34 JULY 2018
PA C K A G I N G
Do you need a food
product packed?
Hansells Masterton can help!
Established in 1934 Hansells Masterton has more than
80 years of experience in the NZ and global food industry.
We specialise in powder and liquid blending & packing of
dairy and non-dairy products, and can pack into just about
any packaging format you might require.
Certified for packing products for local or export markets -
dairy, organic, halal and kosher - you name it, we can do it.
For more information contact:
Alan Stewart
Chairman
alan.stewart@xmail.co.nz
Phone: +64 21 430 768
Alistair Rough
Product Development Manager
AlistairR@hmstn.co.nz
Phone +64 21 175 2724
or
www.hansellsmasterton.co.nz
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THE SOURCE FOR FOODTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION
PURE
GENIE-US
Self-heating ready-to-drink beverage packaging is on the
way, with US developer HeatGenie closing a $6 million
funding round that will be used to complete product
development and move into commercialisation.
The company is expected to bring to
the consumer packaged goods market
a safe self-heating innovation that
integrates into packaging, allowing
consumers to heat drinks on the go.
Its technology, which is environmentally
safe and recyclable, simply and
quickly heats beverages with a twist
of the lid through a solid-state thermal
reaction in a small lightweight heater
that gives high-content energy and
heat. The result is a cup of hot coffee
or a can of soup in the hand of a consumer
in less than two minutes. “We
have always had an incredibly positive
response to our technology from
CPG brands, many expressing early
interest in embedding HeatGenie
into products,” chief executive Mark
Turner says. “Now, with a commercialised
and scalable solution ready
for market, we are already partnering
with beverage companies eager to
give consumers a simple way to instantly
heat coffee, tea, soup, broth
or sake…wherever and whenever
they please.” With global lifestyle
demands for convenient food and
drink options rising 40% within three
years, the marketplace demand for
self-heating food packaging across
regions continues to increase, and is
expected to maintain healthy growth,
Turner says.
EATING OUR
RUBBISH
Imagine a pack of noodles where
you can eat the packaging as well
as the contents. It might sound
futuristic, but edible packaging is
already with us – used for coating
or wrapping various food and
pharmaceutical products to extend
their shelf life. Now, a young Polish
scientist Roza Janusz has created
Scoby, an alternative to plastic
food packaging that is made from
organic bacteria and yeast through
a fermentation process that can
be eaten or composted. Janusz,
a graduate of the School of Form
in Poznan, says the material can
prolong the durability of a food
product and is designed to store dry
or semi-dry foods such as seeds,
nuts, herbs and salad. “Packaging
will no longer litter the environment,
but enrich it,” she says. The
membrane is grown in shallow
containers by feeding agricultural
waste to bacteria and yeast over a
period of two weeks. It is fermented
in a room with a temperature of
between 25 to 25 degrees celsius,
before being placed in moulds
– and does not need sunlight to
grow. Once set, the bacteria forms
a thin, malleable film that acts as a
barrier against oxygen – the main
component to food decomposition.
“The material is compostable and
nutritious to our gut or the soil
because of its healthy bacteria,”
Jasnusz says. “It is a product of
fermentation and has a low pH,
which prevents food from wasting.”
She believes that the bio-composite
material can be easily integrated
into the farming process at an industrial
level. “The farmer is more
and more an engineer, and the
farm becomes a factory,” she says.
“Growing materials has become
more and more popular in design,
so maybe growing things is closer
and easier than we think.”
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