Flexible and stackable packaging; Snack wraps target teens; Spreads go ‘simple’

Flexible and Stackable Packaging
Flavor Tree Dark Chocolate Pretzels from John B. Sanfilippo & Son celebrated the holiday season with a new flexible, stackable, and recloseable package from Clear Lam Packaging. The new limited edition packaging features a gift wrapped design for the holidays and weighs about 70% less than traditional rigid packaging, such as plastic jars. Made from a single roll of film on a PrimaPak bagging machine, the package’s six sides enhance shelf impact.

To create a flexible package capable of being stacked and to better protect the product inside, Clear Lam developed a new method of enhancing the package rigidity. The end result is a pop-up box shape with greater consumer appeal. The finished package retains its shape, performs well during transport, and stores easily on retail shelves as well as in consumer pantries. In addition, a “peel and reseal” lid opens easily, stays open, and reseals to the package with a light touch.

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Snack Wraps Target Teens
For the 90% of teenagers who reach for a snack once a day and the 73% eating more than one snack per day, Hormel Foods has launched Hormel REV wraps, a handheld ready-to-eat snack providing 15 g of protein or more in a single serving, making them a smart alternative to empty calorie snacks. The new products come in single-serve packages in eight varieties, including Pepperoni Pizza, Ham and Cheese, Peppered Turkey, Meat Lovers Pizza, Italian Style Ham, Hot Peppered Ham, Italian Style, and Spicy Italian Style. A three-pack of Pepperoni Pizza is also available. The Pepperoni Pizza flavor delivers 16 g of protein, 300 calories, and 1 g of fiber per 3-oz serving. Hormel REV wraps, available in grocery stores throughout the United States, carry a suggested retail price of $1.99–$2.39 for individual packages and $5.49–$5.99 for the three-pack unit.

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Spreads Go ‘Simple’
In response to growing consumer demand for foods with simple ingredients, Unilever USA has introduced two new spreads: I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Deliciously Simple and Country Crock Simply Delicious. The new products are the company’s first spreads to feature simplified recipes and a blend of simple ingredients, such as canola oil, nonfat yogurt, salt, and natural flavors. The new spreads have no artificial preservatives, no partially hydrogenated oils, 0 g trans fat per serving, and are considered an excellent source of omega-3 ALA. In addition to the new recipe, the spreads come in rectangular 12-oz containers that easily fit in the refrigerator and feature images of some of the simple ingredients used to make the new products. I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! Deliciously Simple carries a suggested retail price of $3.19 while Country Crock Simply Delicious has a suggested retail price of $2.39.