Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging - The Guardian
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Calbee to switch its brightly coloured packaging to black and white because war has disrupted supply of certain raw materials used in ink Japan’s biggest snack maker has been forced to use black-and-white packaging for some flagship products because of ink ingredient shortages caused by the strait of Hormuz blockade. Calbee said on Tuesday 14 of its products would switch to monochrome branding.
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