Packaging evaluation

"Self-heating can"

In the summer of 2000, Nestlé UK in partnership with Thermotic Developments approached Pira with a prototype self-heating can. Given the novelty of the pack format and the lack of consumer experience with such technology, Nestlé required independent assessment of any risk to the consumer through a process of brainstorming and practical laboratory evaluation. Pira proposed areas for improvement and concluded that with the appropriate modifications the can could be marketed as a safe and convenient product.

Nestlé 'hot when you want' coffee was successfully launched in May 2001.