear amorphous nylon for flexible food packaging at NPE 2024 next week.

Long Beach implements ordinance that mandates all local foodservice providers use recyclable or compostable foodware containers.

Sojo Shield is a game-changing, real-time solution that uses blockchain, geolocation, AI, and QR codes for FDA’s deadline for traceability of certain perishables.

Compostable foodservice packaging — in eco-cueing green color no less— launches that meets state regulations.

Bottled Skittles?

Snacks packaged in edible beeswax.

Sojo Shield technology for supply chain visibility that meets FDA’s food safety traceability rule for certain perishables.

Lotus Biscoff cookies launch redesigned packaging.

BSB Whiskey and Jamie Foxx unveil collaboration with new iconic packaging

Celebrate big brand’s big sustainability wins on Earth Day.

PepsiCo UK continues pivoting snacks from plastic packaging to paper.

Beer brand questioned for packaging that appeals to those under 18.

Coca-Cola Company soft drink bottles redesigned to cut amount of PET plastic.

Polish ice cream company leverages AI on packaging design.

Sixth City Sauce is sixth brand to adopt the EEASY Lid anyone can open.

Special edition Woodford Reserve bottled in beautiful packaging for the 150th Kentucky Derby.

Researchers turn avocado pruning residue into sustainable food packaging.

Amcor Flexibles’s Danoninho dual-function frozen yogurt package won FPA gold for innovation.

Beer Packaging Market projected to reach $36.6 billion by 2034, spurred by growing popularity of craft beer.

ProAmpac, Sammi team to launch a fiber-based modified atmosphere sandwich pack designed to extend shelf-life and minimize food spoilage costs.

Global Food Flexible Packaging market to grow from $88.66 billion in 2023 to $121.31 billion by 2030 at a 4.1% CAGR.

Metsa Group looks to scale wood fiber products as recyclable alternative to plastic food packaging.

New sensor tech to detect spoiled foods before they reach retail okayed by FDA.

Klöckner Pentaplast launches 100% recycled PET food trays made exclusively from trays.

Bioplastic film made from banana fiber that’s strong, sustainable, and transparent.

Coca-Cola and Marvel team for limited-edition packaging with more than 35 superhero designs.

Berry Global partners with MGC to develop a recyclable barrier solution for thermoformed articles, plastic tubes, jars, and bottles using MXD6 resin.

Award-winning Postal Tea packaging is seamless branding.

Milk jug of vodka is different.

Food and beverage packaging roasts and toasts.

Packaging innovations: Aldi wine bottles flatten, Baileys bottles lighten.

PepsiCo UK’s Snack a Jacks move to paper outer packaging to reduce virgin plastic use by 65 tonnes early.

Coca-Cola lightens bottles to cut plastic waste.

Graphic warning graphics on Alcoholic Vodka brand packaging.

Capri Sun launches a recyclable pouch in the UK.

Coca-Cola Co’s Glacéau smartwater brand releases 12-oz aluminum cans with a new visual design.

Grace O'Malley Whiskey packaging offers legendary Irish storytelling.

Sustainable packaging startup develops food packaging made from tree bark.

UK beach study ranks top brand owner litter found on beach.

PS: We feel the ultimate responsibility is on the brand's careless customers who littered.

For last month's content, click on Best in Food & Beverage Packaging for March 2024.