Cooking Ingredients and Meals

Sweet spreads is set to see slight growth in retail current value terms in Japan in 2023. However, this growth is mainly due to price increases for sweet spreads, and retail volume sales are expected to see another year of decline, primarily due to…

Retail demand for cooking ingredients and meals experienced a slowdown in 2022 during a period of high inflation. Throughout the year, the intensification of a phenomenon locally known as the “hourglass” effect was evident. It divided consumers into…

The recent trajectory of edible oils in Brazil brings with it dynamics influenced by both the consumption of a product predominantly manufactured abroad, such as olive oil, and by its commodity-like characteristics, as seen in soy oil. The average…

Economic uncertainty in 2022 impacted access not only to high-value products in Brazil but also to basic items for various consumer groups in the country. The inflationary process triggered by macroeconomic policies, combined with external shocks to…

Despite the easing of the consumer price index throughout 2022, Brazilian consumers continued to pay high prices for food items. Like other categories, sauces, dips and condiments has experienced a period of widespread price increases that persists…

Amid the constraints imposed by the impacts of the pandemic, rising inflation, the devaluation of the Brazilian real against the US dollar, and successive restrictions in various global supply chains, players have had to concentrate their efforts on…

Cooking ingredients and meals is showing an overall positive performance in 2023, in both value and volume terms, and in both retail and foodservice. Whilst consumers remain somewhat price-sensitive and continue to seek value for money, we are also…

Olive oil is seeing a return to popularity, with a rebound in robust retail volume growth, thanks to ongoing health and wellness trends and the fact olive oil is perceived to be a healthy product. The increasing popularity of Western cuisines, which…

Meals and soups benefit from consumers’ return to busy out-of-home lifestyles in the post-pandemic landscape – particularly so in the large cities. Such options provide convenience to consumers who are seeking quick and easy meals. Added to which,…

Sauces, dips, and condiments is benefitting from ongoing home cooking trends. Whilst foodservice was reopened and tourism has resumed, there are many consumers who continue to cook at home for both budgetary and dietary reasons. Hence, foodservice…