Del Monte adds food to aseptic PET beverage line (sidebar)

Wherever food and beverage marketers are exploring aseptic filling of PET containers, they often want to know the cost difference between aseptic PET and hot-filled, heat-set PET containers. This table provides one such estimate in five different bottle sizes. The table is one of several contained in a study published last March by Intl. Aseptic Technology, Inc. (Overland Park, KS) and Packaging Strategies, Inc. (West Chester, PA). The complete study is available for $2꿃.