Category - Food Packaging Science

Food label basics
Food Packaging Science

The basics of food labels

Labels on food generally have two very important functions: 1) make the product look appealing and make people want to buy it and 2) tell the (legal) details of your food. You both want to make sure people know what...

October 10, 2017
9 min read
spinach quiche ready for covering with cheese mix
Food Packaging Science

The science of packaging grated cheese

It’s probably an even more familiar phenomenon than mouldy bread: mouldy cheese. And not just the cheeses that are meant to be mouldy, but mould growth on cheese that are not supposed to be covered in them. Dutch...

June 25, 2017
7 min read

The secrets of orange juice packaging

While drinking a glass of freshly made orange juice a little while ago I noticed orange juice is a great vehicle for explaining all sorts of science related phenomenon. This last post in its series is all about orange...

July 20, 2016
6 min read