Glass packaging – the premium, sustainable and healthy choice for consumers

Glass bottles are more than just packaging – they’re an extension of your brand. They communicate quality, trust and sophistication to consumers. Not only does glass offer a visually appealing and timeless design, but it also serves as a premium protective barrier, keeping beverages fresh. Its durability preserves the integrity of your beverage, ensuring that it tastes as good as it looks. Glass is inert, meaning it doesn’t interact with its contents, while maintaining the original flavor, aroma and composition of beverage products.

Glass provides a strong barrier against external elements such as air and moisture, and these protective qualities help extend the shelf life of products. (Source: “Glass Packaging: Balancing Sustainability, Quality, and Cost in Modern Industries” in Sustainable Packaging News).

By choosing glass packaging, you’re signaling to your customers that your product is of the highest standard, and they can trust it to be both safe and delicious.

91% of grocery shoppers recognise glass as the safest packaging and the least likely to leave undesirable chemicals in their beverages - 88% of grocery shoppers view glass bottles as the least likely packaging to change the taste of their beverage - 2024 EcoFocus Worldwide

Using 100% natural raw materials sourced right here in the U.S., glass containers are made from a combination of recycled glass, limestone, soda ash, silica sand and dolomite – materials that are all environmentally friendly.

One of the most remarkable aspects of glass is its ability to be endlessly recycled without any loss of quality or purity. The recycling process for glass is a closed-loop system, meaning it can be recycled and reused over and over without creating additional waste or by-products. By choosing glass, you are contributing to a circular economy that reduces the need for new raw materials and minimizes environmental impact.

Ardagh Glass Packaging: Offering a variety of bottle options backed by quality and service

Glass can be created in various colors, shapes, sizes and finishes, offering more creative and attractive packaging options. At Ardagh Glass Packaging, we offer a wide variety of high-quality glass single-serve and multi-serve beverage

bottles to suit your diverse needs from bottles for non-alcoholic beverages like tea, coffee, kombucha, soda, juices and drink mixes to alcoholic beverages, including beer, wine, spirits and RTDs.

In January 2025, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) approved the use of glass containers across all approved sizes for spirits and wine – including the 355ml (12oz) size for spirits-based RTD cocktails. Our experienced team has designed a collection of stock bottle options that give you choices in these various sizes to showcase your beverage and run successfully on your bottling lines. Through our New Product Development collaborations and our Development Machine for limited-edition or new products, we offer more options and flexibility than ever before, allowing you to bring your product to market with speed and ease.

Ardagh has produced the glass packaging for more than 100 products that have won Clear Choice Awards over the last 36 years. In 2025, beverage brands packaged in Ardagh glass bottles won the Beer, Cider & Malt-Based Beverages category, the Non-Alcoholic Beverages category, the Wine category, and the Sustainability and Innovation category of the Clear Choice Awards.

Enjoy the benefits of direct access to your local glass manufacturer – 
100% made in the USA

As a leading, nationwide producer of glass bottles and jars made 100% in the U.S., Ardagh Glass Packaging has the resources to accommodate the unique glass packaging needs of your beverage company – no matter how complex, big or small.

With a focus on delivering a quality product and the ability to work directly with the manufacturer through our dedicated beverage team, we can make a difference for you as you grow your brand and your business.

Whether you need truckload or less-than-truckload quantities, you can rely on us for consistent glass supply and inventory to meet your changing demand. Plus, you can feel confident knowing your high-quality bottles are coming from one of our state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities right here in the U.S.

Glass containers produced in the U.S. must meet strict quality control standards, ensuring that your packaging is safe, durable and free from harmful chemicals. U.S. manufacturers comply with regulations that prioritize both product quality and consumer safety.

With Ardagh Glass Packaging as your partner, you can focus on growing your business and producing your best products, knowing that your beverage packaging needs are in good hands.

Whether you need ready-to-ship stock bottles or custom designs that make a statement, Ardagh has glass packaging options to fit your product and vision.

Reach out to us to discuss your glass packaging requirements today!