Laser labels are the new face of fruit in some European countries, and the high-tech labeling could be coming to more U.S. markets too. The technology uses a carbon dioxide laser to etch a brand name ...

Consumers may no longer have to deal with those annoying little adhesive stickers tacked on to fruit and vegetables thanks to new laser etching technology. The technology uses a low-energy carbon ...

Laser labeling of fruit and vegetables is used to "etch" information on produce, thereby eliminating the need for common sticker-type labels. The technology has been licensed for use on a variety of ...

That’s great for the earth but tough for tracking purposes. Unlike granola bars or trail mix or any kind of man-made munchies that have boxes and wrappers printed with all kinds of info, often times ...

Laser-etched fruit labels are coming to a store near you. Are you okay with laser-made labels on your fruit? "Consumers may no longer have to deal with those annoying little adhesive stickers tacked ...

Sticky labels on supermarket fruits are set to be replaced by laser 'tattoos' printed onto their skin, under new rulings from the European Union. The EU approved the use of iron oxides and hydroxides ...

You'd think there would be a better way to label and identify fruit than those ubiquitous little stickers, but so far, that age-old solution has been a bit...well, sticky. Scientists at the ...

Fruit in Europe may no longer come with sticky labels, now that the European Union has approved the use of iron oxides and hydroxides, hydroxypropyl, methyl cellulose and polysorbates on the skins of ...

Intense is developing a laser module which will have the capability of printing text and bar codes on fresh fruit produce labels. The speed and the scale of the printing is achieved by the use of a ...

Laser "tattoos" could remove the need for sticky labels during the sale of fruit, developers say. The technology removes pigment from the fruit's surface to show information such as the item's sell-by ...