The national competition BEST PACKAGING IN LATVIA 2024, organized by the Packaging Association of Latvia since 1996, has ended. This year 31 packages and package series participated in the competition.
The competition traditionally consists of several stages, in which works are evaluated by both consumers and industry professionals. In September, the visitors of the international exhibition “Riga Food” voted for the submitted works, and in October and November – Internet users, expert jury, supporters of the competition. The jury determined their evaluations according to the criteria defined in the competition Regulations: construction, form, design, functionality, overall impression, quality of implementation, etc.
This year, the expert jury decided not to award the main prize of the competition, but to invite Imants CAKLAIS to participate in the “WorldStar for Packaging” competition organized by the World Packaging Organization in 2025 with gift packaging for autumn tea collection Let’s Get Cosy.
The highest results in the competition in six categories were obtained as follows:
• Packaging for food products – packaging for Balticovo egg pasta from Balticovo LLC;
• Gift packaging – packaging for autumn tea collection Let’s Get Cosy from Imants CAKLAIS;
• Packaging for drinks – packaging for Kentucky Owl alcoholic beverage from VG Kvadra Pak JSC;
• Packaging for non-food products and e-commerce – packaging for briquettes 3-hour heat box from Stora Enso Packaging LLC;
• Retail packaging – Unicap and Unilid packaging for drinks from Company Univest Marketing LLC;
• Packaging labels – labels for alcoholic beverages Kazanova Moonshine made by JSC Liepājas Papīrs
Label for an alcoholic beverage Abavas Botanical Gin made by JSC Liepājas Papīrs won the consumer vote on the Internet. Labels for alcoholic beverages Kazanova Moonshine made by JSC Liepājas Papīrs received the highest rating from the visitors of the “Riga Food 2024” exhibition.
Long-time supporters of the national competition also this year gave their assessment: exhibition center BT1, The Green Dot Latvia, GS1 Latvia, Latvian Printing Association, Printing and Media Technology Industry Expert Council of Employers’ Confederation of Latvia, Packaging Certification Center of Latvia, Technology and Knowledge Transfer Department of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, and Latlazerpak LLC.
The gift packaging for autumn tea collection Let’s Get Cosy submitted by Imants Caklais received the most recognition in five categories: invitation to participate in the international competition “WorldStar for Packaging” in 2025, 1st place in the category “Gift Packaging”, Recognitions from the Board of the Packaging Association of Latvia, from GS1 for exact adherence to GS1 and ISO standards in displaying and placing the EAN-13 barcode symbol on the packaging, as well as 1st place from Latlazerpak LLC for high achievement in innovation and construction.
Among the participants, VG Kvadra Pak JSC received the most prizes: one 1st place and three 2nd places in the assessment of the expert jury, as well as 3rd place from Latlazerpak LLC for craftsmanship in the construction and execution of gift packaging for alcoholic beverage Courvoisier, Recognitions from Printing and Media Technology Industry Expert Council for a well designed and maintained Kinetics Nail Systems Ltd. created design concept, also evaluating the environmental aspects of the packaging for the Kinetics hand cream, and from GS1 for exact adherence to GS1 and ISO standards in displaying and placing the EAN-13 barcode symbol on the packaging for Marskin Ryyppy un Kentucky Owl alcoholic beverages, Lumene cosmetics, Anthon Berg Easter sweets and Tai Tau Exclusive vegan chocolate.
The results of the competition in all nominations, as well as the works and descriptions of the competition, can be viewed on the website of the Packaging Association of Latvia www.packaging.lv
The national competition for the best packaging takes place every year, and packaging customers, designers, packaging manufacturers, packers and product distributors can submit their works.
