Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, sp...
Read the latest reports on Western Europe, with local insight, specialist knowledge and a comprehensive breakdown of key market data. Our research identifies key strategic themes relevant across the region, while also providing a more granular unders...
To tackle rising obesity and overweight rates in the country, the Department of Health in Ireland launched a Roadmap for Food Product Reformulation and established a Food Reformulation Task Force to implement this Roadmap in 2021. With these efforts,…
The outbreak of COVID-19 adversely affected the consumption of snack bars with these products having fallen out of favour as consumers spent more time at home. However, as restrictions were lifted, and consumers started to spend more time away from…
The return to snacking as a common dietary habit among the Norwegian population during the post-pandemic era supported positive growth across many categories of health and wellness snacks during 2022 as local people returned to their active…
Sugar has become a primary focus of consumer health concerns in recent years, as a high sugar intake has increasingly been associated with a wide range of health issues, including type 2 diabetes and hypertension. In particular, sugary snacks have…
Swedes love their snacks with high levels of per capita consumption for most categories but demand for healthier options remains comparatively quite low. Unlike most packaged food categories where consumers are opting for healthier alternatives of…
Swiss consumers are generally already acutely aware of the immediate health dangers of excessive sugar consumption, including tooth decay and weight problems. Moreover, it is widely understood among the local population that the long-term health…
Vegan snacks recorded the strongest retail value sales in 2023, with triple-digit growth seen from vegan confectionery, savoury snacks, ice cream and sugar confectionery. There is an ongoing rise in vegan, vegetarian and flexitarian diets in the…
Retail value sales of low sugar snacks continued to grow in 2022. Since the pandemic, local consumers have been paying greater attention to the impact that food has on their health, especially as media reports highlighted that those who are…
Consumers in Turkey have become highly price-sensitive, given the steep inflation rate and the decrease in tourism, as the country traditionally benefited from tourist arrivals from both Ukraine and Russia, with this disrupted by the war in Ukraine.…
The soft drinks market in 2023 was significantly shaped by the rising health and wellness trend as consumers increasingly sought healthier options that support overall wellbeing. This led some consumers to migrate towards low or no-sugar offerings…