Understand the latest consumer and retail trends
With every trend comes new opportunities. Our regular Trendipedia reports highlight the emerging trends that could be piquing your consumers’ interest. We propose 'thought starters' for new business opportunities, based on these emerging trends. Maybe just a small tweak in your package size, communication style or product recipe is all it takes to tap into the Zeitgeist?
Trends, research & insights
Tetra Pak Index 2023: The Future of Nutrition
What is the future of health and nutrition? And what do consumers really think about the latest innovations in food? To find out, we interviewed 5,000 consumers along with food and beverage experts from around the world. Discover their insights for understanding today’s trends and the opportunities for tomorrow’s brands.
Tetra Pak Index 2023: The Future of Nutrition
Tetra Pak Index 2021: The Rewired Consumer
The 14th edition of the Tetra Pak Index explores how the consumer landscape has been reshaped by COVID-19. Clearly, this crisis is not over by any means. But the road ahead looks clearer and we can begin to look to the future. In this report, we analyse the many changes we have seen in 2020 and 2021, and ask: what are the “sticky trends” that are here to stay? What will the post-pandemic world – and the post-pandemic consumer – look like? And what opportunities and further challenges might we see going forward?
Tetra Pak Index 2021: The Rewired Consumer
Tetra Pak Index 2020: Covid-19 Dilemma
The new Tetra Pak Index finds that two-thirds of respondents see food safety as a major issue for society. The same amount believe that COVID-19 is a “real threat.” At the same time, concern for the environment remains strikingly powerful, pointing towards a dilemma in the consumers’ minds as they try to balance the critical priorities of human existence through safe food and sustainability of the planet we live on.
Tetra Pak Index 2020: Covid-19 Dilemma
Industry 4.0
Industry 4.0 is a name for the current trend of automation and data exchange in manufacturing technologies. It includes cyber-physical systems, the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and cognitive computing. Manufacturers and suppliers want to know if this fourth industrial revolution (4.0) is only for large original equipment manufacturers, or can small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) benefit as well?
Johan Nilsson, Vice President Tetra Pak Services, presented a white paper on these issues and others by hosting a live webinar on FoodNavigator on April 17
Tetra Pak Index 2019: Environment and Health
The 12th issue of Tetra Pak Index focuses on health and the environment. Historically seen as two separate areas, we’re now seeing them converge within food and beverage, which is perhaps the first industry to see this trend. The report explores the drivers of this new trend, and the opportunities it presents for brands going forward. Environment and health, the top two consumers concerns are now seeing an increasing overlap, with a direct correlation perceived between the two.
Tetra Pak Index 2019: Environment and Health
Packaging up millennial success
Millennials are the largest and most influential generation of consumers yet. They’re young, aspirational and demanding; and they spend approximately $600 billion annually. They’re coveted by major brands and represent a significant and disruptive force for the global food and beverage industry.
But who are the Millennials and what makes them so disruptive? Tetra Pak examines this question, identifying the needs that characterize this group of consumers and in turn demonstrates how brands can optimize their products and packaging to meet these needs.
Need states - consumer insights
Need States are used by marketers today to provide a clear, fact-based picture of what motivates a consumer to use a product or service.
Say you’re on the beach and it’s hot, you’re going to go for something refreshing to quench your thirst. In the language of Need States, you are looking for comfort. The same might hold true for cold weather. In that case, most consumers would choose a hot chocolate over a cold soda.
At Tetra Pak, we have adopted the Need States model and theory primarily to support food and beverage manufacturers innovate. Need States is one of today’s most recognised and established tools in helping to understand consumer motivation better. It provides an excellent way to identify innovation white spaces together with customers.
Tetra Pak handbooks
Dairy Processing Handbook
With over 600 illustrations and 480 pages of essential reading, the Dairy Processing Handbook is useful reference for dairy professionals and students worldwide. The Dairy Processing Handbook concentrates our vast know-how and provides in-depth, yet easy-to-understand, information on manufacturing processes. Get insights into processing technology and the entire chain – from pasteurization, homogenization and UHT treatment to filtration, automation, service systems, waste water treatment and many other aspects of modern dairy processing.
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Orange Book
Thanks to its rich taste and wholesome benefits, orange juice is the world’s favourite juice beverage. The Orange Book is your comprehensive guide to orange juice production – from tree to table. Freshly updated with the latest market data and new illustrations, the Orange Book presents new findings on vitamin C retention and optimized pasteurization temperatures, along with developments in high-pressure processing and cleaning-in-place. It documents significant changes in the juice market and includes up-to-date research on orange juice consumption patterns in key regions.
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Coconut Handbook
With over 20 years of knowledge and expertise in the processing and packaging of coconut beverages, the range of solutions offered includes product development, technical and consumer knowledge, innovative packaging and processing solutions. The Coconut Handbook captures all our considerable knowledge and experience about the coconut. This includes general and technical information such as quality aspects, processing and packaging, as well as the health and nutritional benefits of coconut.
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Soya Handbook
Soy has been used for centuries in the Far East. More recently it has also been used by vegetarians and as a food ingredient in the western world. And today, the consumption of soy products is increasing. The book provides extensive, general and semi-technical information on soy. It discusses soy quality aspects, processing and packaging, as well as the health and nutritional benefits of soy products.
The Soya Handbook aims to share and expand the knowledge base of our Soya Knowledge Centre. We hope that the Soya Handbook not only adds value but also serves as an extension to your own knowledge on soya.
Webcast on food safety and Industry. 4.0
Alex Bromage, Global Senior Food Safety and Quality Manager at Tetra Pak said, “It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach but working together as an industry with partners, there are opportunities to transform and to meet challenges of the rapidly changing world of the future. The most obvious food safety challenge that the industry is currently facing is COVID-19.
Webcast on food safety and Industry. 4.0
Alex Bromage, Global Senior Food Safety and Quality Manager at Tetra Pak said, “It’s not a one-size-fits-all approach but working together as an industry with partners, there are opportunities to transform and to meet challenges of the rapidly changing world of the future. The most obvious food safety challenge that the industry is currently facing is COVID-19.