{"id":17832,"date":"2022-04-20T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hofferplastics.com\/?p=17832"},"modified":"2025-08-08T09:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:24:10","slug":"hoffer-plastics-trust-t-lok-spout-part-of-enteralocs-enternal-feeding-pouch-receives-four-gold-awards-in-packaging-excellence-sustainability-technical-innovation-and-expanding-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hofferplastics.com\/press-release\/hoffer-plastics-trust-t-lok-spout-part-of-enteralocs-enternal-feeding-pouch-receives-four-gold-awards-in-packaging-excellence-sustainability-technical-innovation-and-expanding-t\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoffer Plastics\u2019 Trust-T-Lok spout, part of EnteraLoc\u2019s enternal feeding pouch, receives four gold awards in packaging excellence, sustainability, technical innovation, and expanding the use of flexible packaging, from Flexible Packaging Association."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Highest Achievement Award is evaluated by the judges as possessing overall packaging excellence, significant attributes in all award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry. The winner this year was the EnteraLoc\u2122 enteral device.<\/p>\n<p>Designed for tube-fed patients, the EnteraLoc is an innovative 510(k) FDA-approved enteral device\u2014a flexible spouted pouch with leak-proof seal\u2014for direct-connect delivery of nutrition in a safe and convenient manner.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond winning FPA\u2019s Highest Achievement Award, the system garnered an impressive four Gold Awards in Packaging Excellence, Sustainability, Technical Innovation, and Expanding the Use of Flexible Packaging.<\/p>\n<p>Marketed by Medtrition, EnteraLoc was developed by Vonco, with contribution from nutritionDay (in the U.S.), Hoffer Plastics Corporation, Truitt Brothers\/Baxter\u2019s Foods (formulation and filling), GEDSA, and Oley Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The company reports that it is the first seamless, closed-loop system that combines nutritious meals with a flexible pouch, leak-proof seal, custom-designed spout, and direct-connect ENFit\u00ae device in one complete enteral feeding system.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.packworld.com\/design\/flexible-packaging\/article\/22131851\/innovations-in-flexible-packaging-from-popcornopolis-tyson-brand-nestl-hershey-fritolay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Highest Achievement Award is evaluated by the judges as possessing overall packaging excellence, significant attributes in all award categories, and contributing most to the advancement of the industry. The winner this year was the EnteraLoc\u2122 enteral device. Designed for tube-fed patients, the EnteraLoc is an innovative 510(k) FDA-approved enteral device\u2014a flexible spouted pouch with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,13,8,12,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","category-press-release","category-resonations-newsletter","category-sustainability","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.3 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trust-T-Lok Spout Wins Four Gold Awards in Packaging Excellence<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hoffer Plastics\u2019 Trust-T-Lok spout for EnteraLoc wins four gold awards for packaging excellence, sustainability, and 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