{"id":12774,"date":"2026-04-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=12774"},"modified":"2026-04-15T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:00","slug":"oishiis-nikko-berry-tray-is-a-step-forward-but-is-it-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=12774","title":{"rendered":"Oishii\u2019s Nikko Berry Tray Is a Step Forward, But Is It Enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Produce packaging has been stuck in the same plastic clamshell loop for decades, but <a href=\"https:\/\/oishii.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oishii\u2019s<\/a> new Nikko Berry tray is one of the most considered attempts we\u2019ve seen in working to break that pattern.<\/p>\n<p>Oishii, the company behind what it bills as the world\u2019s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm, has been selling its pesticide-free, non-GMO Japanese varietals at premium prices since 2018. Its newest berry, the Nikko, a Japanese strawberry, is its most affordable and widely distributed yet. The new packaging features a 7.5 oz cardboard tray sealed with a lightweight film, replacing the standard plastic clamshell that currently dominates the produce aisle.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p><button id=\"expand-paywall-button\" class=\"expand-paywall-button\">Subscribe to Read More<\/button><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/oishiis-nikko-berry-tray-is-a-step-forward-but-is-it-enough\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Produce packaging has been stuck in the same plastic clamshell loop for decades, but Oishii\u2019s new Nikko Berry tray is one of the most considered attempts we\u2019ve seen in working to break that pattern. Oishii, the company behind what it bills as the world\u2019s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm, has been selling its pesticide-free, non-GMO [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12775,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[119,945,2004,390,5166,5167,1465,584,5168,5169,5170,5171,5172,5173,5174,925,5175,5176,287,2437,5177,5178,217,137,5179,4540,5180,5181,186,5182],"class_list":["post-12774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-cardboard-packaging","tag-clamshell-packaging","tag-consumer-packaging","tag-eco-friendly-packaging","tag-farm-to-table","tag-food-sustainability","tag-food-waste","tag-fresh-produce","tag-freshness-guarantee","tag-green-packaging","tag-indoor-farming","tag-japanese-strawberries","tag-nikko-berry","tag-non-gmo","tag-oishii","tag-packaging-innovation","tag-pesticide-free-produce","tag-pet-film","tag-plastic-reduction","tag-plastic-free-packaging","tag-premium-berries","tag-produce-innovation","tag-produce-packaging","tag-recyclable-packaging","tag-strawberry-packaging","tag-sustainable-agriculture","tag-sustainable-brands","tag-sustainable-food","tag-sustainable-packaging","tag-vertical-farming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}