Demand for meat packaging in the United States stands at $5.1 billion and will grow steadily through 2021, predicts a report from The Freedonia Group, in Cleveland, Ohio.
While consumer preferences offer an opportunity for food brands to innovate and expand, food suppliers, distributors and retailers are all challenged to extend the shelf life of natural and organic foods without compromising the real taste, texture or color of these goods.
Words such as innovation, engineering and precision generally are not what leap out at you upon hearing “casings,” yet, subtly, the business has become adaptive and innovative.
Shoppers browsing the fresh meat cases in their local supermarkets have little idea of the influence they exert over the case-ready tray packaging displayed there.
Andy Hanacek and Tom Egan, vice president, Industry Services, for PMMI, discuss the emergence of innovation in meat and poultry packaging and what factors are driving improvements in the products reaching consumers today.
A microwave pasteurized cooking and packaging method for chilled ready meals is now available in North, South and Central America exclusively through a partnership between Curwood, a Bemis Company, and MicVac, a Swedish-based solution provider.