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Automated factory milk production process.

Packaging Technologies

Primary Packaging Performs Well

At 45% of the end-use market, food packaging generates $19B in sales.

Barbara Harfmann

May 22, 2026

Primary packaging ensures the freshness and safety of dairy products. In 2024, U.S. flexible packaging sales reached $42.6 billion, up 2.9% from 2023, with a projected growth to $44.6 billion in 2025.

Milk carton shortage expected to ease in early 2024

The national milk shortage, pinpointed as half-pint milk cartons, has drawn plenty of attention.

Brian Berk

November 16, 2023

IDFA cannot pinpoint the cause of the shortage, but stressed there is plenty of milk. Instead, there is a packaging problem that should be alleviated.

Organic Valley milk cartons show dairy farmers

Package design

How great package design helps milk get noticed

Milk cartons by Organic Valley, Arla and Bifrutas offer some guidance.

Chris Gretchko

March 1, 2017

With so many choices of milk, how do dairy brands get noticed and into consumers’ shopping carts? Packaging executive Chris Gretchko explains.

Sustainability

When it comes to recycling, it's time to take another look at milk cartons

Clay Detlefsen

October 14, 2015

Our nation's schools send 5 billion milk and juice cartons to landfills each year. Clearly, there is work to be done. Your company can specify cartons made of paperboard, and you can get involved in your child’s school recycling efforts.

Let there be no light

Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms converts to opaque milk bottles

Light can degrade the quality of milk. The Pure Protect container blocks UV rays.

September 25, 2012

Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms, Landsdale, Pa., introduced a new white bottle that is said to protect the purity of milk by blocking light intake. The dairy processor, a brand of Dean Foods, is using the name Pure Protect for the opaque container.

The global cosmetics market is undergoing a major shift towards the use of natural bioactive ingredients as consumers grow more skeptical of traditional formulations and demand greater transparency and sustainability.

Reverse osmosis (RO) membranes are well established in dairy processing but continue to evolve to improve performance, reduce energy use, and increase operational longevity.