What Is a Wine Bag in Box and Why Is It More Cost-Effective?
Wine bags in box are more cost-effective than glass bottles because a flexible bag inside a cardboard box replaces heavy, fragile glass, cutting packaging, shipping and storage costs. The bag collapses as wine is poured, so less air reaches the wine and the wine stays fresh for weeks.
Why Wine Bags in Box Cost Less on Packaging Materials
Wine bags in box use a flexible inner bag and a corrugated cardboard box, which cost less than glass bottles. Glass bottles are heavy, so they cost more to ship, and glass bottles are fragile, so they need extra protective packaging; wine bags in box are lightweight and durable, so a producer saves on freight and on replacing broken stock.
How Wine Bags in Box Save Retail Shelf Space
Glass bottles must stand upright and take up a large footprint per unit, while wine bags in box stack efficiently, so a retailer fits more units on the same shelf area. A retailer can therefore expand product display and sales without renting a larger store space.
How Wine Bags in Box Keep Wine Fresh Longer
A glass bottle of wine begins to oxidize once opened, and the flavour fades within a few days. The inner bag of a wine bag in box collapses as wine is poured out, so less air enters the bag and the wine stays fresh for weeks, which reduces the waste of half-finished bottles and encourages repeat purchases.
Wine Bags in Box Compared With Glass Bottles and Cans
- Glass bottles: higher production, shipping and storage costs, high energy use in manufacturing, harder to recycle than cardboard and plastic, and slow to break down in landfill.
- Cans: lightweight and convenient, but cans can impart a metallic taste to wine, cans look less appealing than wine bags in box, and canning equipment and materials are costly, especially for small-scale producers.
- Wine bags in box: the outer cardboard box is easily recycled, the inner bag keeps wine fresh for a long time without expensive additives, and the format stacks and ships efficiently.
Which Bag-in-Box Products Guangdong Kody Packaging Supplies
Guangdong Kody Packaging (Dongguan Kody Plastic Products Co.,Ltd. / Guangdong Kody Packaging Products Co.,Ltd.) supplies wine bags in box in a range of sizes for small wineries and large distributors alike. The Aluminum Foil Bag In Box with Cap suits wines that need extra protection from light and oxygen; the Cola Bag in Box with Screw Cap also works for other carbonated beverages, and the screw cap opens and closes easily while the bag-in-box design keeps the drink fizzy; the Aluminum Coffee Bag in Box With Screw Cap Hot Drinks Reseal Packaging Bag suits coffee roasters who want to keep coffee fresh and aromatic.
Q:Are wine bags in box really cheaper than glass bottles?
A:Yes. Wine bags in box save money on packaging materials, freight and storage compared with glass bottles, and wine stays fresh for weeks after opening, which cuts the waste of discarded half-bottles.
Q:How long does wine in a bag in box stay fresh after opening?
A:The inner bag of a wine bag in box collapses as wine is poured, so less air enters the bag and the wine stays fresh for weeks; a glass bottle of wine oxidizes and loses flavour within a few days of opening.
Q:What drinks can a bag in box package hold?
A:The bag-in-box format is used mainly for wine, and it also suits carbonated drinks such as cola and hot drinks such as coffee. Guangdong Kody Packaging supplies the Aluminum Foil Bag In Box with Cap, the Cola Bag in Box with Screw Cap, and the resealable Aluminum Coffee Bag in Box With Screw Cap Hot Drinks Reseal Packaging Bag.
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