Global packaging products and glass container manufacturers - the United States owens-illinois (OI) the latest survey results show that compared with other packaging materials, consumers around the world are more like to buy food containers installed in glass containers, But they are still very difficult in the supermarket shelves to find their favorite brands produced by the glass packaging products.

Siegel + Gale, the world's leading strategic branding agency, conducted a survey of more than 2,900 consumers in nine countries to see their preferences for food and beverage packaging. As a result, glass packaging emerged as one of the most popular forms of packaging - 93.5% of respondents liked glass bottled wine and 66% of respondents liked bottled non-alcoholic beverages.

Consumers believe that the glass material is better than other packaging materials, mainly because it has a high purity, security, good quality, functional and recyclable these five characteristics.

Although consumers prefer glass containers, but this package may be difficult to appear in the store on a large number of shelves. A survey of food packaging shows that 91% of consumers said they prefer glass packaging, but in the food industry, glass packaging accounts for only about 10% of the market share.

According to OI company, the current market, the scale of the application of glass packaging has not yet reached the customer's expectations, mainly for two reasons, first, consumers prefer the brand did not use glass packaging; the second is the most frequent consumers shop No use of glass containers to pack.

In addition, other survey data also reflects the consumer preferences for a particular type of food packaging. Data show that 84% of respondents prefer glass containers of beer, which is particularly evident in European countries. Consumers demand for glass-coated canned food is also strong.

Of the consumers surveyed, 91% preferred glass-packaged foods, especially in Latin American countries (95%). In addition, the glass is the preferred form of drinking wine consumers, by the 98% of consumers of all ages.