Food and Beverage

Your single, integrated procurement intelligence for all critical commodities used in Food and Beverage

Food and Beverage procurement intelligence

Volatile input prices, shifting regulations, and carbon compliance are reshaping food and beverage procurement.

Procurement teams face constant new challenges, when packaging costs surge with pulp or aluminum swings, ingredient prices fluctuate with harvest and energy markets, and new carbon rules reshape supplier contracts overnight. You are left reconciling disconnected data, juggling suppliers, and trying to forecast costs in an environment that rarely stands still.

Fastmarkets brings order to that chaos. We connect the markets behind your materials –  packaging, ingredients, feedstocks, and carbon – into one trusted, transparent view. With reliable price data, forecasts, and carbon intelligence, your team can see what’s coming, negotiate from strength, and plan with confidence.

Turn uncertainty into a competitive advantage with market intelligence built for the realities of food and beverage procurement.

Empower Your Procurement Strategy

Eliminate blind spots and strengthen your strategy with a unified view of your critical cost drivers, from paper and aluminium packaging and soda ash to grains, oils, and fats. 

Align procurement, finance, planning and operations teams around a single, trusted source of market intelligence for packaging, ingredients and carbon markets.

Choose the package that fits your needs:

 

Package

Includes

Packaging Essentials

News & prices for paper & metals packaging, pulp & paper, recovered paper, soda ash, pallets

Packaging Plus

Packaging Essentials + forecasts and analytics

Food & Beverage Essentials

News & prices for packaging + ingredients + Carbon credit intelligence + CBAM

Food & Beverage Plus

Food & Beverage Essentials + forecasts and analytics

 
Our coverage in food and beverage includes:
Learn more about the products and services that make up Fastmarkets’ food & beverage package.

Paper and aluminium packaging

Ingredients

Carbon intelligence

Carbon credits + CBAM

Your most pressing procurement challenges
Whether you’re managing direct materials or preparing for next quarter’s sourcing cycle, Fastmarkets supports every stage of your procurement and supply chain strategy:

Supplier negotiation and tender management

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Identify cost risks early, manage budget fluctuations, and strengthen procurement agility through proactive data-driven decisions.

Annual budgeting and cost analysis / allocation

Build accurate, data-driven budgets with transparent cost inputs across packaging, ingredients, and carbon.

Commodity risk management and cost forecasting

Anticipate volatility with forward-looking forecasts and scenario models that help protect margins.

Procurement and category strategy alignment

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Connect category teams around a shared, trusted source of market intelligence for cohesive, organization-wide decision-making.

ESG, compliance, and sustainability reporting

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Quantify the cost impact of carbon and CBAM regulations, track emissions exposure, and integrate sustainability data into procurement plans.

R&D and strategic portfolio planning

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Support innovation and product development with visibility into the evolving costs of materials and sustainable alternatives.

How Fastmarkets can help you
Fastmarkets’ food and beverage package is tailored to procurement and finance leaders, who will benefit from:

Drive Supply Chain Resilience

Access trusted prices, news, and forecasts to plan ahead.

Identify cost risks early, manage budget fluctuations, and strengthen procurement agility through proactive data-driven decisions.

Strengthen Supplier Negotiations

Procurement teams can confidently negotiate fair pricing with visibility into regional and global cost drivers and undertake cross-material analysis using tools like Index Builder.

Benchmark supplier quotes with independent Fastmarkets data.

Simplify Procurement Intelligence

Unify all your commodity inputs, from paper and metals packaging to grains, oils, fats, and soda ash, in one dashboard.

Gain the full picture of your supply chain and eliminate silos between category teams.

Align with Sustainability & ESG Goals

Track emissions and material performance with Scope 1 & 2 benchmarking.

Enhance transparency, meet reporting requirements, and build brand trust through responsible sourcing strategies.

The food and beverage package: your essential toolkit

Daily & weekly price assessments

Access to real-time and historical pricing for Pulp, Graphic Paper, Cartonboard, Corrugated and Aluminum. Monthly pallet prices and voluntary carbon credits.

Short-term & long-term forecasts

Expert projections for feedstock and SAF prices (1-2 years, 5- and 15-years).

In-depth market analysis

Regular reports and commentary on market trends, regulatory updates, supply/demand dynamics, and policy impacts.

Proprietary data & indices

Access to exclusive Fastmarkets indices and 
data series

Access to experts

Opportunities for direct engagement with our 
market analysts.

Customizable data delivery

Receive data in formats that seamlessly integrate with your existing systems (e.g., API, dashboards, reports, Excel add-in).

Try the food and beverage package today

Stop reacting, start leading. The comprehensive Fastmarkets food and beverage package gives you the critical market intelligence you need to navigate this evolving landscape with:

Independent & trusted news & pricing 

Short & long-term forecasting data

Comprehensive regulatory analysis

Why Fastmarkets

F&B manufacturers have long relied on Fastmarkets’ price data, news and analysis to inform their procurement strategies, achieve win-win outcomes in negotiations with suppliers and manage price risk. 

  • Fastmarkets has more than 100 years’ experience in analyzing and pricing commodity markets.
  • We hold benchmark prices in aluminium, pulp, recovered paper and many other key materials.
  • We’ve got more than 500 team members worldwide, with price reporters on the ground in key markets, as well as analysts and editorial teams who are researching and reporting on shifting market dynamics. 

Packaging procurement professionals’ perspectives on supply challenges, creative packaging options, buyer-supplier relationships and more

Fastmarkets combines the commodity intelligence of these familiar names:

Metal Bulletin • American Metal Market • Scrap Price Bulletin • Industrial Minerals • RISI • FOEX • The Jacobsen • Agricensus • Palm Oil Analytics • Random Lengths • Hardwood Market Report
• FastMarkets and more