Packaura
/ October 18, 2026
If you sell, distribute, or manufacture food packaging in the U.S., “check your state’s PFAS law” isn’t optional anymore — more than a dozen states now restrict intentionally added PFAS in food packaging, and the list keeps growing every legislative session. This guide walks through
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Packaura
/ October 16, 2026
A supplier telling you their packaging is “PFAS-free” is a marketing statement, not proof. With a growing list of states banning intentionally added PFAS in food packaging and the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation setting hard concentration limits starting August 2026, a verbal or
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Packaura
/ October 11, 2026
Bamboo packaging keeps showing up everywhere — cosmetics counters, subscription boxes, electronics shelves, even hospital supply rooms — as brands hunt for a plastic alternative that still looks and feels premium. It biodegrades, it grows faster than almost any other packaging raw material, and it
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Packaura
/ September 15, 2026
Plain, uncoated cardboard is actually FDA-compliant for direct contact with dry foods, as long as the fiber and any additives meet federal requirements — a coating isn’t automatically required just to call cardboard “food-safe.” Where a coating or barrier treatment becomes necessary is grease, oil,
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Packaura
/ September 8, 2026
Tea is one of the more demanding products to package well. It has to stay away from light, oxygen, moisture, and odors to keep its flavor, and it has to look worth picking up next to dozens of competing pouches and tins on a shelf
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Packaura
/ August 5, 2026
If you pack, process, or ship foods on the FDA’s high-risk list, FSMA Section 204 is going to reshape how your labels, cartons, and cases are printed — even though the rule itself never mentions the word ‘label.’ The requirement is about recordkeeping, but in
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Packaura
/ August 2, 2026
Walk down the shelf-stable aisle and you’ll see milk, broth, and juice sitting unrefrigerated next to canned goods, often in a carton that looks like plain paper. That’s aseptic packaging at work — a combination of layered materials and a sterile filling process that keeps
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Packaura
/ July 29, 2026
Picking a plastic for food packaging usually comes down to two resins that look similar on a spec sheet but behave very differently on a filling line: polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE). Choose wrong and you end up with lids that crack in the freezer,
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Packaura
/ July 24, 2026
Choosing packaging isn’t just a branding decision — it’s a shelf life decision. The material wrapped around a product determines how much oxygen, moisture, and light reach it, and those three factors drive spoilage, staling, and flavor loss across nearly every food and pharmaceutical category.
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Packaura
/ July 19, 2026
Walk down any grocery aisle and you’ll see two very different metal cans doing the same job: keeping food shelf-stable for months or years. What most shoppers call a “tin can” is almost always tin-plated steel, while soda and beer cans are aluminum. They look
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Packaura
/ July 16, 2026
If you sell into Muslim-majority markets, or sell to brands that do, your packaging can now be the thing that stalls a shipment at customs — not the food inside it. Indonesia’s BPJPH is enforcing mandatory halal certification for packaging materials that touch food starting
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Packaura
/ July 13, 2026
Retailers and food brands are increasingly requiring their packaging suppliers to hold recognized food safety certification — and the SQF Food Safety Code: Manufacture of Food Sector Packaging has become the standard many reach for first. Achieving SQF Packaging Code certification signals to buyers that
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Packaura
/ July 6, 2026
“Eco-friendly” packaging isn’t one thing — it’s at least two competing systems, and picking the wrong one for your market can mean containers that end up in a landfill no matter what the label promises. Compostable and recyclable packaging both sound like the responsible choice,
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Packaura
/ July 6, 2026
Getting a new food product onto shelves is exciting, but a mislabeled package or an unapproved packaging material can trigger a recall, a warning letter, or a costly relabeling run before you ever build momentum. For small brands without an in-house regulatory team, FDA rules
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Packaura
/ June 22, 2026
Whether you’re launching a new food product or rethinking your current packaging, the choice between kraft paper and white paper shapes everything from shelf performance to brand perception to end-of-life recyclability. Both are widely used, both can be made PFAS-free, and both can handle greasy
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Packaura
/ May 28, 2026
Frozen food packaging must withstand temperatures as low as -40°C, resist freezer burn through 12-month shelf lives, run cleanly on high-speed VFFS lines, and increasingly satisfy recyclability mandates from California to the EU. The category’s packaging requirements diverge significantly from ambient food formats — substrate
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