Cooking Ingredients and Meals

Current value sales growth within edible oils remains strong in 2023 with broader inflationary pressures a key contributor to this. While fuel costs have stabilised following the initial shock in 2022 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the…

Players in edible oils continued to face a number of ongoing challenges towards the end of the review period, not least logistical issues created by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The country is the world’s largest exporter of sunflower oil, and…

In 2023, the global supply chain of edible oil raw materials has faced significant disruptions due to climate change and geopolitical complexities, impacting availability in South Korea. The country's reliance on external sources has made it…

Sales of edible oils have continued to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, driven in part by a further steep increase in retail prices. Price rises and the drop in demand is the result of several factors including the adverse effects of the…

Edible oils continues to face challenges connected to inflationary pressures and supply chain restrictions, which are affecting different edible oils in different ways. For example, inflationary pressures are boosting value growth due to an increase…

The number of health-conscious consumers is on the rise in the United Arab Emirates. Increasing numbers of local consumers are following a balanced diet, and they are selecting healthy food sources. Edible oils is one of the categories in which…

Edible oils in the UK has still been experiencing various challenges in 2023, including inflation, rising costs, and supply chain disruptions. While there has been a slight improvement, persistently high unit prices continue to pose difficulties for…

The woes of edible oils in 2022 have continued to play out in 2023, as unit price rises have easily outpaced the inflationary growth of packaged food prices at-large. Many of the edible oils available in the US originate from other regions globally,…

Edible oils continues to face challenges caused by shortages of raw materials and supply chain disruptions, along with climatic impacts. As such and added to inflationary pressures, this is pushing up prices and supporting value sales, while retail…

While retail volume sales of meals and soups in Australia continue to grow in 2023, another increase in the average unit price ensures that current value growth is more dynamic. Unit price growth is being driven by inflation and labour shortages.…