• Chocolatier Santiago Cutugan visited Food and Drink Business's media hub on Day Two to discuss his creation: an entirely edible chocolate garden made using Oterra’s natural colours.
    Chocolatier Santiago Cutugan visited Food and Drink Business's media hub on Day Two to discuss his creation: an entirely edible chocolate garden made using Oterra’s natural colours.
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Food & Drink Business ran head-on into Day Two of foodpro 2023 as doors opened today, 24 July.

Our Food & Drink Business foodpro podcast hub went live with publisher Lindy Hughson starting the day on the podcast’s YouTube live stream. For those who missed the live stream, head to Food & Drink’s LinkedIn page to watch.

The first guest of the day was Damian Smyth from Label Makers Group, who joined Lindy to discuss sustainable labels.

Pippa Haupt then took over hosting duties, and was joined on the podcast by Terrance Ryan of NCS Australia, who gave an insight into its NCS's new FreshFocus software solution, designed for the fresh food industry. 

Kim Berry was later joined by chocolatier Santiago Cuyugan from Mamecoca, to talk about natural food colourings in chocolate, and to discuss his creation on display on the show floor: an entirely edible chocolate garden made using Oterra’s natural colours.

Trimatt Systems founder Matt Johnson joined the podcast later in the day to discuss digital printing on sustainable packaging, and to bring the news of the successful launch of Trimatt's new CupPro600, a unique to the world machine designed to print food grade ink onto paper cups, ideal for SMEs. 

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Packaging News

Australian packaging machinery manufacturer Packserv has forged a new strategic alliance with FP Developments, making its equipment directly available to customers across the United States.

Tetra Pak is investing €60 million in a new pilot plant in Lund, Sweden, to advance development of an aseptic carton material that replaces the traditional aluminium foil layer with a paper-based barrier.

The Australian and New Zealand businesses of Pro-Pac Packaging (PPG), excluding Perfection Packaging, have been sold to Consolidated Packaging Australia, a subsidiary of Knoxcorp, the privately owned Australian investment company headed by Jim Knox.