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Calbee switches to monochrome packaging after being hit by the ink shortage caused by Iran.
Japan's leading snack maker has come up with a "creative" solution to conserve oil-derived materials. It will "switch from brightly colored packaging to black and White". Calbee of Tokyo announced on Tuesday that it will temporarily use only two ink colors on 14 products, including its Potato Chips and Kappa Ebisen snack foods, as well as the Frugra cereal. The new packaging is expected to hit the shelves on May 25. Calbee has the largest market share in the domestic snack market. The company said that the initiative was to maintain stable shipments due to unstable supplies affecting "certain raw...