The biggest snack maker in Japan is making some of its packaging black and white as the Iran war disrupts the market for a key material used to produce printing inks.
The company said while the products themselves will be unaffected, the measure will be applied to select packaging on May 25 to “help maintain a stable supply of products.”
Due to the price increases of oil-related raw materials, other companies besides Colbee have also had to make difficult choices about their packaging and product lines.
Earlier this month, Hiroyuki Urata, the president of Japanese food company Itoham Yonekyu, said it may also implement black and white packaging: “colourful packaging will become difficult,” Urata said, according to the FT.
“We are already optimizing our operations while assuming a worst-case scenario,” said Shiseido CEO Kentaro Fujiwara.
