Fully automatic Rollstock vacuum packaging machines are now available with faster cycle times and improved performance, says Rollstock Inc.

Puffed and extruded snacks are shedding their junk-food image with more nutritious ingredients and no-fry processing, plus on-trend flavors, textures and shapes to add more fun.

New shapes, interesting flavors and better-for-you ingredients help make tortilla chips the second most-popular salty snack among U.S. consumers.

Better-for-you ingredients and innovative flavors continue to keep potato chips at the top of consumers’ list of favorite snacks, while the classics still resonate.

Essentials Inc. now offers a semiautomatic control package for its FlexPak Package Leak Detector.

AAF International’s new OptiFlo RC features several design enhancements over the company’s OptiFlo cartridge collector.

Lock n’ Pop has introduced a MMDV extrusion valve for its water-based cohesive that forms a chemical bond with package surfaces and holds firm until it’s time to unstack pallets.

Hinds-Bock Corp. says its new griddle depositor is ideal for pancake and waffle batters.

Akro-Mils’ Super-Size AkroBins now come in gray.

Flexicon Corp. now offers a FLEXI-DISC sanitary tubular cable conveyor for fragile bulk foods and nonfoods that can be quickly washed down between production runs.