Branding and labelling have the most impact on consumers’ buying decisions, followed by blind tasting, concludes a study that used wine tasting as a model to determine the relative influence of different cues on purchasing intent.
When a consumer is making up their mind whether or not to buy a product they are not guided by [...]

The trend towards low-cost food packaging over the past two years, driven by global recession and volatile energy prices, is the main finding of a new study conducted by UK-based analysts Canadean.
Its latest report, Innovation in Liquid Food Packaging, 2009, charts the latest developments in ambient liquid food packaging design since 2007. It reviews the [...]

Bisphenol-A (BPA) is  a chemical that is used in plastic manufacturing combining with other chemicals. It has been used for many days and was permitted with the Commission Directive 2002/72/EC of 6 August 2002.
Little amount of BPA can contaminate to the food products via polycarbonate plastics and epoxide materials. Also BPA migration can occur by [...]