Asia Pacific

Amid the growing climate change crisis, local interest in eco-friendly practices has risen significantly, aligning with value-based consumption. To reflect this trend, players in processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat in South Korea are…

Average unit prices in processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat saw another year of rises in 2023. This was for several reasons, including the increasing costs of energy and animal feed, with Indonesia being import-reliant for some raw…

In 2023, the overall retail demand for processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat dropped in Taiwan as consumers resumed pre-COVID-19 pandemic lifestyles. The category had seen a surge in demand in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, driven by…

Processed meat, seafood, and alternatives to meat benefits from lower prices compared to its fresh variants. Additionally, due to inflationary pressures overall and the cost-of-living crisis, many consumers prefer to cook at home instead of dining…

Despite ongoing inflationary pressures, volume sales of processed meat, seafood, alternatives to meat saw moderate growth in 2023. This was due, to a large extent, to the continued recovery of foodservice, thanks to the normalisation of consumer…

Processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat maintained dynamic growth in India in both retail volume and current value terms in 2023. Tofu and derivatives saw the strongest value growth in 2023. Increasing numbers of consumers are gravitating…

Processed meat, seafood and alternatives to meat is set to suffer a continued retail volume decline in 2023, although it is expected to maintain positive retail current value growth thanks to unit price increases, driven by inflationary pressures.…

While the war in Ukraine has led to supply disruptions, processed meat and seafood and alternatives to meat is expected to register moderate volume growth. That being said, constant value sales are expected to fall, as rising costs hit profit value…

Shelf stable seafood packaging continued to see strong growth in 2022 in Vietnam’s processed meat and seafood category as products such as canned fish and seafood offer consumers a convenient and long-lasting source of protein and nutrition. These…

The various COVID-19 measures and restrictions introduced during the pandemic resulted in very strong growth in sales of processed meat and seafood in 2020. In addition to the requirement for consumers to stay indoors for much of the time during the…

The consumption of shelf stable meat and seafood was bolstered in 2020 by the onset of the pandemic due to stockpiling, and because of the long shelf life of these products compared with fresh meat and seafood. In addition, the closure of foodservice…

Unlike in some other packaged food categories, despite seeing exceptional growth in the first year of the pandemic in 2020, total packaging volumes of processed meat and seafood did not turn to decline in the following two years, although different…

While retail unit volumes of processed meat and seafood packaging recorded a marginal decline in 2022 compared to the highs of 2020, following the emergence of the pandemic and prolonged home seclusion, they remained higher than 2019 levels.

Chilled processed meat is only packaged in flexible plastic in Malaysia. This encompasses a variety of formats, including hermetically sealed packs, flow wraps, overwraps and other non-stand-up pouch materials. Flexible plastic offers a significant…

In 2023, total processed meat and seafood packaging volumes in Japan saw a second year of decline. Despite seeing a decline in actual volumes, flexible plastic packaging continued to dominate. This reflects the consumer preference for convenience,…

As Indonesians returned to the office and classroom as well as resumed their social and leisure activities, there was growing demand for processed food to cope with the resumption of hectic, on-the-go lifestyles. During 2022, with many consumers…

With busy lives in India’s urban centres, consumers are increasingly looking for convenient and time-saving packaged food products. While Indians traditionally consumed fresh meat, rapid urbanisation and less free time to spend cooking have been…

The growing emphasis on sustainability and environmental concerns within the packaging industry has led to a reduction in the use of plastic trays for packaging processed meat and seafood products in Hong Kong. Companies like Sealed Air, a prominent…

Flexible plastic is the industry standard for the packaging of processed meat and seafood products, as it is seen as a cost-effective way to keep products fresh and safe, with it commonly being used with vacuum packing. This packaging format provides…

Processed fruit and vegetables packaging managed to record modest growth in Vietnam in 2022 due to growing demand for convenience in food consumption, with processed fruit and vegetable products offering consumers easy-to-prepare and ready-to-use…