Cooking Ingredients and Meals

The growing popularity of international cuisine is contributing to the growth of sauces, dips, and condiments in 2023. Mexican and Asian culinary trends are gaining ground rapidly, and consumers are seeking out a widening variety of products from a…

Despite the expectation of a notable retail volume decline for overall sauces, dips and condiments in 2023, as consumers have been reducing their spending on non-essential grocery items, recipe sauces is set to experience moderate growth, as…

Demand for sauces, dips and condiments fell over the course of 2023, the second consecutive year of retail volume sales declines in the category. The main reason for the lacklustre performance seen in the category during the year is the return to…

In 2023, sauces, dips, and condiments demonstrated robust performance, largely owing to the increasing demand for convenience in using prepared sauces instead of making them from scratch. Consumers turn to these products to effortlessly enhance the…

As a result of inflation, many low- to middle-income Czech consumers have been discouraged from dining at foodservice establishments, leading to a concomitant increase in home cooking. This is positively impacting demand for, and therefore sales of,…

Manufacturers in the food category continue to grapple with escalating production and distribution costs, coupled with increased sector loans, mirroring the challenges faced in 2022. These factors continue to exert upward pressure on final consumer…

Tomato paste is witnessing a notable price increase (up to 11%) in 2023 as a result of a surge in production costs due to rising labour and energy costs, and investment in processing facilities. Tomato price increases due to adverse weather…

Sauces, dips and condiments recorded merely modest retail volume growth in Turkey during 2023 as the substantial pressure that has come on consumer spending power as a result of the highly adverse social economic situation in the country forced many…

2023 saw sauces, dips and condiments subject to a complex matrix of different trends, some of which derived from the ongoing war in Ukraine, while others were simply a reflection of the general consumer trends that were in effect before the onset of…

Sauces, dips and condiments registered a low increase in retail volume terms in 2023, with supply levels normalising after the fluctuations seen in 2021 and 2022. The rising cost of raw materials has been an issue for manufacturers, as well as custom…