Form-fill-seal has moved steadily over the years to become a major packaging force for retail proteins. “It’s only rivaled by shrink bags,” declares one packaging veteran. “Certainly in North America it’s dominant largely on the flexible side.”

One of the dominant packaging formats in protein-processing today is form-fill-seal, and why not? It checks all of the boxes for processors, retailers and shoppers alike.

Consumers and brand owners favor flexible packaging, particularly pouches, for meat, poultry and seafood products.

The market for flexible packaging continues to increase at the expense of rigid packaging, directly driving growth in the form/fill/seal (FFS) machinery category

More than ever, there is a pressing need in the retail meat case for product differentiation.