Dairy Products and Alternatives

The recovery of baby food’s retail volume sales, evident in 2022, is expected to continue throughout 2023, albeit at slower growth rates. The category’s resilient performance is set to be fuelled by a partial return to pre-pandemic mobility patterns.…

Baby formula is expected to register constant and current value growth, but volume growth will be minimal. Georgia’s birth rate is falling and this is expected to dampen volume sales, in particular for milk formula and in particular for standard milk…

The birth rate in France continues to fall, thereby negatively impacting retail sales of baby food. A marginal boost was expected post-pandemic, but the birth rate is now at its lowest rate since 1946, according to French National Statistics body…

Due to inflation and growing production costs, baby food saw unit prices increase. While slow birth rates continue, the convenience and popularity of feeding babies with prepared baby food in Finland is driving sales. Parents reach for convenient…

Baby food is expected to register a fall in constant value sales, but volume growth will be moderate. Consumers are expected to be highly price sensitive and prioritise value for money, with a degree of trading down as inflation still bites, though…

Baby food in Egypt is witnessing a decrease in current retail volume sales during 2023, with a huge increase in current retail value terms, due to prices rising more than 70% in the fourth quarter of 2022. As baby food products are mostly imported,…

The picture is expected to be brighter for baby food in 2023, with healthy current value and volume growth. While inflation remains high, pressure is expected to ease. In addition, the appreciation of the Dominican peso against the US dollar is…

Current value sales are expected to increase, along with a slight increase in volume sales. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a result of rising inflation, the growth in inflation is expected to ease. That being said, consumers are…

Despite the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions at the beginning of the year, retail sales of milk formula continued their downward trajectory in current value terms in 2023, amid a further reduction in the national birth rate. While the country…

Growing health awareness is leading parents to opt for healthier baby food, particularly snacks. Snacking items are also experiencing an uptick in demand due to the higher number of working mothers seeking high-quality, healthy snacks for their…