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Baby Food Packaging in Japan

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  • 9 Pages
  • September 2025
  • Region: Japan
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1801710
In 2024, total packaging retail volumes for baby food packaging in Japan experienced a decline of 2%, falling to 365 million units. This downturn was largely attributed to the ongoing decrease in the country’s birth rate, which fell by 6%, and a reduction in marriages, resulting in fewer infants and subsequently lower demand for baby food. However, there was rising demand for convenient, on-the-go products such as liquid milk formula and jelly-based snacks.

This Baby Food Packaging in Japan report offers insight into key trends and developments driving packaging across the category. The report also examines trends and prospect for various pack types and closures: metal packaging, rigid plastic, glass, liquid cartons, paper-based containers; flexible packaging.

Product coverage: Dried Baby Food, Milk Formula, Other Baby Food, Prepared Baby Food.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Baby Food Packaging market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS

2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Rigid plastic gains further traction in 2024 despite decline in baby food packaging
  • Aluminium/plastic pouches gain traction as a convenient baby food packaging
  • Evolving demand, pack type preferences, and competitive shifts in baby food packaging
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Positive outlook for baby food packaging despite falling birth rate in Japan
  • Further growth expected for smaller pack types and sizes in baby food packaging
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