Baby Food Packaging

Amid growing anti-plastic sentiment in developed markets, pressures on food packagers, brand owners and retailers are increasingly felt to provide more sustainable packaging alternatives. Yet as ‘plastic-free’ becomes the new ‘free from’ in foods, ...

Food packaging volume sales picked up pace globally over 2017. In a more unsettling global context and an all-encompassing move to digital, packaging innovation will be key in regaining consumer trust in food brands regarding their health proposition...

The Government of India under the guidance of Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI) and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has set stringent guidelines for the manufacturing and packaging of baby food. India has a high infant ...

Driven by the increasing number of working mothers, larger pack sizes of baby food are expected to perform well over the forecast period. The trend is expected to be more prominent in prepared baby food which already experienced a rapid rise in sales...

Pouches are seeing a strong performance in baby food and are increasingly used in order to facilitate on-the-go consumption. While plastic pouches have been used for many years as refill packs win powder milk formula, the review period saw the ...

Growing internet retailing sales are impacting consumers’ purchasing habits globally. In turns, this has changed packaging requirements and demands, with the rise in home deliveries translating into lighter pack types and polarised pack sizes. ...

Women in Saudi Arabia are rapidly entering the workforce thanks to the government’s efforts to make them an important contributor to the economy and society. Indeed, women are not only entering the public and private employment sectors, but also ...

Initially introduced by Wyeth for its high-end milk formula brand Illuma in 2011, composite containers packaging has been adopted by other international powder milk formula brands such as Nutrilon and Hyproca 1987. During 2017, a growing number of ...

In 2017, baby food packaging continued to see relatively muted growth in total retail unit volume terms. This can be attributed to the low birth rate as Singaporeans continued to delay having children and preferred to have just one or two children ...

The stand-up pouch is a novelty in the baby food category, but the format is expected to become more mainstream in the forecast period. Convenience is the main driver in its progress, as the stand-up pouch is easier to carry than a glass jar and ...

Stand-up pouches saw stable unit volume growth throughout the review period in Russia. The packaging type is predominantly used in prepared baby food for purées. Such packaging is widely recognised as convenient and cheaper compared with the ...

The Control of Marketing of Infant and Young Child Food Act 2017 came into effect on 8 September 2017. On top of the Thai government’s strict guidelines on baby food packaging, the new regulations prohibit marketing activities and advertisements for ...

In Ukraine, baby food, which covers multiple subcategories, stands among the well-established packaged food categories and is packaged in traditional conventional packaging. At the same time, there have been moments of dynamism with new updates; ...

The United Arab Emirates recently increased maternity leave allowance in a bid to improve work-life balance for working mothers. As a result, working mothers from the public sector are now entitled to 90-day maternity leave and two-hour breastfeeding...

Stand-up pouches can be expected to continue to grow over the forecast period. Prepared baby food will be the category driving growth of this pack type as it is not only convenient for parents, allowing feeding anywhere, but also allows babies to ...

Known locally as “Klämmisar”, stand-up aluminium/plastic pouches with plastic screw closures continued to perform strongly in baby food packaging in 2017. Still relatively new to Sweden, these packs are considered to be highly convenient, as they ...

Over the review period, metal tins remained the most common pack type in powder milk formula in Vietnam. Indeed, most brands available in the country, from those imported to locally produced, such as Similac, Dutch Lady and Friso, have products in ...

Developments in baby food are expected to influence packaging over the forecast period. In addition to convenience and safety, more Dutch parents are concerned about the environmental impact of packaging. Manufacturers will respond to these concerns ...

Baby food packaging recorded slightly slower volume growth in 2017 versus 2016. The slowdown in birth rate is adversely affecting demand for baby food and its packaging, as is the presence of substitutes, such as breastmilk, which the government ...

Convenience was a key trend baby food in 2017. As the birth rate drops, it is more difficult for baby food to maintain positive retail volume sales growth. However, as parents lead busier lifestyles, they tend to prefer packaged baby food, which is ...