Packaging

Our Packaging category focuses on key developments over the past year in materials, sustainability, preservation and convenience.

ALDI

Paper-based bottles are likely to grow in popularity, with Aldi the first UK retailer to use them as a wine format.

BAD MONKEY HEAT N' EAT

Heat-resistant packaging turns ready-to-eat popcorn into a hot snack.

BONDUELLE

Monomaterial plastic is becoming increasingly popular as brands seek out ways to improve pack recyclability.

THE BRITISH CRISP CO

The British Crisp Co is claiming a UK first with this “fully recyclable” paper crisp bag.

CARLSBERG

The rounded edges of this beer packaging apparently offer both branding opportunities and a reduced carbon footprint.

CLICK4MORE

We’ve seen ‘twist to mix’ packaging before in functional drinks, but it’s interesting to see the concept adapted to pre-mixed spirits.

FLORA

Upfield’s innovation underlines the extent to which paper-based materials are increasingly seeking to match the performance of plastics in respect of both rigidity and barrier protection.

LA PRESSERIE

Novel use of vacuum packs helps showcase this soup’s star ingredients.