Dairies and cheesemakers often choose rigid containers to set products apart from the competition and meet sustainability targets. And new rigid container offerings can help dairy processors enhance shelf impact, sustainability and convenience.
Distinctively shaped rigid packaging commands attention at retail. But distinctive shapes also can add functionality or project a certain desired image.
Rigid packaging is a staple in the dairy case, but what’s stocked today differs from what consumers put in their shopping carts a few years ago. Containers have been lightweighted, sometimes with the help of in-mold labels.
Processing and packaging technology suppliers are accommodating the accompanying material and equipment requirements with innovations such as those seen in September at Pack Expo Las Vegas
Polytainers introduced its new Wave line of retail packaging. The container design incorporates a stylish Wave accent shape that separates the top IML label information area from the fluted bottom window area.
The one-liter Tetra Evero Aseptic package from Tetra Pak is a safe, shelf-stable carton for milk that combines the benefits of cartons with the convenience of a bottle shape.