Since the outbreak, 35 percent of consumers around the world have increased the use of home food delivery services. Brazil’s consumption is above average, with more than half (58 per cent) of consumers choosing online shopping. In addition, the survey also shows that 15 percent of consumers around the world are not expected to return to normal shopping habits after the outbreak.
Fast food packaging has become a common feature of many consumers to deal with the epidemic restrictions in their lives. Although the phenomenon of food hoarding will disappear after the epidemic, the long-term trend of restaurant takeout and the surge of social activities in post epidemic period will strengthen the important role of ready to eat food packaging in ensuring food protection and convenient travel.
According to innovamarketinsights, 49 percent of consumers around the world think product protection and food safety are the primary requirements for fast food packaging, followed by product storage (42 percent) and product information (37 percent).
Meanwhile, the promotion of environmental sustainability by the whole industry is affecting the use of primary plastics in packaging. It is worth noting that, under its plastic strategy, the EU is developing a strategy to ensure that all packaging is economically recyclable by 2030.
In the UK, the plastic tax will take effect in april2022, proposing a £ 200 per ton ($278) tax on plastic packaging that recycled less than 30 per cent of plastic, while many other countries, including China and Australia, are adopting legislation to encourage waste reduction.
So what are the challenges and opportunities for ready to eat food packaging?
Priority protection of products
Experts confirmed that pallets are the preferred packaging form of ready to eat food for consumers worldwide (34%). In the UK and Brazil, the proportion of preference for pallets is as high as 54% and 46% respectively.
In addition, the most popular among consumers around the world are bags (17 per cent), bags (14 per cent), cups (10 per cent) and pots (7 per cent). After product protection (49 per cent), product storage (42 per cent) and product information (37 per cent), global consumers have made the convenience of product use (30 per cent), transportation (22 per cent) and availability (12 per cent) the top priority.
In emerging economies, product protection is particularly concerned. In Indonesia, China and India, 69 percent, 63 percent and 61 percent of consumers who prioritize food safety are respectively.
The epidemic has also increased consumer health concerns, and 59 percent of consumers around the world have thought packaging protection is more important since the outbreak. 20 percent of consumers around the world like to use more plastic packaging for epidemic health purposes, while 40 percent acknowledge that plastic packaging is now a “unnecessary necessity.”.
Food safety and Sustainability
Food protection is the key problem of packaging innovation of ready to eat food, as well as closely related sustainability and insulation drivers.
Experts believe that environmental impact is also a major problem in the catering industry“ In Europe, special attention has been paid to plastic alternatives and packaging solutions that minimize environmental impact without compromising food safety. Another key trend is to ensure that consumers, as well as retail and food producers, are easy to handle. “
Challenges of circular economy
Reducing plastic is still the main consumer requirement for ready to eat food packaging. In addition, more and more strict legal requirements for recyclability and recycling, food safety and health “is always the most important.”.
“In practice, recoverability tends to vary within and between countries, depending on the existing infrastructure, which, from a regional perspective, sometimes challenges product development and product scope management,” the expert explained
One of the main challenges of food packaging recycling economy is the serious lack of approved recycled materials for food packaging“ Materials that can be used, such as RPET, have not been used in large scale. “
The demand for epidemic is increasing
Demand for ready to eat food packaging solutions for takeout and restaurant delivery to the door has increased due to the epidemic.
The number of food delivery doors has surged due to closures and social restrictions. According to innovamarketinsights, 35 percent of consumers around the world have increased the use of home delivery services since the outbreak. Brazil’s consumption is above average, with more than half (58 per cent) of consumers choosing online shopping.
In addition, the survey also shows that 15 percent of consumers around the world are not expected to return to normal shopping habits after the outbreak. In the UK, Germany and the United States, up to 20 per cent of consumers are expected to continue to maintain consumption habits during the epidemic.
Post time: May-25-2021