• The importance of folding cartons continues to rise in baby food, offering affordability and large surface areas for printing images and listing product information.
  • More traditional metal tins lose out as refill packs become increasingly popular in baby food.
  • Sales benefit as consumers move from unpackaged, home-made dairy to packaged options
  • Brick liquid cartons see strong 14% retail unit volume growth in 2016 as mid- to high-income consumers trade up within fresh milk
  • Shift from unpackaged to packaged products fuels strong growth in dry sauces and herbs and spices  and stand-up plastic pouches see strong growth in ketchup
  • Knorr Chef's Masala launched in dry sauces in flexible aluminum/plastic with zip/press closures
  • Shift away from use of secondary packaging in processed meat and seafood results in limited unit volume growth in comparison to product volume growth
  • Move towards larger pack sizes in flexible plastic impacts unit volume growth in frozen processed meat in 2016 and drives confectionery growth.
  • Rigid containers see strong growth in chewing gum and mints thanks to popularity of pellets
  • Baby food saw 6% total retail unit volume growth to reach 255 million units in 2016, largely driven by low-cost folding cartons and flexible plastic.  Sizing polarization seen across baby food

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