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Beverage Packaging

Advances, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies

  • 1st Edition - September 1, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Ana Teresa Sanches Silva, Ana Luisa Fernando, Judith Maria Braganca
  • Language: English

Beverage Packaging: Advances, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies addresses the unique packaging challenges and opportunities within the beverage industry. The book begins with k… Read more

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Description

Beverage Packaging: Advances, Challenges, and Emerging Technologies addresses the unique packaging challenges and opportunities within the beverage industry. The book begins with key background and foundational information, such as the basics of packaging for different types of beverages. It then delves into innovations in conventional packaging before moving into active and intelligent packaging, nanotechnology, and sustainable and biodegradable solutions. Key interdisciplinary topics are also included, such as package design, food fraud prevention, and regulatory aspects.

Finally, the book consolidates consumer trends, technological advancements, the latest scientific research, and regulatory requirements within this rapidly advancing area of technology to make it an indispensable resource for academic and industry scientists, beverage industry stakeholders, and professionals.

Key features

  • Guides on the design and development of innovative and sustainable packaging
  • Focuses the latest materials, technologies, and design trends of the beverage industry
  • Focuses on the latest materials, technologies, and design trends of the beverages industry
  • Addresses packaging regulations, food safety standards, and labeling requirements to ensure regulatory compliance
  • Explores consumer preferences and trends in beverages packaging

Readership

Industry scientists and engineers working to design or improve packaging of beverage products; Academic researchers in food science and materials science interested packaging technologies and sustainable materials

Table of contents

1. Introduction and history of beverage packag

2. What is the ideal packaging for a beverage?

2.1 Packaging for Alcoholic Beverages: Beer, Wine, Spirits

2.2 Packaging for Non-Alcoholic Beverages: Water, Juices, Sodas, Teas

2.3 Specialty Packaging for Functional and Nutraceutical Beverages

3. Innovation of Conventional Beverages Packaging Materials

3.1. Innovations in glass containers and lids

3.2. Innovations in non-biodegradable plastics

3.3. Innovations in carton-based packaging

3.4. Innovations in metal containers

3.5. Innovations in barrier materials including nano-based solutions

3.6. Innovations in Beverage Closures and Lids

4. Innovation of active and intelligent beverages packaging materials

4.1. Innovations in scavengers’ active materials

4.2. Innovations in releasing active materials

4.3. Innovations in intelligent materials and Interactive Consumer Engagement

5. Nanotechnology applied to beverages packaging

6. Sustainable packaging solutions for beverages

6.1. Environmental Impact of Packaging Materials: Biodegradability, Compostability, and Recycling Challenges

6.2. Bioplastics in the Beverage Industry: Circular Economy Practices and Life Cycle Analysis

7. Innovations in beverages packaging: Design, ergonomics and meeting consumer preferences and convenience needs

8. Innovation in beverage packaging to avoid fraud

9. Regulatory and compliance of beverage packaging

10. Marketing and branding through beverage packaging

11. Beverage packaging operations and supply chain management

12. Case Studies on Beverage Packaging and Consumer-driven Solutions

13. Current trends and future prospects in the beverage industry

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 1, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editors

AS

Ana Teresa Sanches Silva

Ana Sanches Silva is a researcher at the National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (INIAV, IP). She obtained a degree in Pharmacy from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, and received her European Ph.D. in Pharmacy from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, with honors. In addition, she was awarded with the prize for best doctorate student. Ana Sanches-Silva has a remarkable track record (over 100 scientific contributions in peer-reviewed journals or book chapters). She has more than 300 communications in national and international conferences. Her research interests are focused on the evaluation of safety and composition of food and food packaging. Moreover, her special interest is the study of food bioactive compounds and dietary supplements, and development of analytical methodologies for the analysis of bioactive compounds in food.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

AF

Ana Luisa Fernando

Ana Luisa Fernando is an Associate Professor at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal. Researcher at MEtRiCS, Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center, hosted by Universidade do Minho and Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Graduated in Applied Chemistry (UNL), in 1990, with a MSc in Food Technology/Quality (1996, UNL) and a PhD in Environmental Sciences (2005, UNL).

She has been working in the field of Food Technology and Safety, by testing natural compounds extracted from plants into biopolymers for food packaging or as additives for food preservation. She also works in the field of biobased packaging solutions for the Food industry, namely by using biomass and biomass wastes as a source of material for the production of bio-based polymers. Parallel to those activities, she has also been working with industrial crops for more than 25 years, with special interest on studies related with the Sustainability of industrial crops production (use of marginal land; efficient use of water and mineral resources; environmental impact assessment studies to detect options for systems improvement) and also

Supervision: 9 PhD thesis (concluded), 10 PhD underway, 121 MSc thesis (concluded), 76 Graduation thesis (concluded). She is also coordinating nationaly the H2020 and HORIZON projects GOLD, MIDAS and IASIS. Author and co-author os several publications.

Affiliations and expertise
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

JB

Judith Maria Braganca

Prof. Judith Maria Bragança is a Professor in the Dept. of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus. Prof. Bragança joined the Department of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus as a faculty in 2004 when BITS Pilani established its third campus in Goa. Since then she is involved in teaching a number of courses at the First Degree, Higher Degree and Work Integrated Learning programmes. Her research expertise includes Biodegradable polymers, Biodiversity of Halophiles, Biotechnological applications of halophilic archaea and bacteria and Metal tolerance in microorganisms. Dr. Braganca has a PhD in Microbiology from Goa University in 2003. Her Doctoral work elucidated the biodiversity of halophilic archaea and explored their mechanisms of resistance to arsenic and cadmium.

She has been a Principal Investigator for in house as well as externally funded research projects. Prof. Bragança has over 35 publications in reputed peer reviewed journals and has a number of conference proceedings to her credit. She has presented her research work at numerous National and International conferences. Dr. Braganca currently serves on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Microbiology, Extreme Microbiology. She has been actively involved as a referee of international journals from Elsevier, FEMS, Springer, etc.

Prof. Braganca is currently Advisor to 5 PhD students and has successfully graduated 3 PhD students besides numerous dissertation and project students. She has served on several thesis/dissertation advisory committees.
Affiliations and expertise
Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus, India