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Solvent- and water-based inks continued to duke it out in the flexible packaging end-use categories. Converters indicated they most often turn to water-based technologies for fresh foods (65 percent) and medical/pharmaceutical packaging (68 percent). Solvent-based formulations dominated for dry food/snack foods (63 percent), frozen foods (86 percent), agricultural/industrial packaging (78 percent), and pet foods (73 percent).