Calbee to resume full-color packaging for some snacks from late July

TOKYO - Major Japanese snack maker Calbee Inc. said Thursday it will gradually resume full-color printing for the packaging of eight products, including its mainstay potato chips, from late July shipments after easing ink procurement concerns, while some other products will continue using monochrome packaging.

Frugra fruit granola will return to full-color printing across the entire package and start hitting store shelves from the week of July 27. Certain sizes of four varieties of the Potato Chips line as well as Kappa Ebisen shrimp crackers will feature color printing on the front side only starting August.