Soft Drinks Packaging

PET bottles are the dominant packaging type in soft drinks and are used for the majority of soft drinks products, being particularly strong in bottled water, carbonates, RTD tea and sports drinks. Metal beverage cans are another major pack type in…

Although RTD coffee remains a relatively small category, it is seeing some of the most dynamic growth in the Turkish soft drinks market. The main pack type for RTD coffee in the retail channel is the metal beverage can, ahead of glass bottles and PET…

In 2022, retail unit volume sales of soft drinks packaging in Romania continued to grow for the second consecutive year, following the decline seen in 2020, when the pandemic first hit the country. This boosted the sales of the main pack type, PET…

In 2021, the EU introduced a “plastic tax”, under which all industry players are required to pay EUR0.80 per kilogramme for non-recycled plastic packaging waste. The law is aimed at encouraging manufacturers to move towards sustainable packaging. In…

In soft drinks as a whole, metal beverage cans continued to record increasing unit volumes and also continued to gain share in 2022, which is expected to continue over the forecast period. Metal beverage cans have continued eating into the share of…

Although metal beverage cans are still the leading pack type for soft drinks in Malaysia, as they preserve the product well by protecting it from sunlight and are seen as a sustainable option, they were losing share to PET bottles over the review…

Packaging unit volumes in Switzerland’s overall soft drinks market saw even faster growth in 2022 than they had done a year earlier, but they still remained below pre-pandemic levels. The strong growth was mainly due to the ongoing recovery of sales…

Soft drinks packaging total unit volumes continued to grow in 2022 for the second consecutive year in Singapore following the sharp fall in sales due to COVID-19 in 2020. While retail sales actually managed to record a minimal increase in 2020, and…

Bubly, the PepsiCo flavoured bottled water brand, announced in 2019 that it would be eliminating the use of plastic bottles for its products, switching entirely to being packaged in metal beverage cans. It began to implement this packaging switch…

In 2022, the Colombian soft drinks market continued its strong post-pandemic recovery, with even more dynamic growth than in the previous year. This marked a continued rebound from the COVID-19-related disruption to the industry in 2020, when sales…

PET bottles are heavily used for soft drinks packaging in Thailand as they are cost-effective, lightweight, durable, recyclable and widely available. PET bottles are cheaper to produce than other packaging materials such as glass or aluminium. This…

In 2022, PET bottles continued to be the main pack type in hot drinks in Mexico. This can be attributed to the importance of carbonates and bottled water in Mexican soft drinks, as PET bottles are the primary pack type for these two categories, which…

After two years of slightly elevated growth rates in 2019 and 2020, the Spanish soft drinks market went into decline in 2021, before seeing stagnating sales in 2022, although packaging unit volumes still remain above pre-pandemic levels. High…

After the decline in sales of soft drinks in 2020 due to the arrival of the pandemic in India, 2022 saw a continuation of the recovery that began in 2021. This could be attributed to the fact that people were spending more time outdoors and were back…

The PET bottle is the dominant pack type in Polish soft drinks, in the retail channel in particular. After two years of declining sales during the pandemic, in 2020 and 2021, it recorded positive growth in retail in 2022, while its recovery from the…

Having once been the main pack type for soft drinks in the foodservice channel in Italy, still often associated with high-quality and premium products, glass bottles lost this title to PET bottles. After sharing the industry-wide slump in sales in…

PET bottles remained dominant across soft drinks packaging in Argentina, accounting for around two thirds of total soft drinks retail unit packaging volumes in 2022, and are expected to continue to do so throughout the forecast period. This pack type…

The presence of the COVID-19 pandemic has increased health awareness in Japan, with many consumers opting to purchase low-calorie soft drinks. This factor, coupled with Japan witnessing extremely hot days in the summer of 2022, favoured the retail…

Manufacturers are recognising the growing consumer concerns about the environmental impact of packaging and are therefore prioritising sustainable packaging practices. For example, Crown Embalagens Metálicas da Amazônia partnered with Socorro Bebidas…

Although soft drinks packaging in Indonesia continued its post-pandemic recovery in 2022, the market size remained well below pre-pandemic levels. Although unit volumes used in the foodservice channel grew again in 2022, despite certain COVID-19…