Overview
Market Research Future (MRFR) claims that the global baby food packaging market is estimated to acquire a healthy CAGR during the forecast period (2016-2022). The surging demand for convenience products is encouraging the baby food packaging market across the globe. Baby food products are specially designed for packing food items exclusively for infants and toddlers. Materials such as plastic containers, glass jars, folding cartons, metal cans, and other materials are used in the packaging of baby food products. Baby food packaging is of paramount importance in order to safeguard the quality of the packed food besides maintaining its hygiene.
The global baby food packaging market is experiencing a tectonic surge over the past few years due to the surging demand for convenience food products along with its safety. With the rising aspect of health awareness including hygiene, reusability, easy to carry, and lightweight packaging materials, the baby food packaging market is experiencing a robust growth during the review period. The growing demand for stand-up pouches and thin wall containers due to their lightweight, hygienic, reusability, safety, and easy to carry nature are considered some of the vital factors accelerating the market’s growth across the globe. The proper packaging offers freshness to the food along with an improved shelf life which further adds to its benefit.
The introduction of biodegradable materials like paper coupled with extensive research and development has opened new growth opportunities to the market growth. Moreover, the rising preference of the teenagers towards food packed in microwaveable plastic pouches and tubs is further encouraging the market growth. Baby food packaging is also gaining prominence due to their resilience to the external environment, thus preventing contamination of the food products.
On the contrary, plastics used for packing baby foods products have been banned by the governments of Canada and the US as it contains BPA which is harmful to the infants. This is likely to deter the market growth in the coming years.
Segmentation
The global baby food packaging market has been segmented on the basis of sealing and handle, material type, raw material, and application.
By mode of material type, the global baby food packaging market has been segmented into paper, polymer, glass, metal, and others. Among these, the polymer segment is likely to gain prominence across the globe as they are light in weight and offer longer and improved shelf life to the products.
The sealing and handle segment comprises zipper top, heat seal, spout top, and patch handle.
By application, the market constitutes of dried baby food, liquid milk, powder milk, others. Among these, the powder milk segment occupies the major chunk in the global market owing to the easy availability and effectiveness of the product.
The raw material segment comprises glass packaging material, flexible packaging material, packaging paperboard material, rigid plastic packaging material, and metal packaging material. Among these, the flexible packaging material exhibits an edge over other materials and occupies the largest market share.
Regional Insights
Geographically, the baby food packaging market has been studied under regions namely, Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, and the Rest-of-the-World (RoW).
Considering the global scenario, North America is likely to be at the forefront. The growth can be ascribed to the surging demand for baby food products. Europe acquires the second position in the global market and is likely to retain its position in the long run.
The Asia Pacific region is estimated to acquire a considerable growth rate in the upcoming projection span. The region owes its growth to the surging alertness regarding the nutritional benefits of packaged baby food items coupled with the rising demand for the convenience of baby edible food products. China is likely to lead the region due to the increased awareness regarding the benefits of baby food packing among the masses.
Asia Pacific region is presumed to be the most dominant market during the forecast period owing to rising alertness about the nutritional benefits for packaged baby food and increasing demand for convenience baby edible products.
Competitive Dashboard
The prominent players operating in the global baby food packaging market comprises Essel Propack Limited, Bericap India Pvt. Ltd., ITC Ltd Paperboards, Hindustan National Glass & Industries Ltd, Tata Tinplate Company of India (TCIL), MeadWestvaco Corporation, Cascades Inc, Tetra Pak India Pvt Ltd, and FPC Flexible Packaging Corp.
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