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How does packaging help producers meet differing needs in different places?
As food and beverages travel along the supply chain, packaging must be able to handle a variety of transportation, storage, and distribution conditions and challenges. The container of each food product needs to be robust enough to withstand logistics handling and protect the food and drink inside while transported and stored at different temperatures.
Where cold chain infrastructure is limited or unreliable, packaging that keeps food safe at ambient temperature is essential. In rural areas and emerging markets, aseptic carton technology means shelf-stable products can reach remote communities, informal retail settings, and small community shops. By reducing dependence on continuous refrigeration, this gives producers greater flexibility in how they distribute food and reach consumers across markets with different infrastructure and conditions.
Aseptic packaging and processing meet a diverse variety of requirements for different products, too, whether it’ s juice, nectars, still drinks or dairy products. And the flat, printable surfaces of cartons provide food and beverage producers with the opportunity for brand storytelling that helps them communicate with consumers that may have specific needs, preferences or desires in different markets.
How can packaging help to strengthen the resilience of food systems?
Packaging is a key component of a resilient food system, because we need food systems that can cope when circumstances change. Extreme weather events, geopolitical instability, energy price volatility, and
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