Packaged Foods Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

Packaged foods include all types of foods and beverages found in the mass, gourmet, and specialty markets internationally, and range from raw ingredients such spices to convenience products such as ready meals. Packaged foods include shelf-stable, refrigerated, and frozen products, and can be packaged in bags, bowls, bottles, boxes, brick packs, cans, cartons, crates, jugs, packets, pouches, spray or pump dispensers, tins, tubes, and tubs, among other packaging formats.

Major shelf-stable packaged foods categories include baby and infant foods, beans and legumes, breads, cereals, condiments (such as mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup, steak sauce, and soy sauce), crackers, dessert and pudding mixes, canned fish or meat, flour, canned or jarred fruits and vegetables, prepared cooking sauces, nuts and nut butters, oils and vinegars, pasta, rice, canned soups, spices, sugar, tomato products, coffee and tea products, soft drinks, and alcoholic beverages.

Major refrigerated (or chilled) packaged foods categories include dairy products (such as milk, yogurt, and cheese), fresh juice products, meat, sausages, poultry, and fish/seafood.

Major frozen packaged food categories include frozen ready meals or “TV dinners,” frozen breakfast breads and baked goods, frozen vegetables and sides, frozen microwaveable snack products, and ice cream and other frozen desserts.

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Packaged Foods Industry Research & Market Reports

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Slovakia

    ... a particularly strong trading year in 2020. Health labels such as free from preservatives and free from additives are increasingly seen as healthier than packaged foods that are naturally healthy. Euromonitor International's Naturally Healthy Packaged ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Slovakia

    ... as well as the rising cost of living, organic registered lower growth than it has for the past two years. However, with the situation slowly improving, sales of organic packaged food are expected to pick ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Russia

    ... niche in Russia, with demand largely confined to affluent and health local conscious consumers, but awareness of these products is gradually percolating down the income scale, which is in turn encouraging more packaged food manufacturers ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Slovakia

    ... addition, price rises also dampened volume sales. Also, with consumers spending more on vitamins supplements in order to boost their immune systems during the pandemic, this also dampened volume sales of fortified/functional. However, in the ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Russia

    ... but they rebounded strongly in 2021. COVID-19 has served to make local consumers more health conscious by highlighting the long-term health risks associated with obesity. Euromonitor International's Better For You Packaged Food in Russia report ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Thailand

    ... by a strong contraction in Thailand’s GDP in 2020. As consumers became increasingly cautious over their spending due to the strong economic pressure on households in the wake of COVID-19, they tended to look for ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Thailand

    ... to tap into the opportunities inherent in e-commerce and direct selling to reach consumers looking for more convenient and safer shopping formats. Euromonitor International's Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Thailand report tracks the developments of health-associated ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Russia

    ... category in FF packaged food, ahead of FF baby food. Within FF dairy, FF yoghurt (especially FF prebiotic yoghurt) dominates. In spite of the economic shock of the pandemic, retail current value sales of FF ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Thailand

    ... during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown in 2020. This had a knock-on effect on better for you butter and spreads, although some users looked to healthier versions of these products, especially reduced fat options. This behaviour ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Thailand

    ... measures to stem the tide of the virus in the country, not least lockdown and work-from-home policies. A consumers stayed at home for longer periods and had more time to cook a full meal from ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Slovakia

    ... companies active in Slovakia developed BFY products to diversify their brand portfolios. In addition, Kaufland and Lidl pledged to reduce sugar and salt content by 20% and 30% respectively by 2025. However, other types of ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Russia

    ... prostokvasha dominate NH dairy, but demand for them is mature. They remain very popular with older consumers but less so with teenagers and young adults, who tend to perceive these products as somewhat old fashioned ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Indonesia

    ... healthier types of breakfast food has increased dramatically. Naturally, the category of naturally healthy packaged food to have benefited the most from this situation is NH high fibre breakfast cereals, with the healthy profile and ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Indonesia

    ... Indonesia, with the government-mandated large-scale social distancing measures that were imposed upon the population of Indonesia during 2020 and the first half of 2021 giving consumers far more incentive to purchase sauces, dressings and condiments. ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Malaysia

    ... in their local neighbourhood. to practise social distancing due to small floor space with less crowded. Moreover, movement restrictions imposed due to spikes in the COVID-19 infection rate also drove consumers to purchase groceries nearby ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Portugal

    ... relation to the quality of food and environmental preservation, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. Organic packaged food continued to see good overall retail volume growth at the end of the review period, also benefiting from ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Italy

    ... allies for the health of the intestinal microbiota - where 70% of the immune system is located. Immune-boosting foods are nothing new, but a growing number of people started paying greater attention to their eating ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Hungary

    ... Nonetheless, the product area will continue to perform well, given the rising health and wellness trend, which has been gathering further pace since the outbreak of COVID-19. Moreover, another factor that contributes to the strength ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Portugal

    ... product. NH honey is traditionally popular in Portugal, with sales thus being fairly mature, but in 2020 more consumers bought these products as they sought to build immunity to the virus. Honey in Portugal is ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Italy

    ... addition, with home seclusion forcing Italians to spend more time at home, many have rediscovered the pleasure of eating breakfast. Thus, they are consuming more typical breakfast foods, such as toast and spreads. Within spreads, ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Turkey

    ... 2021 overall. With the COVID-19 pandemic students and children stayed at home while many consumers did not go out for work. This negatively affected demand for gum since consumers usually chew gum when outside of ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Turkey

    ... are becoming more concerned about the potential unhealthy content in the standard food they buy, and the potentially harmful effects that pesticides, additives and genetically modified foods could have on their babies’ health and growth. ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Portugal

    ... health, with this boosting better for you packaged food sales. In better for you packaged food, reduced salt savoury snacks excluding nuts, seeds and trail mixes, and better for you shelf stable meat, seafood, fruit ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Malaysia

    ... intake but are also scrutinising the nutritional information printed on packaging. Many consumers started looking for products that are fortified with vitamins and pre/probiotics that are able to boost the immune system and the digestive ... Read More

  • Health and Wellness in Malaysia

    ... pandemic began to take its toll. Nonetheless, while consumers have increased their focus on health and wellness the pandemic has also had a huge impact on the local economy with many businesses struggling and jobs ... Read More

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