Low Migration Inks Market Size

Low Migration Inks Market Size

Low Migration Inks Market size was over USD 300 million in 2018 and is projected to expand at over 7% CAGR over the forecast timeframe.
 

Escalating consumption of packaged food and the need to secure these food products from getting blended with the printed inks on food packets is anticipated to fuel the low migration ink market size by 2025. The increasing demand for light packaging of food materials combined with the rising usage of low migration printing inks in the labelling of pharmaceuticals products, cosmetics, alcohol bottles is likely to propel the product demand during the forecast timeframe. Low migration inks, also known as printing ink for food contact materials, are applicable in the labelling or branding of packaging items owing to its property to restrain the unwanted transfer of inks into the food materials. This ink migration can cause damage to the flavor, appearance, odor, safety or the taste of the eatables enclosed within the package. The materials used for formulating low migration inks are ingredients with heavy molecular weight, that possesses low migrant features. The heavy weighted molecular components having an atomic mass of 1000 daltons are preferred.
 

Moreover, favorable government regulations, mandating the use of low migration inks in North America and Europe will surely bolster the product market size in the projected timespan. For instance, according to European Union Printing Inks Association (EuPIA), printing inks that are used in the packaging of food contact materials are mandated to abide the ‘GMP Regulation’ (EC) No 2023/2006 and the ‘Framework Regulation’ (EC) No 1934/2004. These aforementioned guidelines aid in regulating food safety exposures in the production and design of inks, coatings and varnishes, that are used for printing on the food contact ingredients.
 

However, the high cost of the product and the unavailability of favorable regulations for its use in certain regions such as Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa may prove to be an obstruction in the global growth of the low migration inks industry size by 2025.  Although, the surging use of low migration printing inks in the labelling of personal care products such as cosmetics, toothpaste, toilet soaps etc. coupled with the drifting trends towards digital printing from analogue will positively generate copious opportunities for the product market in the near future.