Tetra Pak extends Tetra Recart carton into Chinese dessert soups with Shanghai Meilin

Tetra Pak has partnered with Shanghai Meilin, a sub-brand of Shanghai Bright Meat Group, to package ready-to-eat Chinese dessert soups in its Tetra Recart carton, giving the products up to 18 months of ambient shelf life. The launch covers Rock Sugar Mung Bean Soup and Rock Sugar Snow Fungus Soup, building on earlier joint work applying the format to regional dishes such as braised pork rice and beef curry.

Why this mattersThe extension shows carton packaging displacing glass and metal in ready-to-eat categories in China, widening Tetra Pak's addressable market against rigid-pack incumbents.

• Tetra Recart gives the new dessert soups up to 18 months of ambient shelf life without preservatives
• Shanghai Meilin, a sub-brand of Shanghai Bright Meat Group, launched Rock Sugar Mung Bean Soup and Rock Sugar Snow Fungus Soup in the format
• Tetra Recart is available in six sizes from 100 mL to 500 mL
• The two companies previously collaborated on Taiwanese-style braised pork rice, Japanese-style beef curry and Shanghai-style borscht soup in Tetra Recart cartons
• Tetra Pak cites potential future applications including soft tofu pudding, Beijing pear soup, mango pomelo sago and lotus seed red bean soup

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