Asia-Pacific Food Storage Container Market Size, Share, and Trends Analysis Report – Industry Overview and Forecast to 2032

Food Storage Container Market Analysis

Food container market size is expected to rise significantly over the forecast period, due to the increasing interest in developing smart and biodegradable food packaging materials globally. Moreover, fast urbanization and a significant change away from traditional staples to managing packaged foods will also significantly expand the industry's growth.

Food Storage Container Market Size

Asia-Pacific food storage container market size was valued at USD 66.41 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach USD 95.17 billion by 2032, with a CAGR of 4.6% during the forecast period of 2025 to 2032.

Report Scope and Market Segmentation       

Food Storage Container Market Definition

A food storage container contains food at room temperature, in the refrigerator or in the freezer. There are various options available for storing food in any of these manners. Various factors must be considered before choosing the type of container to use. Consider the kind of storage (room temperature, refrigerated or frozen), the food being stored, storage length and space of storage. The container can be a plastic container, plastic bag or glass container.

Food Storage Container Market Dynamics

Drivers

• Focus is being placed on food container innovation and aesthetics

Food manufacturers are more attentive to food container innovation and aesthetics, which stimulates manufacturers to deliver their products in a diversity of creative food packaging, which is expected to drive market growth in the coming future. 

• Maintaining food quality through innovative methods

Rising demand for maintaining food quality with the help of innovative methods. Food containers preserve food products fresh and allow them to transport safely great distances from their point of production. The requirement for food containers has improved as a result of growing populations, urbanization and changing lifestyles.

• Increasing number of government initiatives for spreading consumer awareness

Government regulations restraining greenhouse gas emissions in the food and beverage industry are expected to raise demand for sustainable packaging. These are the major drivers which increase the market growth.

• Environmentally friendly food containers

Now people become more conscious about environmental issues. They are  demanding  for  manufacture more eco-friendly food containers. Furthermore, as individuals become more health-conscious, this is a major factor driving the growth of the food container industry.

Opportunities

• Maintaining food quality

Food containers preserve food products fresh and allow them to transport securely. The necessity for food containers has improved as a result of increasing urbanization, populations and changing lifestyles. Additionally, government manage greenhouse gas emissions in the food and beverage industry are expected to rise demand for ecological packaging, Thus, this factor is creating profitable opportunities for the development of the food container market during the forecast period.

• Demand For Meat and Fish Products

Increasing urbanization, populations, and changing lifestyles increase the demand for meat and fish in markets, increasing the demand for food storage containers. Meat and fish need more preservation that’s why the necessity of innovative food storage container increases.

Restraints/ Challenges

If food is stored in low-quality containers, it becomes polluted. The food contamination will occur when food is stored in containers for long period of time. This will change consumer tastes and this is major problem for food container market players. As a result, food container market players must manufacture high quality, airtight, leak-proof, and creative products with an attractive form. Thus, low quality of materials is an enormous challenge for the growth of the food container market during the forecast period.

This food storage container market report provides details of new recent developments, trade regulations, import-export analysis, production analysis, value chain optimization, market share, impact of domestic and localized market players, analyses opportunities in terms of emerging revenue pockets, changes in market regulations, strategic market growth analysis, market size, category market growths, application niches and dominance, product approvals, product launches, geographic expansions, technological innovations in the market. To gain more info on the food storage container market contact Data Bridge Market Research for an Analyst Brief, our team will help you take an informed market decision to achieve market growth.

Food Storage Container Market Scope

The food storage container market is segmented on the basis of materials, products, packaging type and application. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze meagre growth segments in the industries and provide the users with a valuable market overview and market insights to help them make strategic decisions for identifying core market applications.

Materials

• Paperboard
• Metal
• Glass
• Plastic
• Others

Products

• Bottles and jars
• Cans
• Cups and Tubs
• Boxes
• Others

Packaging Type

• Rigid packaging
• Semi-rigid packaging
• Flexible packaging

Application

• Grain Mill Products
• Dairy Goods
• Fruits and Vegetables
• Bakery Products
• Others

Food Storage Container Market Regional Analysis

The food storage container market is analyzed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, materials, products, packaging and application as referenced above.

The countries covered in the food storage container market report are Japan, China, India, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific.

China leading the way to production and consumption of recyclable food storage containers. Due to the ease of producing re-usable food storage containers, China leads the Asia-Pacific market.

The country section of the report also provides individual market impacting factors and changes in market regulation that impact the current and future trends of the market. Data points like down-stream and upstream value chain analysis, technical trends and porter's five forces analysis, case studies are some of the pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, the presence and availability of Asia-Pacific brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, impact of domestic tariffs and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.   

Food Storage Container Market Share

The food storage container market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, Asia-Pacific presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to food storage container market.

Food Storage Container Market Leaders Operating in the Market Are:

• Tupperware (US)
• Amcor plc (Switzerland)
• LocknLock Co.(South Korea)
• Thermos LLC. (US)
• Freshware (US)
• EMSA GmbH (Germany)
• Silgan Containers (US)
• LINDAR Corporation (US)
• Detmold Group (Australia)
• OXO (US)
• NuWave, LLC (US)
• Newell Brands (US)
• Berry Asia-Pacific Inc. (US)
• Plastipak Holdings, Inc. (US)
• Ball Corporation (US)
• Novolex (US)
• Ardagh S.A (Europe)
• Sonoco Products Company (US)
• Tetra Laval S.A (Switzerland)

Latest Developments in Food Storage Container Market

• In March 2020, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. partnered with BioNTech to develop and market the mRNA shot in China and made an advance payment of EUR 250 million (USD 300 million) for an average of 50 million doses. The German vaccine producer would supply no more than 100 million doses for China by 2021
• In April 2020, Bacardi also declared to produce 70,000 litters of hand sanitizers which help to ease the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The company has initiated the production of hand sanitizers at its co-packing facility in Telangana

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