The food giant Calbee said shortages of naphtha, a crude-oil derivative used in inks, were forcing it to switch to black-and-white packaging for its salty products.
The Iran war has wreaked havoc on global supply chains, caused a spike in oil prices and scrambled international trade.
Now it is coming for potato chips.
The Japanese food giant Calbee said on Tuesday that it would temporarily abandon its brightly colored plastic snack bags in favor of black-and-white wrapping because of “instability affecting certain raw materials amid ongoing tensions in the Middle East.”
The company said in a statement that the measure was meant to “help maintain a stable supply of products,” adding that it would not affect the quality of the snacks.
Read the whole story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/world/asia/calbee-japan-bags-iran-war.html
No comments:
Post a Comment