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

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Turkey

    ... to the launch of new products, mostly containing extra protein. Many consumers are becoming aware that increased protein intake from healthy sources can help lead to a healthier and slimmer body. In response to the ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Hungary

    ... the distractions and economic difficulties caused by the pandemic, rising health-awareness among Hungarians is contributing to greater demand for reduced fat and reduced sugar packaged food in a widening range of product areas. Likewise, after ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Italy

    ... Asian origin, which has recently entered the shelves of large Italian retailers. Unlike eastern countries, kefir is not yet mature in Italy, meaning that there are still many opportunities to be exploited. The success of ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Malaysia

    ... consumers. Hence, sales of NH olive oil continued to thrive despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the convenience and value offered by these smaller pack sizes. Although sales remain well below ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Turkey

    ... of high fibre bread is directly linked to the health and wellness trend which has been gathering pace in response to the health crisis. The consumption of bread is very high in Turkey, and many ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Hungary

    ... due to unit price increases which makes products unaffordable from many consumers, and therefore it is better to register the products just in speciality stores where the target audience is narrowed to consumers who have ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Malaysia

    ... earners who wish to provide their babies with high-quality and clean label nourishment. As this is a limited audience in the country, sales remained niche at the end of the review period, with even some ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Indonesia

    ... with volume growth rates accelerating over the course of the year. This can be seen as part of the overall health and wellness trend that has become more deeply entrenched among the Indonesian population since ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Italy

    ... traditional milk products, but nevertheless is recording a much better performance than the latter. In Italy, Granarolo dominates organic milk, offering three different alternatives: organic semi-skimmed long-life milk, organic semi-skimmed milk, and organic whole milk. ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Indonesia

    ... the edible oils sold in the country with a range of vitamins. To maximise the effectivity of this move and promote the success of its food fortification programme, the government of Indonesia has implemented the ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Hungary

    ... to improve their health through their diet, which is proving to be a huge advantage for FF packaged food. For example, protein is becoming increasingly sought after, so players have begun adding the word clearly ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Portugal

    ... two years of the review period, as consumers sought to avoid catching and transmitting the virus. These trends notably boosted the consumption of FF yoghurt, towards the end of the review period, with ongoing retail ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in the Netherlands

    ... accentuated by the outbreak of COVID-19. Dutch consumers remain attracted to naturally healthy food in line with the growing healthy eating trend in the country. “Naturally healthy” appears to inculcate higher confidence in consumers, who ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in the Netherlands

    ... illness and the virus. Both value and volume sales witnessed positive growth in 2020 and 2021, in contrast to the decline in prior years. Following the outbreak of COVID-19, Dutch consumers became more concerned about ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in the Netherlands

    ... wake of COVID-19 and in line with extant concerns over obesity and diabetes. In particular, consumers try to reduce sugar in their diet, thus giving preference to reduced sugar products. This is also a result ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in the Netherlands

    ... organic baby food, organic dairy and organic chocolate confectionery. Organic packaged food, in general, remains more expensive compared to its regular counterparts, meaning that not all Dutch consumers are able to afford these products. Thus, ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in Norway

    ... a significant boost from the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 due to border closures and people consuming more food at home. The category continued to see strong growth in the first part of 2021, but ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in the Czech Republic

    ... and opted for naturally healthy packaged food to build their immune systems. As a result, NH high fibre sweet biscuits and NH high fibre baked goods saw particularly strong retail value sales growth in 2021. ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Norway

    ... trend. Despite this positive outlook, categories across organic packaged food were negatively affected by the resumption of cross-border trade towards the end of 2021. Nevertheless, consumer demand remained strong, with most of the key categories ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in the Czech Republic

    ... protein, probiotics as well as vitamins and minerals in dairy. This trend was reflected in retail value sales growth of FF probiotic yoghurt, FF flavoured milk drinks and FF fromage frais and quark. New product ... Read More

  • Fortified/Functional Packaged Food in Peru

    ... wellbeing (Pasta Lavaggi by Alicorp SAA which contains iron, calcium and vitamins), the immune system (Aceite Primor Digestive by Alicorp SAA), digestive health (Yogurt Laive with probiotics by Laive SA) and cardiovascular health (Aceite Primor ... Read More

  • Better For You Packaged Food in the Czech Republic

    ... the rising demand for reduced sugar ice cream, reduced sugar confectionery, and reduced sugar spreads excl honey. As a result, many better for you packaged food producers continued to focus on BFY reduced sugar packaged ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in Greece

    ... quality, especially for products such as olive oil and dairy, and this appreciation of Greek produce has slowed the demand for organic somewhat. This is evident in the data, with organic accounting for significantly less ... Read More

  • Naturally Healthy Packaged Food in Greece

    ... In 2021, it performed better than most other health and wellness segments except for free from. While value sales were on par with 2020, volume growth was slightly up. Naturally healthy is increasingly resonating with ... Read More

  • Organic Packaged Food in the Czech Republic

    ... parents are willing to spend more on quality food as they wish to have the best for their babies, including organic baby food. Furthermore, many new baby food launches are organic as consumers perceive these ... Read More

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