Food and Beverage

Smithers supports organizations across the food and beverage supply chain with independent testing, technical consulting and market insight for packaging and packaged products.

Our experts help clients assess food contact materials, packaging safety, taints and odours, recycled material use, primary packaging performance, packaging materials, shipment damage, distribution risks and market opportunities - supporting regulatory compliance, product quality, sustainability goals and confident packaging decisions.

Explore our services for food contact materials, packaging performance, distribution, supply chain support and market insight.

Consumer Product Packaging Performance Testing

Consumer Product Packaging Performance Testing

Supporting packaging performance, quality and product launch decisions through standard and bespoke testing programmes for consumer product packaging systems.

Food Contact Regulatory Support

Food Contact Regulatory Support

We provide expert support and analytical food contact testing to support companies looking to assess or prove compliance with food packaging regulations across numerous regions.

Distribution Testing

Distribution Testing

For more than 50 years, Smithers has provided package and distribution testing solutions to help reduce shipment damage, troubleshoot packaging and supply chain issues, identify cost reduction opportunities, meet sustainability requirements and more. Our experts offer extensive ISTA certified, lab-based package testing and distribution transit simulation, field-based investigative capabilities and consultative support.

Ecommerce Package Testing

Ecommerce Package Testing

Smithers helps packaging teams evaluate and improve packaging performance for ecommerce distribution networks. Our experts simulate the hazards encountered throughout parcel, courier, palletised and retailer fulfilment systems to identify packaging weaknesses, reduce product damage and support packaging optimisation.

Packaging Materials Testing

Packaging Materials Testing

Our packaging materials testing experts can help you demonstrate the quality, suitability and compliance of your raw materials, packaging and products to international standards.

Primary Pack Testing

Primary Pack Testing

We offer support and expertise to help you achieve compliant and highly-effective packaging.

Packaging Technical Consulting

Packaging Technical Consulting

We offer rapid-response troubleshooting, technical investigations, pack and material performance assessments. We are also experts in developing bespoke test methods and equipment to solve problems.

Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Testing

Proposition 65 (Prop 65) Testing

Proposition 65 (Prop 65) originally derived from the Californian Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Reinforcement Act in 1986. It specifies that any business selling products in California must disclose whether their products contain one or more ingredients from a list of chemicals that may cause adverse health effects.

PFAS Testing

PFAS Testing

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse, large group of synthetic fluoropolymers that are currently banned or subject to proposed bans in the near future.

Packaging

Packaging