Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demo...
Market research on consumer products, commercial industries, demographics trends and consumer lifestyles in Spain. Includes comprehensive data and analysis, tables and charts, with five-year forecasts.
In 2022, glass bottles remained the dominant packaging choice for alcoholic drinks in Spain. However, metal beverage cans had been growing in popularity over the review period. This was primarily due to the lightweight and portable nature of cans,…
Total packaging volumes in baby food continued to decline in 2022, with falling volumes across all categories and most pack types, as more parents fed their babies with home-cooked food and breastfed their babies, as this is considered better for…
Flexible paper packaging continued to lose share to folding cartons and flexible plastic in beauty and personal care in Spain in 2022. This can be attributed to the fact that, when compared to flexible paper, flexible plastic and folding cartons are…
After seeing two years of negligible decline in packaging volumes during the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, mainly driven by falling sales of gum, volumes returned to growth in 2022, regaining all the lost ground. However, while chocolate confectionery…
After a year of growth during the pandemic in 2020, in 2021 there was a return to the declining trend seen in total packaging volumes for dairy products in 2019 and earlier, and this trend continued in 2022. However, not all pack types saw declines.…
While folding cartons remain the leading pack type in the category, blister and strip packs continued to gain unit volume share in insecticide baits in 2023. Blister and strip packs offer a more user-friendly experience, allowing for precise dosage…
Nestle's 3-in-1 coffee mixes, packaged in flexible plastic sachets and multipacks within large bags made of flexible plastic or aluminium pouches, offer a blend of convenience, affordability and product protection that used to mostly come in folding…
Meals and soups total packaging volumes maintained solid growth in 2022, although performances varied across categories and pack types. For instance, in 2022, the pack type share of thin wall plastic containers increased from an already significant…
In 2022, Spain’s packaging landscape continued to see growth in plant-based dairy, with brick liquid cartons remaining the primary packaging type for these products due to their exceptional barrier properties. Emerging categories like plant-based…
Total plant-based dairy packaging maintained growth in 2022, with increases across all categories, although slower rates of increase were seen than in the previous two years. In 2022, brick liquid cartons remained the most significant pack type for…
In 2020, packaging volumes for processed fruit and vegetables saw an exceptionally strong rise as consumers stocked up during the first year of the pandemic. In 2021, volumes fell as the impact of the pandemic eased, and a declining trend continued…
After seeing dynamic growth in 2020 during the pandemic, total packaging volumes of processed meat and seafood turned to decline in 2021, and volumes continued to see a slight fall in 2022, although remained above the pre-pandemic level. Flexible…
Chilled ready meals continued to record strong unit volume growth in its packaging in 2021. While consumers in home seclusion had been looking for easy options to cook and eat a year earlier in 2020, as consumer mobility increased in 2021, home…
Sauces, dips and condiments packaging volumes returned to slight growth in 2022, stabilising after a couple of years of pandemic-related disruption. Increases were seen for most categories and pack types. In 2022, PET bottles gained pack type share…
Cooking ingredients was continuing to register above-average growth in 2021, as the home-cooking trend remained in place and consumers continued to experiment with a plethora of dishes, although growth slowed compared to the previous year, with a…
Leading Spanish juice brand Don Simon recently introduced an innovation in sustainable packaging with the launch of the world's first Pure-Pak eSense aluminium-free aseptic carton for its plant-based range. In collaboration with packaging supplier…
After disruption to packaging volumes for sweet spreads in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic, in 2022 stabilisation was seen, with volumes seeing just a slight decline, settling at around the pre-pandemic level. Although the dominant pack types for…