MEAT FREEZER BAG MARKET: RECENT INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS

Posted by surendra choudhary on July 31st, 2019

Packaging has a vital role in food industry as it helps manufacturers and consumers to keep packed products fresh for longer duration. Packaging manufacturers are innovating new solutions for meeting the unique requirements of the food industry. Meat being the most common source of protein for most of the human population, its packaging plays has a great significance in keeping meat products fresh and edible. Commonly meat is packed in bags, wraps, and pouches. However, for preventing the spoilage of meat during storage, meat products are stored at very low temperature. Use of freezer bags for meat product is gaining popularity among manufacturers, suppliers, and retailers for storage and shipping purposes.

Meat Freezer Bag Market: Market Dynamics

Increasing per capita consumption of meat and penetration of modern retail outlets are the key factors for driving the growth in meat freezer bags market. Meat items packed in freezer bags has longer shelf life than meat items packed in old packaging formats thus increasing manufacturers’ preference for the use of meat freezer bags. Improvement in quality of resins allows manufacturers in producing meat freezer bags with better stretching, barrier and appearances physical properties. Furthermore meat freezer bags provides an alternative for reusable plastic bags, carrying raw meat in reusable plastic bags can be hazardous for health of the consumers. However use of meat freezer bags may reduce the flavor of the meat which may discourage consumers hence hampering the growth in meat freezer bags market. Ban on use of plastic in many parts of the world for reducing the plastic waste may also limit the growth in meat freezer bags market.

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Meat Freezer Bag Market: Industry Level Trends

Manufacturers are using more consumer engaging packaging for attracting millennial consumers. For example, a QR code on freezer bags can provide presentation for cooking the meat.

Packaging manufacturers have introduced transparent meat freezer bags as it helps in building consumer index by increasing products visibility.

Meat Freezer Bag Market: Market Segmentation

Meat freezer bag market is segmented by product type, material type, thickness (micron) and end users.

Based on the product type, meat freezer bag market is segmented into:

• Shrink Bags
• Gusseted Bags
• Zip seal bags

Based on the material type, meat freezer bag market is segmented into:

• Plastic
  • Polyethylene (PE)
  • Polypropylene (PP)
  • Polyethylene terephthalate PET
  • Polyamide (PA)
  • Polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC)
  • Ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH)

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Based on the thickness (micron) type, meat freezer bag market is segmented into:

• < 30
• 30 – 50
• >50

Based on the end users type, meat freezer bag market is segmented into:

• Consumers
• Retailers
• Restaurants
• Other institutions

Meat Freezer Bag Market: Value Chain

Exxon Mobil Corporation, Berry Petroleum Company and Chevron Corporation resin manufacturers are the raw material suppliers for film converters, Uflex Ltd., Bemis, Winpak process the resins and supply films to the packaging manufacturers, packaging manufacturers produce meat freezer bags with customer desired properties and appearance or bags are distributed through retailers such as Walmart, eBay, Amazon, Alibaba Group and other local distributors. Material segment is to arrive at the market value by calculating the market share and price/ton for each material sub segment and for each region. Approximate average price for meat freezer bags is US$ 0.104.

Meat Freezer Bag Market – Regional Outlook:

Regionally, global meat freezer bag market is segmented into

• North America
• Latin America
• Eastern Europe
• Western Europe
• Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ)
• Middle East & Africa (MEA)
• Japan

North America is expected to lead the meat freezer bag market due to the highest per capita meat consumption. MEA region is expected to account for the small but rapidly growing market share in meat freezer bags market. Countries like Saudi Arabia has 44.5 kg per capita consumption of meat. APEJ region is expected to account for second largest share in meat freezer bags market due to the increasing penetration of modern retail outlets and large consumer base in India and China. Western Europe, being the mature market is expected to grow sluggishly during the forecast period. U.K. is expected to contribute largest share in European meat freezer bags market.

Meat Freezer Bag Market – Key Players:

Meat freezer bags market is highly fragmented, the COVERIS, Xiamen Huli Fengyi Industry Co., Ltd., Changle Shuguang Industry Co., Ltd., Zhaoqing Litat Packaging Material Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Mangor Industrial Co., Ltd., Nadya’s Poultry, PLASTOPIL and Unitrend Plastics.