Riso Gallo has launched Venere Expresso, its first black rice in a pouch.

The Campbell Soup Co. is not content to simply extend its current product platforms, said Denise Morrison, president and chief executive officer.

SunOpta, a Canada-based organic, specialty and natural health products manufacturer, is set to add additional filling lines at its Allentown, Pennsylv

Mondi Group has agreed to buy Nordenia International AG for a cash sum of €240m citing it as a platform to reach high-growth emerging markets.

Consumer perceptions of the pouch as a more contemporary packaging form will help drive US demand to US$8.8bn (€7.2m by 2016, predicts Freedonia.

Wipak said it has entered the stand-up pouch market thanks to the acquisition of Italian company Bordi Carlo.