A sampling device having a lower portion with a sample container. A cap is moveably attached with the lower portion and includes a cutting edge configured for cutting a leaf. When the cap is attached to the lower portion with a leaf there between, a leaf sample is deposited into the sample container of the lower portion. The cap includes a vent in fluid communication with the sample container such that the leaf sample is dried. A detachable label can extend from the lower portion.

There is provided a pack (10) for a product (12) which is sealingly retained in a volume defined by first and second films (13, 14) sealingly secured about a periphery. The pack has an openable portion through which a liquid contained in the product (12) can be dispensed. One of the films (14) has a pre-formed hinge (20) across at least part of the volume to assist folding of, and liquid extraction from, the product (12). The pre-formed hinge (20) may be in the form of a pre-formed fold line.

A container is disclosed for packaging and storing coffee. The container may take the form of a tube with an open top end and a closed bottom end, where the top may be covered with a cap. The coffee inside the tube may be soluble coffee. The tube may be made with a variety of materials such as polylactide or polypropylene.

The disclosure relates to a sampling system for processing a liquid sample, including a retrieving module configured to be fluidically connected to a liquid-source and configured to retrieve a liquid sample from the liquid-source, a filling module configured to fill the retrieved liquid sample into a sampling container, a storing module configured to store the sampling container filled with the liquid sample, and a disposal module configured to discard the liquid sample.

There is provided a pack (10) for a product (12) comprising a piece of fruit having a rind and a flesh portion containing a liquid in the form of juice. The product (12) is sealingly retained in a volume defined between two films (13, 14) which are sealingly connected around their periphery. The pack (10) has a first openable portion (16) from which the liquid/juice can be dispensed. The fruit product has one or more cuts (47) in its rind to facilitate the manipulation of the fruit to improve juice extraction.

Container with a modular structure, comprising at least one internal assembly and one external assembly; the internal assembly being susceptible to association with the external assembly; the external assembly comprising at least one base and at least one upper body, the base being susceptible to association with the upper body; the internal assembly comprising at least one vial and at least one lid, the vial being susceptible to association with the lid; the vial comprising, at least one means for being removably coupled to the base; the lid comprising at least one means for being removably coupled to the upper body; the vial and the lid being disposable and the base and the upper body being reusable. The container proposed herein stops the need for unnecessarily sharing nail polish, prevents the dissemination of pathogens and reduces wastage from complete disposal of said container.

Described herein are a packaged food product and methods of making and using the packaged food product. In some embodiments, the packaged food product comprises a spouted sachet or packet containing one or more flowable food products, such as ketchup or other condiments.

Packaging of a single-serve portion of honeycomb is disclosed, using a protective support structure configured to protect the single-server portion of honeycomb from impact from at least two different directions by creating a frame having at least two sides. The protective support structure includes one or both of a food-grade plastic-based material and/or a food-grade paper-based material. The protective support structure is water-resistant and/or oil-resistant.

A beverage machine that brews beverages from a beverage pod is described. The pod is container with a top surface and a bottom surface connected by a sidewall that form a cylinder. The pod contains whole brewing elements that can be ground into sub-elements by the brewing system for brewing into a beverage. The pod is actuatable between an open state and a closed state by a breaking system of the beverage machine. In the closed state the brewing elements are contained and in the open state the elements are released. The pod includes a failure mechanism on the sidewall that is engineered to fail when the pod is actuated by a breaking mechanism of the beverage machine. When actuated the failure mechanism fails such that the beverage pod can be pulled into a top portion and a bottom portion to release the brewing elements.

A sampling device having a lower portion with a sample container. A cap is moveably attached with the lower portion and includes a cutting edge configured for cutting a leaf. When the cap is attached to the lower portion with a leaf there between, a leaf sample is deposited into the sample container of the lower portion. The cap includes a vent in fluid communication with the sample container such that the leaf sample is dried. A detachable label can extend from the lower portion.