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Baby food packaging volumes continued to rise in 2022, with growth across all categories. Prepared baby food accounted for the highest packaging volumes in 2022 and also saw the strongest growth in packaging volumes. The growth in prepared baby food…
Total packaging volumes in baby food saw slow and stable growth in Sweden over 2020-2022, with the pandemic and associated economic uncertainties having little impact on the category. Swedish parents consider their children’s nutrition to be a…
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…
The demand for dried baby food in Italy has been gradually declining due to the growing trend among Italian parents to feed their babies and infants with fresh and natural foods. This trend is being driven by concerns about additives, preservatives…
Total baby food packaging volumes maintained growth in Germany in 2023, with prepared baby food seeing the strongest increase. Although glass jars remained the leading pack type in prepared baby food in 2023, this packaging has been seeing a…
The demand for organic products for babies and children, including those labelled as gluten-free or allergy-free, is on the rise in France. This trend is particularly evident in the strong performance of powder special baby milk, including…
The average retail current unit price of baby food is set to increase considerably in 2023. Baby food is becoming less affordable during a period of very high inflation in Turkey. This is causing a sharp slowdown in retail volume growth across baby…
Baby food continues to recover from the pandemic-related disruptions observed in 2020. Retail volume growth is evident across milk formula and other baby food categories as busy local parents have less time to prepare food at home, and demand safe…
The COVID-19 pandemic meant a domestic shift for many consumers. As parents found themselves confined more to their homes, mothers had more time to focus on their children, with many in the Netherlands breastfeeding their babies for more months than…
A decrease in births in 2022 impacted baby food in 2023, translating into slower growth than the previous year. Breastfeeding continues to be positively encouraged in the country, with mothers being aided to continue breastfeeding for longer periods.…