Category: Food
Belgium Food
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Meals and Soups in Belgium
... increase in home cooking, with consumers keen to keep costs as low as possible, purchasing items such as bouillon and tomato pastes and purées to form the bases of their home-cooked meals. This had a ... Read More
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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Belgium
... solution during a time when prices on pre-cooked items, ready meals and products have risen. In this context, categories which have previously seen a decline in sales, such as bouillon, tomato pastes and purées, saw ... Read More
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Edible Oils in Belgium
... disruption in Spain and Greece throughout 2023 and 2024 led to heightened price points for olive oil. Consequently, higher price points drastically impacted demand, with prices over EUR10 per litre for the cheapest olive oil ... Read More
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Sweet Spreads in Belgium
... decline in sweet spreads. Firstly, maturity on the landscape challenged sales, while high price points led consumers to reduce the volume they purchased, while others simply stopped buying sweet spreads. The latter factor proved especially ... Read More
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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Belgium
... prices during 2023, price stabilisation aided retail volume sales to stabilise. However, price points remained high, impacting and shaping consumer purchasing decisions. Consequently, consumers remained conservative with spending in 2024, trading down to cheaper alternatives, ... Read More
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Belgium Cocoa Powder Market Overview, 2029
... benefits. As health-conscious consumers seek out cocoa for its antioxidants and potential cardiovascular advantages, demand surges. Cocoa powder's versatility across culinary, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, and industrial sectors fuels its market expansion. The shifting inclination of ... Read More
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Europe Whey Protein Ingredients Market, By Type (Whey Protein Isolates (WPI), Whey Protein Concentrates (WPC), Hydrolyzed Whey Protein, Demineralized Whey Protein); By Application (Bakery & Confectionery, Dairy Products, Sports Nutrition, Meat Products, Health Supplements); By Distribution Channel (Online Retail, Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Specialty Stores, Direct Sales); By Country (Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Russia, The Netherlands, Rest of Europe), Trend Analysis, Competitive Landscape & Forecast, 2019–2030
... Distribution Channel (Online Retail, Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Specialty Stores, Direct Sales); By Country (Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Belgium, Russia, The Netherlands, Rest of Europe), Trend Analysis, Competitive Landscape & Forecast, 2019–2030 Europe Whey Protein Ingredients ... Read More
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Weight Management and Wellbeing in Belgium
... considered relatively expensive. At a time of economic uncertainty, linked to high inflation and the geopolitical situation, many consumers have been reducing their consumption of perceived non-essential products. Euromonitor International's Weight Management and Wellbeing in ... Read More
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Sports Nutrition in Belgium
... retail volume sales are also rising strongly. This performance is driven by increased participation in sports and fitness activities in the post-Coronavirus (COVID-19) period, with a growing number of consumers joining gyms. An increasingly active ... Read More
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Food & Grocery Retail in Belgium
... descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Key Highlights The food & grocery retail market is segmented into household products, tobacco, food, and drinks. Market ... Read More
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Belgium Dairy Products and Alternatives
... 2023 linked to milk production, average unit prices have decreased in 2024. The combination of price stabilisation and promotional efforts had positive effects on overall volume sales of dairy products and alternatives. Indeed, while in ... Read More
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Belgium Plant-Based Dairy
... plant-based positioned at a significantly premium to cow’s milk. Within plant-based milk, soy drinks witnessed decline due to its weak perception, high prices and strong competition from other plant-based milk variants like oat. Euromonitor International's ... Read More
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Belgium Butter and Spreads
... of home working has added further momentum to sales of butter, with more time spent cooking in the kitchen. These conditions had a positive impact on demand for butter, which scored slight volume growth in ... Read More
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Belgium Baby Food
... picked up in 2023 and 2024. Food products proved to be slightly more dynamic than milk formula thanks to product innovation. The latter has come under pressure from alternatives as consumers look for cheaper options. ... Read More
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Belgium Cheese
... an otherwise mature category, leading to the best category volume performance since the pandemic peak in 2020. Cheese is a strongly rooted product in Belgium with it forming the basis of many meals and dishes. ... Read More
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Belgium Yoghurt and Sour Milk Products
... prices during 2023, which have decreased slightly over 2024, but continue to hinder consumer demand. Many consumers still deemed yoghurt as less essential and prioritised spend on other food categories, including milk, fresh food and ... Read More
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Belgium Other Dairy
... the production chain, other dairy prices started to reduce in 2024. Coupled with strong promotional activity, volume growth rose marginally, especially in categories such as chilled and shelf stable desserts where the decline in 2023 ... Read More
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Belgium Health and Wellness
... food and a range of drinks on their health and wellbeing. The virus disproportionately affected those with underlying health conditions, such as obesity and diabetes, making people more conscious of the need to take care ... Read More
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Belgium HW Dairy Products and Alternatives
... products and alternatives in Belgium in 2023. Consumers are seeking dairy products that contain more proteins, as vegetarians and flexitarians need to find another source of protein, with dairy products seeming to provide a perfect ... Read More
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Belgium HW Staple Foods
... consumers are seeking out staple products that are good for their health, which feature shorter ingredient lists and contain less salt, less added sugar, less fat and fewer additives. Therefore, they are more likely to ... Read More
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Belgium HW Cooking Ingredients and Meals
... who are increasingly buying products with better Nutri-Scores especially concerning the trio of fat, sugar and salt content. In response, industry players are improving their recipes with healthier ingredients, and producing products with shorter ingredient ... Read More
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Belgium HW Snacks
... consumers are taking on a significant proportion of their calories through snacking. In combination with rising health awareness, this is generating greater interest in healthier snacks, including more people seeking out snacks with a lower ... Read More
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Belgium Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks
... prices in 2023 and 2024. Retailers were also forced to increase the price of private label sweet biscuits. Promotional activity became very important during the year, with manufacturers leveraging this to boost demand. Consequently, sweet ... Read More
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Belgium Ice Cream
... 2023. This factor, coupled with strong price increases, resulted in a static performance in volume terms in 2023. Moving into 2024, price stabilisation is helping to boost demand for ice cream with consumers more likely ... Read More
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Belgium Gum
... growth in 2024. Prominent players, including Perfetti Van Melle and Cadbury Belgium (Mondelez), helped to steer the category’s resurgence, as re-engaged impulse buyers sought the comfort of familiar brands. Despite indications of recuperation, chewing gum ... Read More
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