Processed Fruit and Vegetables Packaging

Due to the continued strong increase in the amount of time Germans were spending at home, the number of meals prepared and cooked at home still remained higher than in more normal times, especially since foodservice operations were also restricted…

Frozen fruit, in particular berries, is a category that is less affected by a shift towards fresher options, as these products are often used to prepare home-made desserts, smoothies and fruit purées. Frozen fruit was therefore already recording…

Shelf stable fruit and vegetables dominates sales of process fruit and vegetables in Indonesia, with metal food cans the main pack type in shelf stable fruit and vegetables as well as therefore also processed fruit and vegetables as a whole. The use…

In 2021, Chinese consumers were returning to a more normal way of life, following the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, due to better control of the virus as well as the country’s vaccination programme in 2021, which saw the easing of…

Retail sales of shelf stable vegetables, such as canned corn or peas, spiked in 2020, with consumers spending more time at home than usual due to COVID-19 restrictions, given these products maintained their inexpensive pricing and were not vulnerable…

The primary packaging used for frozen processed potatoes and frozen processed vegetables continues to be flexible plastic, supported by the expanding variety of pack sizes available in this pack type. Flexible plastic remains a popular choice thanks…

The packaging unit volumes of flexible plastic used in frozen processed potatoes saw a strong spike in demand in 2020 and remained at elevated levels in 2021 thanks to a further modest sales increase. Travel restrictions and limited foodservice…

In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the Spanish authorities to implement strict national lockdown measures around the country, as well as subsequent local lockdowns throughout the year to continue to prevent the spread of the COVID-19…

Having contracted during 2019, processed fruit and vegetables packaging returned to growth during 2020. With consumers spending more time at home during the year, they prepared and ate more meals there. Moreover, COVID-19 drove heightened consumer…

After seeing only sluggish retail unit volume growth, at best, in the earlier years of the review period, shelf stable fruit and vegetables packaging recorded much better performances during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. The previous sluggish or…

Shelf stable fruit and vegetables had a very good year in 2020, as demand rose substantially in this year for shelf stable vegetables, which dominates sales of shelf stable fruit and vegetables, and shelf stable beans. This therefore boosted the…

Shelf stable beans was still recording positive unit volume growth in 2021, albeit much slower than in 2020, as growing health consciousness in Italy, accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, also included increased awareness of the nutritional benefits…

Processed fruit and vegetables packaging, after its major unit volume spike in 2020, having recorded modest growth or even stagnating sales in the previous years of the review period, recorded a decline in 2021, as COVID-19 restrictions were eased,…

As fresh fruit and vegetables are diverse and affordable in Vietnam, and generally preferred for their freshness, most local consumers continue to favour them over processed products. They are also generally considered to taste better. This limits…

Processed fruit and vegetables registered declining volume sales in Thailand over the course of 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although many consumers stockpiled essential goods during the early stages of the…

After registering modest unit volume growth rates in the earlier years of the review period and even slipping into decline in 2019, processed fruit and vegetables recorded a strong increase in its packaging unit volumes during 2020. This was mainly…

Shelf stable vegetables packaging unit volumes saw a small spike in demand when the pandemic hit Colombia in 2020, followed by slower, but still positive, growth in 2021, as COVID-19 restrictions were eased somewhat. Metal food cans is still the…

Growth in the number of packaging unit volumes used in shelf stable fruit and vegetables slowed in 2021. This followed the spike in sales seen in 2020, which could be attributed to the pandemic, and the restrictions introduced to contain its spread…

Both frozen processed fruit and vegetables and shelf stable fruit and vegetables saw a major spike in demand in 2020 as consumers were cooking at home more due to being home-bound as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. This provided a boost to the…

COVID-19 resulted in a sharp acceleration in demand for processed fruit and vegetables packaging during 2020, as consumers spent more time at home and prepared and ate more meals and snacks there. In particular, demand for shelf stable vegetables…