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Examine the Future Food and Drinks Packaging: Emerging Ethical, Food Safe and Convenient Formats

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 00:00 CDT

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Future Food and Drinks Packaging: Emerging ethical, food safe and convenient formats

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Future Food and Drinks Packaging

Emerging ethical, food safe and convenient formats

Food and drinks packaging is in a period of rapid change; growth economies such as China and India are generating considerable opportunities for packaging manufacturers. In more mature economies, greater expendable income levels coupled with demographic shifts and a demise in cooking skills, have led to increased demand for more conveniently packaged food and drinks formats. A major force in packaging innovation is green packaging. This has been driven by legislation, combined with consumer and retailer pressure.

Future Food and Drinks Packaging is a new management report published by Business Insights that offers a comprehensive overview of the major trends within the packaging industry today. It profiles major innovations within food and drinks packaging, including the latest technologies and materials. It also delivers an overview of competitor activity and an assessment of the strength of trends and market forces moving forward.

Discover the key trends impacting the food and drinks packaging market and understand how these are changing packaging design with this new report...

This new report will enable you to...

- Gain insight into the most up to date packaging technologies including nanotechnology, natural polymers and edible coatings, and evaluate the pros and cons of these new packaging technologies and decide whether these may be appropriate for your organization.

- Enhance your product development strategies with this report's analysis of green, convenient and supply chain efficient packaged food and drinks product launches by region, category and material.

- Understand how regulations are influencing NPD and discover how competitors are responding to new challenges set by these regulations with this new report.

- Identify the key trends in food and drinks packaging and the impact that they are expected to have on the food and drinks market in the future.

Your questions answered...

- What major trends are impacting food and drinks packaging development?

- How are companies using green packaging materials to lend credibility to their ethical policies?

- What innovative materials are being used within food and drinks packaging?

- What has prompted the rise in tamper evident packaging and what could future tamper evident packaging legislation look like?

- How is nanotechnology being used in food and drinks packaging?

- What are the new innovations in supply chain efficient packaging?

- How has extended shelf life packaging impacted the food and drinks industry and what has it enabled?

Some key findings from this report...

- Innovation in packaging materials continues apace with particular development in green technologies such as packaging made from natural polymers and oxydegradable additives. In addition nanotechnology is now a key part of new material development. Nanotechnology can improve barrier qualities and make packaging lighter, stronger and more resistant to heat.

- Non-malicious food contamination is an international health concern. The World Health Organization estimates 3.2m children under the age of five die from food poisoning related illnesses each year. Innovative solutions to reduce the risk of non-malicious contamination are being developed by packaging manufacturers in the form of 'Smart' and 'Active' packaging.

- An ageing population in China, Japan, the US and Europe is driving demand for products suited to the older consumer, including easy grip and easy open packaging as well as smaller portion sizes for consumers with smaller appetites.

- Major retailers in Europe and the US have developed their own Corporate Responsibility Strategies and have set targets for the reduction in packaging waste. Wal-Mart has committed to a 5% reduction in packaging worldwide by 2013. UK retailer Marks & Spencer's, has committed to a 25% reduction in waste by 2012.

Key issues examined by this report...

- Environmental packaging regulations are heavily influencing packaging development in Europe and Japan. In Europe, Packaging Directive 2004/12/EC sets out recycling and recovery targets to be met by 2008. In Japan, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has enacted legislation based on the 3R's ethos (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle). As a result there are high levels of innovation in green packaging including lightweight and bio-based packaging materials.

- Emerging markets are spurring demand for packaging. As economies such as Eastern Europe, India, South America and China experience growth and average incomes increase, the demand for Western style packaged goods is increasing.

- Socio-demographic shifts are creating demand for more convenient packaging solutions. Ageing populations in the US, Europe and Japan are placing new demands on packaging design. Easy open, easy grip and smaller portion sizes are all being developed with ageing populations in mind. More fragmented family lives, the growth in the number of women working, growth in single person households and a loss of cooking skills are all contributing to increased demand for more conveniently packaged food formats.

 Table of Contents Future Food and Drinks Packaging Executive Summary 10 The packaging market 10 Green packaging 11 Supply chain efficiency 12 Food safety packaging 13 Convenience 14 New materials 15 Conclusions 16 Chapter 1 The packaging market 18 Summary 18 Introduction 18 The packaging market 18 Market value and growth by geography 19 Market value and growth by packaging type 21 Plastic 22 Metal 24 Glass 28 Paper and board 30 Chapter 2 Green packaging 34 Summary 34 Introduction 35 Green packaging 35 Innovation and NPD 38 Category analysis 38 Regional analysis 41 Packaging material 43 iv Trends in green packaging 45 Recyclable materials, recycled materials and re-usable packaging 45 Recyclable materials 45 Recycling glass 46 Recycling plastic 47 Recycling metal 48 Recycling cardboard, paperboard and paper 48 Innovative recycling projects 49 Recycled food and drinks packaging 50 Re-usable packaging 52 Reduced/lightweight packaging 55 Packaging re-engineering 55 Switching from traditional materials to lighter alternatives 59 Biopolymers 61 Biopolymers 61 Compostable and biodegradable bioplastics 64 Bioplastics and recycling 65 Sustainable packaging 66 The future of green packaging 68 Chapter 3 Supply chain efficiency 74 Summary 74 Introduction 74 Supply chain efficiency in food and drinks packaging 75 Innovation and NPD 76 Category analysis 77 Regional analysis 79 Packaging material 81 Trends in supply efficient packaging 82 Shelf ready solutions 82 Shelf ready packaging and regulatory issues 87 Packaging that extends shelf life - aseptic packaging 88 Ultra High Temperature (UHT) aseptic packaging - cartons 88 Ultra High Temperature (UHT) aseptic packaging - cans 91 Cold filling aseptic packaging - High Density Polyethylene 92 Cold filling aseptic packaging - PET 93 Aseptic packaging - ready meals 94 Radio Frequency Identification - RFID 94 RFID and regulatory issues 97 The future of supply chain efficient packaging 98 v Chapter 4 Food safety packaging 100 Summary 100 Introduction 100 Food safety packaging categorized 102 Tamper evident 102 Bubble tops and vacuum seals 103 Shrink-sleeves 104 Special membranes 105 Breakaway/tearaway closures 107 Overseals 108 Paper-based seals 108 Contamination prevention 110 Food safety packaging and regulatory issues 114 The future of food safety packaging 115 Chapter 5 Convenient packaging 118 Summary 118 Introduction 118 Convenient consumption 119 Demographic shifts 119 Smaller households 119 Increasing numbers of women working 120 Families leading more fragmented lives 120 Increased income levels 121 Innovation and NPD 121 Category analysis 122 Regional analysis 125 Packaging material 126 Trends in convenient packaging 129 Easy handling packaging 129 Easy open packaging 129 Easy to hold 132 Ergonomic design 133 Transportable packaging 134 Lunch box friendly packaging 136 'On-the-go' meal replacement 138 Convenient storage solutions 141 Convenient preparation 142 Microwaveable packaging formats 142 Self-heating and self-cooling packs 148 Packaging that adds ingredients at time of consumption 151 Single portions 153 vi Regulatory issues 155 The future of convenient consumption packaging 155 Chapter 6 New materials 158 Summary 158 Introduction 158 What are the newest materials on the market? 159 Nanocomposites and nanofilms 159 Natural polymers and films 163 Oxydegradable additives 165 Edible coatings and films 166 Chapter 7 Conclusions 170 Summary 170 Introduction 170 Market influences 171 Ethical concerns 171 Rising affluence 171 Food safety 171 Health and wellbeing 172 Market opportunities 172 Ethical marketing 172 Convenience 173 Shelf stable packaging 174 Index 175 List of Figures Figure 1.1: Zwyiec Beer 25 Figure 1.2: Premium metallic packaging 27 Figure 1.3: Specialty can packaging; Nomu Vanilla Paste 27 Figure 1.4: Share of glass packaged food and drinks products by number of containers sold, by category, UK, 2005 29 Figure 2.5: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in green packaging, 2004-2007 38 Figure 2.6: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in green packaging by category, 2004-2007 40 Figure 2.7: Percentage share of products launched in green packaging by region, 2004-2007 41 Figure 2.8: Municipal waste management in the European Union, 2003 46 Figure 2.9: Jars promoted as being 're-usable' 53 vii Figure 2.10: Kool Aid Sachets and Teisseire Teissi La Dosette de Sirop 54 Figure 2.11: Heinz lightweight can-ends 56 Figure 2.12: Lightweight glass; Adnams Beer and Meidi-ya Jam 57 Figure 2.13: Lightweight PET container; Otsuka Pocari Sweat 58 Figure 2.14: Yellow Jersey French Wine Launched in PET Oxygen-Barrier Container 60 Figure 2.15: Polylactic acid used for tea bags and pouches 62 Figure 2.16: Corn Starch Bio-Bottle 63 Figure 2.17: Recycled, biodegradable packaging with corn-starch 'window' 64 Figure 2.18: Sustainable packaging 68 Figure 3.19: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in supply chain efficient packaging, 2004-2007 77 Figure 3.20: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in supply chain efficient packaging, by category, 2004-2007 78 Figure 3.21: Percentage share of products launched in supply chain efficient packaging, by region, 2004-2007 79 Figure 3.22: Easy open shelf ready packaging 85 Figure 3.23: Smurfit Kappa using Microflute for Shelf Ready Packaging 86 Figure 3.24: Wine boxed in aseptic packaging 90 Figure 3.25: Ball packaging Slimline aseptic can 92 Figure 3.26: Aseptic cold filled PET 93 Figure 3.27: Vetee Dine in Rice in aseptic shelf stable trays 94 Figure 4.28: Heinz Baby Food, packaged in vacuum sealed 'Pop-up' jars 103 Figure 4.29: Safety Seal Plastics Inc - supplying food and drinks manufacturers with tamper evident shrink-sleeves 104 Figure 4.30: Sainsbury's use of Induction Sealing for its dairy products 106 Figure 4.31: Puget Extra Virgin Olive Oil, packaging for food safety, convenience and shelf-life extension 107 Figure 4.32: Examples of tearaway and breakaway tamper evident packaging. 108 Figure 4.33: Paper-based tamper evident seals used for marketing purposes 109 Figure 4.34: Fresh-check(R) - indicates when the product is past its use by date 111 Figure 4.35: Roth Kase Cheese in Breathable Packaging 113 Figure 4.36: Cryovac(R) oxygen-scavenging packaging 114 Figure 5.37: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in convenient packaging, 2004-2007 122 Figure 5.38: Percentage share of food and drinks launched in convenient packaging by category, 2004-2007 123 Figure 5.39: Percentage share of food and drink products launched in convenient packaging by region, 2004-2007 125 Figure 5.40: Easy Peal and Easy Tear Packaging 130 Figure 5.41: QC Corps Easy-Open Jam Jars, Meeting Universal Design Rules 131 Figure 5.42: Drinks packaging meeting Universal Design rules for packaging for the elderly and infirm 132 Figure 5.43: Easy open - the innovative Zork wine closure 133 Figure 5.44: Innovative portable packaging; Baroke's Premium Australian Wine in a Can, Raisins d'Automne Tetra Pak Cartons, Hardy's Shuttles 135 Figure 5.45: Frito-Lay's crush proof cups for potato chips 136 Figure 5.46: Sunkist 100% Fresh Ready-to-Eat Fun Fruit for Kids 137 Figure 5.47: Seapoint Farms' Edamame Frozen Organic Vegetables in Pouches 138 Figure 5.48: Kellogg's Good Food to Go! Cocoa Krispies Cereal Cup 139 Figure 5.49: Go Appetit 'food in a bottle' and Morinaga Grapefruit Yogurt Handy Style 140 Figure 5.50: Fridge Packs; DB Breweries of New Zealand Export Gold Beer, Ocean Spray's Juice Drinks, Ozarka Natural Spring Water 141 Figure 5.51: Microwaveable bowls 143 Figure 5.52: Pie-Oh-My introduced using new QuiltWave(TM) technology 145 viii Figure 5.53: Chef Creations Sauces using Tetra Pak Tetra Wedge Aseptic TWA mw 200 S packaging 146 Figure 5.54: Jennie-O Turkey Store(R) Oven Ready Turkey 148 Figure 5.55: Self-heating cans; Brandsource Decadent Hot Chocolate, Wolfgang Puck Gourmet Coffee 149 Figure 5.56: Self-Heating Meals, La Briute Shelf-Stable/Self-Heating Meal and EverSafe Complete Meal Kits 150 Figure 5.57: Self-Cooling Technology; Freddo Freddo Lemon Tea, Feldschlosschen Self-Cooling Keg 151 Figure 5.58: Defense Effervescent Vitamin & Mineral Supplement Drink using FreshCan(TM) technology 152 Figure 5.59: Kewpie Yasashii Kondate (kind menu) range and Hagoromo Papatto Rice Awase Kome 154 Figure 6.60: Coors plastic beer bottle 161 Figure 6.61: College Farm Natural Organic Candy, packaged in NatureWorks PLA 164 List of Tables Table 1.1: Global consumer packaging market value share and predicted growth, by region, 2005-2009 19 Table 1.2: Gross domestic product based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita GDP 19 Table 1.3: Sales growth by market at Rexam PLC (Pounds Sterling m), 2005-2006 21 Table 1.4: Global consumer packaging market value and predicted growth, by packaging type, 2005-2009 21 Table 1.5: Shipments and per capita consumption of cans 24 Table 1.6: Total glass market value by region, all players, ($bn), 2007 28 Table 1.7: Share of food and drinks paper packaging market and value of paper market by region, ($bn), 2007 30 Table 1.8: Quantity of carton packages in key growth markets for Tetra Pak, (bn), 2006 32 Table 2.9: Percentage share of green packaged food and drinks launched, by packaging material, 2005-2007 43 Table 3.10: Percentage share of supply chain efficient food and drinks launched, by packaging material, 2005-2007 81 Table 5.11: Percentage share of convenient packaged food and drinks launched, by packaging material, 2005-2007 127 

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