The packaging on some snacks is turning black-and-white, as the war in Iran disrupts the supply of an ingredient used in ...
The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has severely disrupted global supplies of energy and petrochemicals.
Japanese snack maker Calbee is turning to monochrome packaging for popular chips, citing chemical shortages.
Japan gets 70% of its total imports of naphtha, a petroleum-based material used in printing inks, from the Middle East.
Calbee says it would temporarily use only black and white colours on 14 of its products due to a lack of printing ink.
Discover why iconic Calbee potato chip packaging is shifting to black-and-white due to a global naphtha shortage impacting ...
Calbee Inc., a Japanese snack company, shifts to black-and-white packaging for some products due to an ink ingredient ...
The government maintains that there is enough naphtha for local industries, though bottlenecks have been identified.
A GIANT snack company is switching its packaging to black and white as the Iran war drives ink shortages in Japan.