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Coding and labelling in today’s ready meal and convenience food sectors
White Paper
IntroductionAs the demand for more detailed food labelling continues to increase, how can manufacturers in the ready meal and convenience foods sector continue to meet these challenges without impacting on the brand or the efficiencies of their production process?
This white paper looks at how markets are developing, how stakeholder demands are increasing, and how manufacturers can not only meet these increasing demands, but also maintain a focus on their core business.
While many industries are struggling to maintain a foothold in a challenging economy, the convenience foods and ready meals sectors are proving resilient and continuing to grow, fuelled by an increase in consumer demand. In the UK alone, Europe’s biggest single market for convenience foods, the ready meal sector was reported to be worth £1.85 billion in 2011 and is expected to grow by over 35% to a value of £2.71 billion by the year 2016. This is a trend that is being replicated globally as consumer demand for convenience, coupled with the growing ‘dining-in’ experience continues to spearhead this growth.
As forecasters look to predict future growth in this sector, manufacturers are also being faced with some of the toughest demands yet in terms of coding and labelling. This comes at a time when manufacturers are striving to increase production efficiencies and maximise margins while still protecting the integrity of their brand.
There are a number of stakeholders that are driving these additional coding and labelling pressures.
Retailers are demanding true-type font codes. These are clear, precise texts that can be easily read by consumers and will complement, not detract, from the product’s overall branding.
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Data Source: Key Note Market Report on ready meals in the UK 2012.
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Ready Meal and Convenience Foods
Designed with manufacturers in mind, the G-Series range of solutions include a host of i-Tech (intelligent Technology) smart features to optimise productivity. These include intuitive operator functionality, automated start up and a unique ink cartridge system for automatic ink recognition and configuration which provides real time production information back to the user for greater production control.
Domino also offers a range of water and ethanol-based specialist TIJ inks that ‘bond’ to package substrates for permanent scratch resistant print capable of withstanding the rigors of transportation and logistical handling.
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Maximising production efficiencies is likely to be a key goal that will help to differentiate your offering from that of your competitors, so looking for ‘smart’ solutions that can optimise output and minimise downtime should be a priority. A further consideration during the selection process is to choose a technology partner that offers a range of specialist certified inks suitable for food packaging environments, well managed after sales support as well as intelligent data management solutions that can generate, manage and store unique product identification codes.
Domino’s G-Series range of TIJ printers deliver significant benefits in primary and secondary applications that are particularly suited to the ready meal and convenience foods sector. Its ability to adapt to meet new traceability legislation, combined with the ease, speed and accuracy with which it applies complex and serialised data, graphics and codes makes it one of the most versatile solutions available. It can also be configured with up to four print heads to cater for wider print widths.
