Food & Beverage Asia June/July 2020
Food & Beverage Asia (FBA) is the leading source of food and beverage news in Asia since 2002. FBA delivers a comprehensive view of the food and beverage landscape, spanning across the latest health and nutrition trends and industry innovations in ingredients, recipe formulations, food science, sustainability, packaging, and automation, as well as advancements in agri and food-tech.
Food & Beverage Asia (FBA) is the leading source of food and beverage news in Asia since 2002. FBA delivers a comprehensive view of the food and beverage landscape, spanning across the latest health and nutrition trends and industry innovations in ingredients, recipe formulations, food science, sustainability, packaging, and automation, as well as advancements in agri and food-tech.
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PROCESSING AND PACKAGING<br />
B.L. Agro has chosen to pack its edible oil brands in<br />
recyclable PET bottles. More particularly, its 2- and<br />
5-litre bottles come with a handle in design to enhance<br />
customer experience<br />
B.L. Agro sets new packaging standards<br />
with Sidel’s expertise<br />
B.L. Agro Industries, an Indian edible oil producer, owns a portfolio of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for<br />
their edible oil brands, including a 2- and 5-litre bottle with a handle in design with Sidel’s support. Besides selecting<br />
PET as its material of choice, B.L. Agro has further bridged design innovations with improved consumer experience<br />
using bottles with handles, offering full transparency for their products. After the successive installation of three<br />
lines between 2014 and 2019, producing PET bottles from 200 millilitres to 5 litres, the company’s continued trust in<br />
PET and Sidel has led to growing market shares in the region, earning the Indian player multiple packaging awards.<br />
The consumption per capita of<br />
edible oil in India lies around<br />
17 kilograms per year, and<br />
is currently experiencing<br />
a growth of around 8%<br />
annually, according to Sidel. Previously,<br />
the majority of edible oils in the country<br />
were packaged in 15 kilograms metallic<br />
cans, while now this entire segment is<br />
shifting towards consumer packs. The first<br />
packaging that replaced the cans was the<br />
poly pouch, which accounted for around<br />
80-85% of the volumes at one point.<br />
Ashish Khandelwal, Executive Director of<br />
B.L. Agro, said, “The market is concerned<br />
about the environmental characteristics<br />
of the poly pouches because they are not<br />
recycling-friendly.”<br />
PET offers a number of advantages, Sidel<br />
suggested, given that it is bottle-tobottle<br />
recyclable, offering light-weighting<br />
opportunities that reduce the amount of<br />
PET resin used and it allows for design<br />
flexibility, transparency, affordability and<br />
food safety.<br />
Successful partnership in PET<br />
continues to flourish<br />
B.L. Agro counts among the producers<br />
of edible oils who recognised this trend<br />
towards PET early on. With eight facilities<br />
FOOD & BEVERAGE ASIA JUNE / JULY <strong>2020</strong>
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