Cooking Ingredients and Meals

Honey is expected to register the highest current value growth, Consumers perceive honey as a healthy option as it is a natural product which is rich in minerals, vitamins and trace elements and as such honey continues to perform well. That being…

Retail sales of sweet spreads are seeing growth boosted in Colombia in 2023 by the expansion of consumption opportunities, with consumers increasingly choosing to use chocolate spreads as ingredients in the preparation of home-made desserts and…

In 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding lockdown measures, which affected consumers’ in-store shopping, and led to disruptions in product transportation for e-commerce platforms, sweet spreads experienced retail volume and current…

Northern Chile is not known for being an apicultural region due to its desert-like climatic conditions. However, a beekeeper from Pampa del Tamarugal has managed to produce honey; María Eliana Jofré hails from the town of La Huayca in the Tarapacá…

Sweet spreads, often criticised for their high sugar content in products such as chocolate spreads, jams, preserves, and nut- or seed-based spreads, are undergoing a transformation. Companies are actively working to change the perception that these…

Chocolate spreads remains by far the largest product area among sweet spreads, with Tartina by Chococam being the best seller. It also offers Choconut. Affordable pricing, an extensive distribution network and a long-standing presence has built up…

Sweet spreads in Bulgaria saw an increase in both volume and value, driven by the gradual process of inflation stabilisation and further price hikes in the first quarter of the year. However, the category that continued to experience a decline was…

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…

2023 saw sweet spreads register a static sales performance in retail volume terms and this stagnant growth trend was mainly the result of declining consumer demand for chocolate spreads, a category that has fallen foul of the mounting consumer…

Sweet spreads are expected to register a decrease in volume sales in 2023. Part of this decline is due to the widespread availability of smuggled sweet spreads in outdoor markets. Smuggling has increased significantly in recent years. Bolivia’s fixed…

Sweet spreads’ performance in 2023 was static in volume terms, as contrasting factors were at play. On the one hand, pressure on purchasing power and disposable incomes forced consumers to reduce out-of-home spending, especially when it came to…

Retail volume growth has picked up in jams and preserves, aided by the slowdown in retail price inflation in 2023. In 2022, there was a significant price jump in this category due to the rising cost of sugar, fruits and berries. The most popular…

Lingering inflationary pressures continued in sweet spreads in Austria in 2023, resulting in stronger value growth supported by high prices, while volume sales just about managed to remain positive. Indeed, as sweet spreads are perceived as less…

The growth of sweet spreads in 2023 can be attributed to a shift in consumer behaviour. As the cost of living increases, many Australians are opting to cook and dine at home more frequently. This change is being driven by the need to manage household…

Following impressive growth during the first half of the review period, chocolate spreads in Argentina saw retail volume sales contract in 2022. While the rate of decline has slowed, the category is poised to register another negative performance in…

Sweet spreads is expected to register muted constant value and volume growth in 2023. Population growth continues to sustain volume growth, but with inflation still being high, there is a degree of trading down. Restrictions on imports also continue…

The reduced-salt trend, as backed by the government, is influencing patterns in sauces, dips, and condiments. According to reports from the Ministry of Health, Vietnamese consumers are cited to eat an average of 9.4g per day of salt, compared to the…

In 2023, the sauces, dips and condiments category is witnessing a more moderate pace of current value growth compared to 2022. Falling unit prices have curbed current value growth in 2023, but are supporting overall volume sales. Overall, the fastest…

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…

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…