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Soft Drinks and Confectionery Lead Food and Beverage Packaging Volume

Soft drinks are by far the most popular package type in the food and beverage category, but some smaller categories may see volume gains in the near future.

Soft drinks account for about 74% of all beverage packaging volume.
Soft drinks account for about 74% of all beverage packaging volume.
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Soft drinks are the dominating subcategory for food and beverage packaging, but other subcategories, like confectionery packaging, are showing promise for upcoming volume gains.

That’s according to PMMI Business Intelligence’s 2022 report, “Future of Packaging and Sustainability.” Beverages took up over 47% of the overall packaging market, with around 237 billion units in 2021. Soft drinks accounted for almost 74% of that, with a projected combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.5% by 2025.

Beverages accounted for about 12.4 billion more units of packaging than food in 2021.Beverages accounted for about 12.4 billion more units of packaging than food in 2021.PMMI Business Intelligence, 2022 Future of Packaging and SustainabilityAlcoholic beverage packaging trailed soft drinks by a large margin, taking up about 25% of all beverage packaging, with an expected 1.4% CAGR by 2025.

Despite standing so far behind soft drinks in beverage packaging, alcoholic beverages maintained the second-largest overall volume for both food and beverage packaging.

Hot drinks packaging was the least popular subcategory for beverages, making up about 1.6% of all beverage packaging volume. It led the beverage category in promise for growth, though, set for a CAGR of 2.1% by 2025.

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