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Ardagh Metal Packaging supplies 250 mL wine can for Royal Swinkels' alcohol-free BarLoca

Ardagh Metal Packaging has supplied a 250 mL aluminium can developed specifically for wine to carry Royal Swinkels' new alcohol-free wine brand BarLoca, launching in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Ardagh says it is the only can maker in Europe producing cans tailored to the wine category, with a semi-matt design and interior lining meant to protect flavour.

Why this mattersA brewer putting alcohol-free wine in a dedicated can extends can demand beyond beer and sets aluminium against glass in the no- and low-alcohol category.

  • Ardagh Metal Packaging supplied a 250 mL aluminium can for BarLoca, launching in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany.
  • BarLoca is a 0.0% alcohol wine made from Southern Italian wine, de-alcoholised at Royal Swinkels' brewery in Lieshout, Netherlands.
  • The can comes in Bianco and Rosso variants with a semi-matt finish, a light- and air-blocking design and an interior lining.
  • Ardagh states it is the only can maker in Europe producing cans specifically for the wine sector.
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  • 2026-10-10 · Edited before publication: Kept because a named brand owner, Royal Swinkels, is adopting the format, so it clears the product-launch rule. Headline reworded to name the actor and the format; the fifth key fact lists two job titles and carries no verifiable number, so removed; materiality cut to 2 as a single-SKU format launch with no capacity or investment behind it.
  • 2026-10-10 · Edited before publication: Kept rather than dropped under the product-launch rule: a named brand owner, Royal Swinkels, is adopting the format across three markets, and the supplier is a Core company. Can size, variants, de-alcoholisation at Lieshout and the Italian wine base are all grounded, and Ardagh's claim to be Europe's only wine-can maker is correctly attributed to the company. 'Why this m