Tetra Pak and Jealsa launch first carton pack for canned tuna
Tetra Pak has developed with Spanish canner Jealsa the first carton package for canned tuna, using the Tetra Recart format. A 200ml Mini version has launched in Sweden with retailer Axfood, ahead of a wider rollout to producers and food brands worldwide.
Why this mattersA retort carton entering canned fish challenges steel and glass in a category they have held for decades.
- Tetra Pak and Jealsa launched the first carton pack for canned tuna in Tetra Recart format.
- The 200ml Mini version debuted in Sweden with retailer Axfood.
- Tetra Pak commissioned Meticulous Research, which forecasts world canned tuna output rising 12% by 2030 to 12.4 billion units.
- The pack uses up to 71% FSC-certified paper from renewable sources.
- Tetra Pak states the carbon footprint is 85% lower than steel cans and 83% lower than glass jars.
- Jealsa will sell the format under its own brands Rianxeira, Mare Aperto and Robinson Crusoe, and for private label.
- Wider tuna range now includes 100ml and 200ml Mini Tetra Recart formats
- Tetra Pak says the format can provide up to 20% more units per pallet in some configurations
- Tetra Pak says 100g-200g formats account for more than 60% of the global shelf-stable tuna market