Squround
It is also sometimes known as the scround. The term applies almost exclusively to ice cream packaging design, where the switch to a squround from paperboard bricks, cylindrical half-gallons and other containers is motivated by consumer preference. They note that the packaging makes tampering more evident, and offers better protection from freezer burn. Although squrounds are available in traditional half-gallon sizes, changes in U.S.These packages are more rectangular than square, but the side edges are rounded. The top and bottom surfaces are completely flat. Pierre’s French Ice Cream, when announcing their switch in May 2003, cited several reasons: Smith Dairy, which made the switch that same year for its Ruggles line of ice cream, cited other reasons.
federal regulations uses the smaller package across all its ice cream flavors. In 2008, they changed to an even smaller 48 oz container. .
Squround is a portmanteau for square round (cartons), referring to a compromise between a square and a round carton.
