According to Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, 48% of customers avoid foods with artificial preservatives and 35% avoid foods with artificial flavors. This means brands are challenged to leverage packaging technologies that can help food last longer without additional chemicals.

Shorr Packaging recently surveyed American consumers regarding packaging theft in order to understand who’s being affected by package theft, what cautionary methods Americans are taking to avoid their online shipments from getting taken and to see how consumers believe online retailers can keep their packages safe.

The global transparent barrier packaging films market in the food industry is witnessing a steady growth from the last few years, and this growth is expected to continue in the forecast period 2017-2021.

As much as 97% of respondents to a survey of U.S. wine consumers see cork as an indicator of wine quality, with 93% preferring natural cork for wine bought as a gift and 91% preferring it for wine bought at a restaurant.

Selig Group announces new consumer research results showing that when selecting a product, freshness, as well as tamper and leak proof packaging is of greatest concern.

The market size is expected to reach USD $60.92 billion by 2024, according to a new report by Grand View Research Inc. owing to increasing demand for compact beverage packaging solutions.

The ready-to-eat market comprises packaging of prepared foods by foodservice operations of supermarkets, convenience stores, mass retailers and other stores (e.g., natural foods stores, club stores) and excludes precooked products from food manufacturers.

Forty-eight percent of consumers said they are trying to eat less sugar, according to a survey by Leatherhead Food Research. 

 

The PET plastic bottle is the second most popular consumer pack type, after flexible plastic (in 2016 retail unit volume sales), and is set to grow by 3.9% over the next five years.