Awards: Highest Achievement Award; Gold Award—Technical Innovation

Manufacturer: American Packaging Corporation, americanpackaging.com

Description: Crunch Pak’s Lunch Kitz is a 4-ounce snack tray with individual compartments containing fresh sliced apples, an artisan cracker, string cheese, and Italian salami. The foods are fresh and healthy, including the salami, which contains no nitrates, nitrites, or artificial ingredients.

Awards: Gold Award—Packaging Excellence; Gold Award—Printing; Gold Award—Shelf Impact

Manufacturer: Emirates Printing Press, L.L.C., eppdubai.com

Description: The first thing that consumers remember about a brand is its color. The print on matte OPP with a white background and multiple colors gives this package a rich look, which lends itself to an attractive shelf appearance, influencing consumers to buy the product. The structure of the package maintains the required barrier for chips.

Award: Silver Award—Shelf Impact

Manufacturer: ProAmpac, proampac.com

Description: CaPao brought to market its Cacaofruit Smoothie Balls—little balls of goodness—combining cacaofruit pulp with other fruits, nuts, and seeds to deliver a completely new plant-based snack experience. These bite-sized nourishing snacks are produced in a wind-powered manufacturing facility and are individually wrapped on a high-speed vertical form/fill/seal line with a unique recyclable high-barrier paper touch film, then placed in reclosable pouches (also made with a unique, recyclable, high-barrier paper touch structure).

Awards: Gold Award—Packaging Excellence; Gold Award—Printing; and Gold Award—Shelf Impact

Manufacturer: Printpack, printpack.com

Description: Ruffles® new Lime and Jalapeño chip flavor is a collaboration between two bold and dynamic brands—Ruffles® and basketball star Anthony Davis. The collaboration was inspired by Davis’s multidimensional personality and Ruffles®’s spirit of individuality. Three package designs reference Anthony Davis’s #3 jersey. Each package features one of two images of Davis placed on one of three different backgrounds of bold waves. The wavy lines of the package represent both Ruffles®’s iconic texture and Davis’s trademark unibrow. These limited-edition bags mark the first time in Frito-Lay history that a chip package features a celebrity likeness.

Manufacturer: ProAmpac, proampac.com

Description: Leafgro^®, a superior quality compost, uses a large format flexible bag made from a bioplastic resin, Braskem’s I’m green™ polyethylene (PE).

Manufacturer: Printpack, printpack.com

Description: Love Beets received complaints from consumers that the lidding on the beets was hard to open and they had to use a knife to open the package. Printpack offered its Reseal-it^® solution that uses a resealable barrier label integrated into the lidding so consumers can easily open and reclose the package. The resealable label includes tamper evident features, prevents leaks, and extends shelf life.