Tetra Pak dairy report predicts global growth for milk products

The company’s Dairy Index revealed that emerging markets such as India, Pakistan, China and the Middle East accounted for nearly 96% of global milk consumption growth over the past four years.

Tetra Pak is consequently going to increase capacity in these emerging markets by 10% to EUR 200m (£175m) next year as global consumption increases.

Convenience is another driving factor and packaged milk is expected to reach 72% of global consumption by 2012.

Global milk consumption is expected to grow by 2.2% over the next three years.

Long-life milk, school milk and value-added dairy products, such as filtered milk, are the main dairy markets for Tetra Pak in the UK.

Director of marketing and product management for Tetra Pak UK and Ireland Anders Olsson told Packaging News that there had also been investment in the UK dairy industry.

According to Olsson, the two main long-life producers in the UK have invested in new screw-tops and faster machinery to deal with growing demand in the sector.

“We’ve seen a lot more enquiries about packs in terms of their environmental credentials,” he added. “The one- and two-pint formats are where we are getting a lot of enquiries.”

Tetra Pak employs more than 20,000 people across operations that span 150 countries.

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