The company says it’s constructing a state-of-the-art research and development center in Hanover, Pa., located near one of its largest bakeries. The center will research, develop and enhance new and existing products across the entire line of Snyder’s-Lance snack foods.
Kraft Foods has been involved in sustainability projects for some time; the company has become more focused in the past few years by figuring out what matters most to its business and where it can have a ‘significant impact’ environmentally.
Many clean-label manufacturers are making headway in snack and bakery segments by creating exciting new foods for consumers to enjoy, proving that clean-label foods can also be tasty and satisfying.
Studies indicate that shoppers pay more attention to what they eat, which is driving development and reformulation of products with cleaner labels. But, do clean labels really mean clean foods?
A consumer’s first impression of a product starts with its packaging. Meanwhile, packaging can tell consumers about the environmental values of the products they're buying. But, sometimes those enviro-friendly ideals don't transfer to the packaging itself.
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Frito-Lay is testing its "enviro-friendly" manufacturing innovations on its Plano, Ariz., production plant, what it calls the ‘greenest manufacturing plant in the U.S.’
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