Hormel Foods Corp. said it is selling its CytoSport business, including Muscle Milk products, to PepsiCo. CytoSport got its start marketing its protein-packed powders to weightlifters before developing ready-to-drink bottled products sold in groceries and other stores.

The deal, announced for an undisclosed sum, will see PepsiCo "further deliver" on its "vision to offer consumers more positive nutritious options." BFY's product portfolio includes PopCorners brand Flex Protein Crisps and Flourish Veggie Crisps. 

Pepsi Cafe will come in two flavors: original and vanilla. The coffee-infused cola beverage has nearly twice as much caffeine as regular Pepsi.

PepsiCo, Inc. recently announced plans to achieve 100% renewable electricity for its U.S. direct operations this year. The U.S. is the food and beverage company’s largest market and accounts for nearly half of its total global electricity consumption.

Fruit Slabs start as a cannabis-infused fruit blend with no added sugar that is then dried into a bite-sized square. 

Bazooka Candy Brands is introducing a new product unique packaging to allow customers to create their own eating experiences.

In addition to offering their entire fleet of available blister packaging systems ready to run these challenging films, the company will offer upgrades for installed Pharmaworks blister machines in the field and can rebuild blister machines from other suppliers to handle these new sustainable films.

The patented solution brings life-changing potential for over 60 million Americans with physical limitations, while also reducing plastic usage.

The 250ml Domino bottle includes a 75-mm-wide front face and customizable side panels.

The new group will be positioned among the Top 5 cosmetics packaging companies worldwide, boasting combined sales of around €350 million.

Offering flexibility and luxury appeal, the new lightweight packaging is made of micro-flute corrugated board using Metsä Board’s white kraftliner.

The refill system consists of a removable 75 ml refill pack made of recyclable PP that needs to be replaced approximately every three months.

miniMist is a dispensing system designed to offer a reusable and sustainable alternative to the existing aerosol format.

Bubble cushioning, inflatable air pillows and bubble mailers supplied by Sealed Air all include recycled content.

The association is activating its succession plan to guide the process of selecting a new Executive Director. It has formed a committee to oversee the search process that will commence in September.

The acquisition will reportedly complement PepsiCo's portfolio with the addition of an authentic, Mexican-American brand, while also growing its better-for-you food offerings.

PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019, co-located with Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2019, is the year's most comprehensive packaging event on the continent. The shows will offer the latest packaging technologies to help manufacturers improve operations and stay competitive.

Graduates of the 2020 high school class in Atlanta, Georgia, are going to be wearing their graduation garb made of recycled plastic bottles. Coca-Cola began collecting plastic bottles at its headquarters as part of Earth Day activities. The goal is to gather 7,000 bottles, enough to make graduation outfits for 200 graduates. 

Colors are everywhere. They can affect our perceptions and the way we react to the world around us. Our brains respond to specific colors differently, and this can influence our mood, behavior and decision-making.

The name change better reflects who FPSA members really are: companies that provide solutions for food production.

This innovative solution reduces the carbon footprint of the packaging by 38% and marks a stride in environmental stewardship by eliminating the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in their portfolio.

Recently adapted to suit industrial settings, the company’s Robust RFID-Labels ensure reliable, trackable connectivity for products across a broad set of high-leverage sectors, including electronic and automotive components.

METTLER TOLEDO's PCE T2620 is a compact system for the track & trace labeling­ of cartons in accordance with the Falsified Medicines Directive in Europe, the Drug Supply Chain Security Act in the U.S., and other global regulations. 

The kit enables food, pharmaceutical and nutritional product manufacturers to mount a printer underneath the company's Pharmafill^TM BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor and automate lot traceability coding on bottle bottoms.

Injection-molded cups that until now were made out of PP can now also be offered in up to 100% r-PET – an advantage of which is as much as a four-fold reduction in CO2e emissions compared to other materials.

“Taking Nomadic’s iconic bowl design and almost literally turning it on its head took some clever engineering, but with sustainability always top of mind for Greiner, being able to create new packaging using less energy is a positive benefit."

Offering a 12-month minimum shelf life, the new paper flow wrap solution is a huge step in the right direction to reducing the amount of chocolate packaging waste that ends up in landfill.

PROCESS EXPO 2013 will be the site of presentations from leading educational institutions.

The Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) has released its slate of meat sessions that will be part of the PROCESS EXPO UNIVERSITY educational program held during PROCESS EXPO in Chicago, Sept. 15-18.

Drugs and Supplements from MedlinePlus - A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health.

Search JCAHO accredited mental health, substance abuse and foster care facilities, American Hospital Directory facilities, and licensed healthcare providers.

Online CEs for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers and mental health practitioners.

National-international psychological associations online.

Find Canadian provincial psychology licensing boards, application information, and rules and regulations.

Addresses, telephone numbers, and websites of state psychological associations.

Find e-mail addresses of psychologists and mental health practitioners.

Illusions of visual perception - a perceptual motion illusion.

A visual perception illusion by Edward H. Adelson.

Psychotherapy: Three approaches evaluated- Institut national de la sant� et de la recherche m�dicale.

Evidence-based psychotherapy resources for psychologists and mental health practitioners.

A brief summary of major personality theories, including trait, psychodynamic, cognitive, and humanistic theories, and typologies and taxonomies of individual differences.

American Mensa, The High IQ Society, with questions and answers on Genius by Abbie F. Salny, Ed.D.

Universal Geniuses and the Renaissance Man. Definition and examples.

Pantheon of Geniuses: The Apotheosis of Homer by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres with a legend of names of individuals depicted.

Genius: A psychologist's overview by William E. Benet, Ph.D., Psy.D.

Rank order tables of estimated IQs of 301 geniuses of the 15th-19th centuries, based on Catharine Morris Cox's The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses in Genetic Studies of Genius, edited by Terman.

Psychologist Dr. Frank Froman on neuropsychology, managed care and diagnostic nomenclature.

Psychological art, Louis Wain and the art of madness, and quotations by psychologists.

Discussion list forums of the American Psychological Association and PsyUSA.

Psychology humor featuring psychologists Gunborg Palme and Frank Froman.