PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2012

BOTTLES 45 PET planet insider Vol. 13 No. 03/12 www.petpla.net Sweet PET solution for Heritage Foods Heritage Family Specialty Foods Inc., based in south-west USA and a supplier of speciality food products for retail and food service markets, is now using 50g, 32oz decanter-size PET bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics for its Brack Ranch Sweet Pepper Glaze. The product is co-branded with Coun- try Living magazine’s Country Living Specialty Food Collec- tion. Heritage Family says that the stock PET bottle offers a premium look, sustainability, cost advantages and improved manufacturing efficiencies. The move to PET has enabled Heritage Family to gain entry into the club store market seg- ment. It launched late in 2011 at Costco’s locations through- out the Southwest. The 32oz PET container has also enabled the company to achieve packaging advantages. Serving this particular market in its previous packaging format would have required two shrink-wrapped 16oz bottles, which would have added cost and increased production time, according to Heritage Family. The PET containers are seamlessly inte- grated into existing glass filling lines with minimal adjustment. Amcor’s 32oz ambient fill (up to 140°F/60C) and hot fill (up to 185°F/85C) decanters are particularly targeted at bar- becue sauces, salad dress- ing, and other sauce prod- ucts. The sweet pepper glaze bottle extends Amcor’s pres- ence in the food category. www.hfsfoods.com.  www.countryliving.com  www.amcor.com 6-fruits nectar Rewe Markt GmbH based in Cologne is marketing a litre of still mineral water with six additional fruit juices and a total minimum 60% fruit content in a PET bottle with an easy-to-handle shape. The bottle is fitted with helix- type reinforcement grooves in the neck area and, in the waist area, with reinforcement grooves arranged horizontally. An all-round paper body label and a yellow screw top with tamper-evident strip complete the packaging. www.rewe.de