Global Fresh Meat Packaging Market Trends, Forecast Report 2025-2037
Fresh Meat Packaging Market size is set to increase from USD 3.27 billion to USD 5.49 billion, demonstrating a CAGR of around 4.2% during the forecast period, from 2025 to 2037. In the year 2025, the industry size of fresh meat packaging is assessed at USD 3.38 billion.
Rising R&D of therapeutic vaccines, increasing disease diagnostic modalities, and increasing preference of people for fresh food products owing to increase proper packaging will fuel the market growth. Also, the rising consumption of fresh meat products such as chicken, pork, beef, lamb, turkey, and fish are expected to boost the fresh chicken packaging market size. The U.S household consumption of meat in 2020 rose more than 6% up from 2019.
Reduced transportation cost, the economy of scale, increased shelf life, better inventory, minimization of weight loss due to evaporation, and palatability due to controlled aging are some of the major factors surging the market revenue. Further, rising demand for fresh meat among people will impel the market growth.
Fresh Meat Packaging Sector: Growth Drivers and Challenges
Growth Drivers
- Increasing Demand for Eco-Friendly Packaging Owing to Environmental Concerns – Time constraints and rising environmental concerns such as global warming are forcing manufacturers to adopt eco-friendly techniques for fresh meat packaging which is expected to drive the global market over the forecast period. As per the estimations, it was observed that more than 50% of participants were concerned about the packaging material or product and preferred sustainable packaging materials.
- Rising Population Across the World who Eat Meat and Meat Products - Increase in the percentage of the global population consuming meat has increased the demand for fresh meat packaging products across the globe. As the population of the world increases to 7 billion to 10 billion by 2050 meat consumption also rises eventually leading to the growth of the market.
- Increasing Health Issues from Meat with the Sudden Outbreak of COVID-19 – Improper meat packaging or infected meat such as Trichinella- infected meat will cause infection to the people who consumed it. About 10,000 cases are reported each year across the globe as per the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Growing Need to Extend the Shelf-Life of Fresh Meat Using Active Packaging Films – The use of polyamides and green tea extract in antioxidant packaging enhanced the shelf-life of minced beef from 5 to 20 days.
- Increasing Demand for Packaging Materials Coupled with Advancements in Packaging Technology – Vacuum skin packaging technology machines are estimated to eliminate up to 90% i.e., accurately between 70-80% of the air from the packaging product and extend the shelf-life.
Challenges
- Increased Number of Health Issues with Consumption of Spoiled Meat Improper packaging or the use of unhygienic packaging material deteriorates the meat products when stored for a longer time. Environmental issues such as recyclability and sustainability and rising health concerns among people are some of the factors that are anticipated to restrain the global fresh meat packaging market.
- Complex Production Process is Involved to Keep the Packaging Hygiene
- Expensive Packaging and Additional Costs for Storage, Transit, and Maintenance of Meat
Fresh Meat Packaging Market: Key Insights
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2024 |
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Forecast Year |
2025-2037 |
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CAGR |
4.2% |
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Base Year Market Size (2024) |
USD 3.27 billion |
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Forecast Year Market Size (2037) |
USD 5.49 billion |
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Fresh Meat Packaging Segmentation
Meat Type (Beef, Pork, Poultry)
The poultry segment is anticipated to hold the largest fresh meat packaging market size by 2037, owing to rising production of poultry, increasing disposable income, rapid urbanization in developing economies, and growing popularity of the protein diet and keto diet. Poultry production and consumption rose to 128 million metric tons in 2021 with an average of 4% increase every year according to the USDA Economic Research Service.
Our in-depth analysis of the global market includes the following segments:
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By Packaging |
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By Layer |
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By Packaging Format |
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By Meat Type |
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By Distribution Channel |
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Customize this ReportFresh Meat Packaging Industry - Regional Synopsis
The North America fresh meat packaging market is projected to hold largest revenue share by the end of 2037. Rising adoption of modern advancements, increasing consumption of meat, poultry, and seafood, growing production of fresh meat, elevating the number of manufacturing hubs, and rising small and large scale firms and mergers are augmenting the market growth. More than 50 million chickens are produced, 10 billion broiler chickens hatched in 2020, and in 2021 9.5 billion eggs were bred in the U.S alone.
Companies Dominating the Fresh Meat Packaging Landscape
- Film Convertors
- Company Overview
- Business Strategy
- Key Product Offerings
- Financial Performance
- Key Performance Indicators
- Risk Analysis
- Recent Development
- Regional Presence
- SWOT Analysis
- Bemis Company, Inc.
- Winpak Ltd.
- Sealed Air Corp.
- Amcor Ltd
- Crown Holdings
- Nuconic Packaging LLC
- Tetra Pak International S.A.
- Silgan Holdings, Inc.
- Reynolds Group
- Toyo Seikan Group Holdings
In the News
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MULTIVAC Sepp Haggenmüller SE & Co. KG announced that it will exhibit a wide range of integrated processing and packaging solutions at IFFA in Frankfurt in 2022. The presentation includes the processing and packaging of fresh meat in MUTIVAC paperboard, poultry in MAP, portioned products in film pouches, and packaging meat in catering packs with cost-effective and sustainable materials.
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U.S Food and Drug Administration declared an investment amount of USD 500 million in American Rescue Plan to develop meat and poultry processing capacity to make the agricultural market more fair, accessible, resilient, and competitive for U.S farmers and ranchers.
Author Credits: Abhishek Anil
- Report ID: 219
- Published Date: Jan 17, 2025
- Report Format: PDF, PPT
