Asia Pacific

As Indian consumers have been returning to their busy and active lifestyles post-pandemic, they have been increasingly seeking convenient and time-saving food products. Frozen vegetable offerings such as mixed corn and peas require less preparation…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit India, plant-based milk – which accounts for the entirety of unit volume packaging volumes in plant-based dairy – had been seeing dynamic year-on-year growth. However, the pandemic affected the availability of…

Increasingly time-strapped Indian consumers with busy lifestyles have been driving demand for meals and soups, boosting packaging unit volumes of the main pack types in the category – flexible plastic and folding cartons. Post-pandemic resumption of…

India is the largest producer of dairy in the world and, within it, drinking milk products is the largest category in terms of volume sales. However, traditionally, a large part of India’s milk sales have been accounted for by informal trade in the…

Sugar confectionery in India dominates overall confectionery sales. During the pandemic, restrictions on mobility affected volume sales as a significant portion of sugar confectionery purchases are normally made up of impulse at-the-counter…

Folding cartons account for the majority of pack type share in Indian baby food packaging. This is largely due to the category they are widely used in – dried baby food – being the biggest in Indian baby food. Folding cartons are suitable for dried…

In 2022, sweet spreads continued to record positive growth in its packaging unit volumes in China. However, health concerns, given further impetus by the COVID-19 pandemic, were having a negative impact on sales as consumers shied away from…

As in 2020, lockdowns introduced to curb the spread of COVID-19 increased home cooking occasions in China in 2022, driving packaging unit volume sales of cooking ingredients such as sauces, dips and condiments. Unit volume sales in the category…

COVID-19 lockdowns across the course of 2022 kept Chinese consumers at home more than usual at times over the year, increasing home cooking occasions and, consequently, demand for processed meat and seafood. Hotpot items such as lamb and beef enjoyed…

The Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus was resulting in case number spikes across China throughout much of 2022, prompting the authorities to enforce strict lockdown measures due to its zero-COVID policy. As consumers were confined to their homes,…

In spite of the re-emergence of COVID-19 in 2022, packaging unit volume sales in plant-based dairy continued to grow for a second year, following the significant decline seen in 2020 when the pandemic first emerged, resulting in availability issues…

The persistence of the COVID-19 pandemic in China in 2022, along with the country’s strict zero-COVID policy kept consumers within their homes for long periods during this year and consequently boosted interest in home cooking. This drove demand for…

After dairy returned to recording positive growth in 2021, when COVID-19 seemed to be under control in the country, China saw a return of lockdowns due to the re-emergence of the virus in the shape of the Omicron variant in 2022. This dampened…

Packaging unit volume sales in sugar confectionery were rising again in 2022, even if this was at a slightly slower rate than in 2021. This meant that, despite the declines seen in chocolate confectionery and gum, overall unit volumes in…

Prolonged COVID-19 caseloads and associated lockdowns continued to be seen in China in 2022. Fears about the pandemic have had a negative effect on birth rates in the country, as strained medical resources grew more concerning. The declining birth…

Metal beverage cans accounted for almost two thirds of total alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes in Vietnam in 2022. Although glass bottles still lead foodservice alcoholic drinks packaging unit volumes, metal beverage cans dominate the larger…

COVID-19 had a major impact on sales of alcoholic drinks in Thailand in 2020, with foodservice consumption plummeting as establishments in this channel were closed for extended periods, with other restrictions also hitting sales in this channel.…

From 2022, alcoholic drinks companies in South Korea were required to post nutritional information, including calorie content, on the labels of their products in accordance with legislation introduced by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. As a…

Sales in foodservice establishments were severely affected in 2020 by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions introduced to try and contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The implementation of Singapore’s “Circuit Breaker” measures…

Beer is the largest alcoholic drinks category in the Philippines, and saw an accelerated revival in 2022, helped by a strong recovery in sales through the foodservice channel. After the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Philippines, packaging unit volumes of…