With more sustainable packages appearing on store shelves, Refrigerated & Frozen Foods seeks an industry perspective from Brian McGlynn, a 30-year-plus food packaging industry veteran who has worked with all types of packaging materials.
People might say you need to “blow off some steam” when things get rough. But no matter what, you’d be hard pressed to find any processors just “blowing off” steam. That’s because steam-cook packaging is helping fuel growing microwavable food sales, which are expected to reach $75.4 billion by next year, according to a study by Global Industry Analysts Inc.
In the face of consumers’ food safety concerns, need for convenience and demand for high-quality products, one factor quite literally keeps refrigerated and frozen food processors - and their products - from falling short.
ConAgra Foods, Omaha, Neb., says it is now using between 30 percent and 40 percent post-consumer recycled plastic in nearly all frozen meal trays for Healthy Choice, Banquet, Kid Cuisine and Marie Callender's products.
This IAFP symposium will address the proper preparation of a class of foods considered “not-ready-to-eat” (containing raw or partially cooked ingredients) in microwave ovens.
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