Packaging is a major and growing factor in the success of a product. Choosing the right package can come down to the way it feels, the appearance of the product within the package, or the comfort level with a particular style of package. At the point of sale, consumers really do judge a product by its looks. Learn how to choose the right package for your product, your operation and your end user.

As demand for homestyle burgers continues, along with the same expectation of taste, quality and safety, processors that produce ground beef and burger patties seek solutions to help them deliver on all aspects of better burgers. Those solutions — just like the increasing type and variety of "burgers" on the market — involve a series of important steps, from meat selection and temperature to mixing and grinding to forming.

It's not just a ground beef/foam tray world anymore. While that product is still popular, today's meat case includes a broader range of proteins, grinds, forms and packages, from case-ready bricks of bison to onion-studded turkey patties. A diverse marketplace calls for versatile equipment that can handle different processes, products and packaging without giving up efficiency. Learn more about systems that can help you solve the meat case when it comes to ground products.

Limiting the gaps between the supply chain links helps ensure the integrity of safe food production. Bundling services that are critical to maintaining world-class sanitation for the long term is one critical step. Production facilities utilizing an integrated system of partnerships between proven suppliers of sanitation products and reputable service providers closes unnecessary gaps. Read how two companies have bundled their products and expertise to eliminate vulnerabilities.

As the demand for meat snacks continues to grow, processors are challenged to avoid the most common production pitfalls. Find out the two most common processing challenges and how superior technology and equipment design addresses them while maximizing high-speed throughput and high-quality end products to bolster your bottom line. Part 3 of this series identifies problems and provides solutions for processors.

When it comes to meat processing operations, inspection systems play an important role in both food safety and food quality assurance. Both are essential for a brand’s success. However, product recalls can interfere with that success, which can be costly to a processor’s bottom line – both in loss of sales and damage to a company’s reputation. Taking steps to prevent recalls, such as installing effective inspection systems, can protect meat processing operations now and in the future. Learn what options exist in inspection and detection systems.

While the quality of meat products lies in the hands of the processor, the strength, durability and stability of the package it comes in is the responsibility of packaging equipment manufacturers. These manufacturers are charged with the task of designing equipment that can fulfill the meat processor’s promise for safe, secure and quality product. Learn how meat processors and their customers can benefit from vacuum skin packaging systems.

The technology behind today's diced and sliced proteins requires precision and solutions-based innovation. Meat and poultry-based products used for toppings, ingredients and in snack packs are in high demand. Marlen International offers dicing and slicing solutions processors value and consumers crave.

Meeting consumers' interest in clean labels while also helping ensure food safety isn't always an easy task. Turn that pressure into a positive one and learn about High Pressure Pasteurization from JBT Avure Technologies. The natural, clean label pasteurization technique eliminates pathogens including Listeria, E. coli and Salmonella in packaged foods while also extending shelf life and ensuring product quality.

The U.S. red meat and poultry industry is financially healthier than it has been for many years. The industry is well-balanced in terms of supply and demand, and processing capacity versus available numbers of livestock and poultry. The outlook for 2018 remains positive.