Primary food packaging continues to evolve in response to growing consumer interest in product safety, resealability and portability. These issues are top-of-mind for bakers and snack manufacturers too, as are production and transportation costs, in-store visibility and display, recyclability and product traceability.
Many of today’s food producers are finding that flexible packaging meets their needs, as well as those of their customers and consumers. A recently released study on converted flexible packaging by The Freedonia Group reveals that demand for converted flexible packaging in the U.S. market is expected to increase 3.5% annually to more than $21 billion in 2017, or 9.1 billion lb.