Perhaps you have begun to pay more attention to the labels and packaging of the food you buy as we are becoming more informed about the kinds of food we eat. Some aspects of food packaging are easy to understand, yet there are still many details that baffle me. The colorful circles that usually run down the bottom of food packaging are one of those mysteries that I had never paid much attention to until lately.
Originating from: Packaging Connections
The colorful circles on the box, says Taste of Home, have a function that has nothing to do with the food within. The term “printer’s color blocks” describes these multicolored shapes, which may be either circles or squares. The printing teams are in charge of printing the packaging, and their only duty is to assist them
original author: Alaina Digiacomo for Reader’s Digest
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