Market research on the packaging industry. Standardised and cross...
Market research on the packaging industry. Standardised and cross-comparable statistics including total market sizes, market shares, industry trends.
In 2023, processed fruit and vegetables, and its packaging, experienced a difficult year. The primary factor behind the category’s sales decline was the stability and even occasional reductions in the prices of fresh fruit and vegetables throughout…
In 2023, thin wall plastic containers continued to gain unit volume share from metal food cans in shelf stable fruit. As thin wall plastic containers provide a balance between protection, convenience and cost-effectiveness. This makes them a popular…
In Germany, total packaging volumes of processed fruit and vegetables declined in 2023, with falling units across all categories. The decline in shelf stable fruit and vegetables in 2023 was primarily due to the growing consumer preference for fresh,…
Shelf stable fruit dominates processed fruit and vegetables in China, with glass jars the dominant pack type within shelf stable fruit. Glass jars are popular for offering superior preservation qualities, effectively sealing in freshness, flavour and…
Most shelf-stable tomatoes are packaged in metal food cans in Argentina. However, for another consecutive year, the share of brick liquid cartons increased in shelf-stable tomatoes in 2023, primarily due to the preservation and dispensing…
Total processed fruit and vegetables packaging saw a notable decline in 2023. Although actual declines were seen across all pack types, some performed better than others. For instance, despite the fact that it already dominated processed fruit and…
Flexible plastic and folding cartons are the main pack types used for packaging frozen processed potatoes in France. However, folding cartons have been gaining share from flexible plastic for a number of years, in part because of sustainability…
Glass jars are popular for use in shelf stable vegetables packaging in Canada due to their exceptional preservation properties, visual appeal and environmental credentials. These qualities make them a popular choice for manufacturers and consumers…
Frozen processed potatoes saw one of the strongest growth rates in processed fruit and vegetables in terms of packaging volumes in India in 2023. These are increasingly popular as a snacking option in the country. Exposure to limited-service…
Metal food cans remain the dominant pack type for shelf stable fruit and vegetables in Malaysia. This dominance, extending to products like beans, fruits and tomatoes, has persisted for years, with no changes seen in 2023. The primary reason behind…
After the very strong growth spike as a result of home seclusion and the ideal nature of these products for stockpiling at home when the pandemic hit in 2020, packaging unit volume sales were stagnating in 2021. However, processed fruit and…
The unit volume sales of processed fruit and vegetables packaging in Hong Kong recorded a decline in 2023. While the major pack types still maintained their respective positions, most of the leading pack types, including metal food cans and flexible…
Shelf stable fruit player GoGo squeeZ is constantly innovating its packaging in order to align with its sustainability goals, with initiatives such as transitioning its aluminium/plastic retort pouch packaging to use 100% recycled materials in 2020…
Total processed and fruit and vegetables packaging volumes maintained slow, stable growth in 2023. Within frozen processed potatoes, flexible plastic was the only pack type with notable packaging volumes in South Korea in 2023, due to its…
Metal food cans account for the greatest pack type share in processed fruit and vegetables packaging in the UK. Metal food cans are used to package the largest category in unit volume terms, shelf stable fruit and vegetables, due to their excellent…
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…
Although it was not as marked as some categories in Thai packaged food, processed fruit and vegetables saw a small spike in demand in 2020, in turn boosting this category’s packaging unit volumes. With consumers preparing more meals at home due to…
Following a surge in demand for processed fruit and vegetables during the pandemic in Singapore, thereby boosting packaging, as local consumers looked to stock up on shelf stable essentials to avoid regular visits to grocery stores, retail unit…
Metal food cans remained the most popular packaging type for processed fruits and vegetables in 2022, driven by their strength in the largest retail unit volume category of shelf stable fruits and vegetables. Nevertheless, the use of glass jars in…
After seeing exceptional growth in 2020, packaging volumes of processed fruit and vegetables declined in Sweden in 2022, as consumer habits returned to normal following the pandemic. When the pandemic emerged, fears of viral transmission kept…
In 2020, packaging volumes for processed fruit and vegetables saw an exceptionally strong rise as consumers stocked up during the first year of the pandemic. In 2021, volumes fell as the impact of the pandemic eased, and a declining trend continued…
Total processed fruit and vegetables packaging volumes returned to growth in 2022. However, while frozen processed fruit and vegetables returned to growth, shelf stable fruit and vegetables maintained its decline, as sales continued to normalise…
Shelf stable fruit’s growth in Indonesia is due to the prolonged shelf life that these products offer. In addition, these products require less stringent temperature control during storage and transportation, making them well-suited for Indonesia’s…
Processed fruit and vegetables packaging continued to grow in Brazil in 2022, in spite of already having enjoyed a spike in demand in the past two years due to the additional home cooking during the pandemic. Consumers are increasingly looking for…
Frozen processed fruit and vegetables packaging recorded double-digit percentage growth in its unit volumes for the third year in a row in 2022 in Turkey. This was due to a growing awareness of the nutritional benefits of frozen fruits and…
With shelf stable fruit and vegetables accounting for more than two thirds of packaging units in processed fruit and vegetables, and metal food cans being the dominant pack type in shelf stable fruit and vegetables, metal food cans is also the…
Due to their robustness and long shelf life, metal food cans remain the dominant pack type in shelf stable fruit and vegetables, in which shelf stable vegetables account for the bulk of demand. However, alternatives to metal food cans, including…
After recording a decline in 2021, retail unit volumes of processed fruit and vegetables packaging returned to growth in 2022. The previous year’s decline was largely due to the normalisation in demand following a huge boom in 2020, when consumers…
The growth of shelf stable fruit within processed fruit and vegetables packaging in retail unit volumes in the Netherlands towards the end of the review period was attributed to changing consumer lifestyles and preferences. Dutch consumers are…
Frozen processed potatoes, the only frozen products with visible sales in the overall processed fruit and vegetables category, are packaged only in flexible plastic. This is because this pack type provides an airtight seal that helps maintain the…
Processed fruit and vegetables packaging was back recording positive growth in its unit volumes in 2022. This followed a year in which demand had slipped into decline in 2021, perhaps due to the spike in the growth rate seen in 2020 due to the…
Metal food cans remained the dominant packaging in category within processed fruit and vegetables in 2022, driven by shelf stable fruit and vegetables, with shelf stable beans holding the largest retail unit volume share.