Six empty brown paper fry boats arranged next to each other in a grid formation. Credit: William Ludwig/C&EN/Getty In the 1960s, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, the company that popularized ...

A new AI model developed by Graz University of Technology combines data from laboratory tests with the laws of physics to calculate how well different types of paper protect food from flavour loss and ...

The figure illustrates the migration process of toxic metals from recycled paper food contact materials (FCMs) under foreseen usage conditions and exhaustive extraction methods used for unforeseen ...

The demand for environmentally friendly packaging solutions is increasing, and both paper manufacturers and brand owners of consumer packed goods are looking for new innovative raw materials to ...

The move “eliminates the primary source of dietary exposure to PFAS from authorized food contact uses,” the FDA said in a news release. The Food and Drug Administration announced that all paper and ...

McDonald’s Corp., Chicago, has announced that the company has almost achieved its goal of sourcing all of its paper food packaging in restaurants from recycled or sustainable fiber. The company ...

In 1938, a 27-year-old chemist named Roy Plunkett stumbled across a new type of chemical, one with a bond so strong it would end up sticking around long after he died—in fact, almost forever. Today, ...

Food packaging from around the world contains at least 68 “forever chemicals” that can seep into what we eat, a new study finds. And 61 of them are not even supposed to be used in such products. This ...

Approximately 60% of all plastics produced worldwide are used for food packaging (1). That means that of the 380 million metric tons of plastics produced in 2015, 228 million metric tons were food ...