Frozen Food Packaging Market Trends

Global Frozen Food Packaging Market Overview

Frozen food packaging could maintain its integrity over sealing, filling, freezing, transportation, storage, thawing, and sometimes cooking. More frozen foods are cooked using a device called a microwave oven, producers have progressed packaging that could go straight from the freezer to the device of the microwave. Revolutionary biodegradable plastic packaging for frozen food, preserving taste without harming the planet

The Frozen Food Packaging market size was valued at USD 33.41 Billion in 2023. The Frozen Food Packaging industry is projected to grow from USD 34.94 Billion in 2024 to USD 55.54 Billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.86% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032)

The frozen food packaging market trend has been increasing rapidly owing to raised demand for frozen packaged food, and a retail system in rising economies of Asia -the Pacific. There is a huge dependency on frozen food packaged ready-to-consume comfort products to preserve time. This is sponsored by the rising urbanization, extended shelf-life of perishable products, and growth in investments by the sector of packaging firms in advanced freezing methods which have helped to increase frozen food packaging market growth.

Frozen Food Packaging Market Dynamics

Market drivers

Technological advancements which include enhanced packaging designs for the sake of store, promoting, and preserving the product that plays a key role in raising the demand for the frozen food packaging market throughout the forecast period.

Additionally, various value-added attributes including top notches, zippers, and the use of high-quality designs are further anticipated to boost the frozen food packaging market growth of the frozen food packaging sector. Moreover, increasing demand for the market trend of frozen food packaging material from various foodservice organizations is also expected to drive the frozen food packaging market growth.

Market opportunities

Companies are embracing advanced products and are improving reliable packaging products with their physical properties which become them apt for various formats of frozen food packaging. The market growth of frozen food packaging industries has been raised by the enlarging use of plastic and paper in the food sector. The latest types of frozen food packaging plastics are anticipated to keep up the usage of these frozen food packaging products.

Small-sized vendors provide products for customized applications with low volumes. Panic of surrounding damage may create increased attention on biodegradable products and the transformation towards paper & paperboard-oriented frozen food packaging methods. Hence, market trends exist among packaging producers across the world. 

Market restraints

The market restraints of the frozen food packaging sectors are existing even the same sectors demand is high. The heavy sodium content in frozen food products is guessed to decrease the demand for this production business. The increased choice for ordering hot food rather than frozen food is anticipated to lower the business sale of the frozen food packages. 

Additionally, the high cost of frozen food packaging materials is expected to have a denying impact on the market growth and market trend of the international food packaging sectors.

Market challenges

Manufacturers are raising their investments in the development of great efficient packaging services as packaging cavort a considerable role in the market of frozen foods industries. Frozen food packaging services aid to protect the quality of food products and could also help to carry recorded details of appeasing and promotional information and labels. 

Frozen food packaging services help to preserve spoilage and food dehydration and longer shelf life of frozen food products. Frozen food Packaging services for frozen food are to keep the food moisture, puncture-resistant, resistant, leak-proof, and reliable enough to oppose heavy drop weight. The frozen food packaging market is increasingly using plastic packaging owing to excellent stopper properties to preserve contents from physical factors like moisture, light, and oxygen. These limitations hurt the market size and market share of frozen food packaging solutions.

Cumulative growth analysis

The quick growth in urbanization and rapid-paced lifestyle has moved the preferences of customers towards the frozen food packaging market which need less time to cook the food rather than the cooked food traditionally. the market of frozen Food packaging market was at USD 33.5 billion in the year 2019 and is anticipated to reach USD 45.6 billion by the year 2027, and register a CAGR of 5.8% throughout the forecast period of 2027.

Raise in female participation in the production process of frozen food products and changes in family preference has raised the consumption of fresh frozen food, thus increasing the growth of the frozen food packaging market. Additionally, wide ready-to-eat consumers and inclination in acquiring power, in developing economies like China, India further enhances the frozen food products market. An increase in demand for innovative, attractive, and comfort-to-carry packaged food products for comparatively different from other products also awaited to increase the frozen food packaging market growth.

Value chain analysis

The majority of customers of frozen food materials prefer huge retail stores, hypermarkets, and supermarkets. Organized market stores are a considerable part of huge retail supply chains, that have a high presence in the international frozen food market. The raise in the efficient retail chain is expressing straight into the market demand for food packaging service in the frozen food sector.

For example, Walmart is anticipated to host more than 12,000 stores and an Amazon Go store. Amazon is another leading frozen food products market to open more than 4,000 stores by the year 2021. Thus, the frozen food packaging market is supposed to flourish.

Customers are also converting to frozen food to decrease the amount of lavish they create, as a survey in the British Food Journal exposed that families refuse their food lavish by over 49% by shifting to frozen food.

Frozen Food Packaging Market Segment overview

Based on Segments

• Packaging Type


• Application


• Region

Based on Packaging Type

• Bags


• Boxes


• Tubs and Cups


• Other materials

Based on Application

• Poultry and Seafood


• Baked Products 


• Meat


• Fruits and Vegetables

Based on Region

• North America


• Asia-Pacific


• Europe


• Other parts of the world

Regional analysis

The global market regionally has been categorized into Europe, North America, Asia Pacific, South America, East Africa, and other parts of the world. The APAC is anticipated to be the rapid raising region in the frozen food market during the forecast period. Various factors including an increasing population, and growing disposable profits coupled with the presence of several major economies like India, and China among other countries are anticipated to fuel the market growth.

North America and Europe hold a major share in the international frozen food packaging market trend. Frozen food materials are broadly sold via various retail chains which include supermarkets, comfort stores, and others. The existence of a well-founded retail sector, particularly in various developed North American and European countries, is anticipated to trigger the demand for the frozen food products market thereby profiting the frozen food packaging market growth.

Competitive landscape

List of the key companies in the Frozen Food Packaging Market are:

• Packaging Corporation of America


• Anchor Packaging


• Ball Corporation


• Graphic Packaging International Inc.


• WestRock Company


• Leucadia National


• Printpack Inc.


• Sealed Air Corporation


• Amcor Ltd.


• AEP Industries Inc.

Recent development

In May 2019, Cascades Sonoco inaugurated a new area dedicated to creating innovative cardboard recyclable packaging. Brand-new production line will ensure its development while making it environmentally friendly. At the expense of seventeen million Sd, they were able to create a water-based functional coating solution that produces recyclable, repulpable and compostable containers.

In March 2021, EasyPack Packaging, a South African business, procured a V-Shapes ALPHA vertical line machine that manufactures pouches for single-use products that can be opened using one hand with one swipe. Consequently, these eco-friendly single-use containers would find their application in packaging a wide range of liquid and semi-liquid food items, including grappa, honey, peanut butter, olive oils, and so on, which will be packaged by EasyPack.

The leading company in eco-friendly and specialty materials, Ahlstrom, joined hands with Paper People LLC to develop a recyclability fully fiber-based packaging solution for frozen food applications in August 2023. This sustainable packaging works with existing pack equipment such as vertical form-fill-seal systems, stand-up pouches and SOS-style systems or bundle wrap and flow wrap applications. The FDA-compliant direct food contact heat-seals material and grease barrier, Paperlock G technology by the Paper People, is combined with Ahlstrom's proprietary FluoroFree barrier papers, which offer significant grease resistance.

Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) created very strict standards for allowing the use of recycled plastics in food packing as a way of ensuring circular economy in March 2022. Over the forecast period this is expected to drive demand for sustainable food packing solutions in India because it creates a favorable regulatory environment.

Mondi Group launched renewable and recyclable frozen food packaging produced using 80% less plastic for Iceland’s top frozen food retailer in UK in December 2021.

Amcor Plc introduced its first-ever recycled powder chocolate packages for sale in Latin America in May 2019, targeting environmentalists.

Cascades Sonoco opened another plant at its Birmingham site providing innovative production line & eco-friendly solution for paper-based packaging on May 2019. With an investment of $17m, they made a water-based coating that could be used to make compostable/recyclable packages.

WestRock was awarded “Innovator Award” from the paperboard packaging council regarding efforts made towards improving disposable Serviceware around 2022.

Report Overview

This report has covered:

• Market overview


• COVID 19 Analysis


• Market dynamics


• Cumulative growth analysis


• Value chain analysis


• Segment overview


• Regional analysis


• Competitive landscape


• Recent developments