Cooking ingredients and meals in Malaysia is expected to record further growth in 2021 as consumers continue to stockpile essential items, such as edible oils, sauces, dressings and condiments, in small quantities due to political uncertainty and the high COVID-19 infection rate in the year. Also, consumers continue to prefer to prepare meals...
2020 is over, but the pandemic not. As a result, while the rate of growth in retail constant value sales of cooking ingredients slowed significantly during 2021, it remained in double digits. Although restrictions on movement were relaxed to a significant extent, many local consumers continued to spend a lot of time at home and prepared and...
Free from meat tofu and derivatives is widely accepted by consumers in Malaysia due to the fact it is Halal (permissible based on Muslim law) with these products being made from soy. Due to the ongoing threat from COVID-19 consumers continued to spend more time at home during 2021, with people cooking and eating more meals at home. As such...
2022 Retail Sales of Soup and Salad Bars Global Market Size & Growth Report covers market size, revenue, growth, and share across 4 global regions, 22 subregions, and 216 countries. Figures are from 2012 through 2021, with forecasts for 2022 and 2026. The historical data utilizes in-depth survey results from companies that sell retail...
Free from lactose will remain the largest category within free from packaged food in current value terms in 2021 and will continue to see dynamic growth from an already high base. Free from lactose dairy products (namely milk, cream, and cheese) account for most of the free from lactose sales. Free From in Italy report tracks the developments...
The enhanced perception towards the quality of daily diets brought by the restrictions of the pandemic has created space for products with a premium positioning to enter new occasions as part of consumers’ meals. Among higher-income consumers, a movement towards upgrading items as they explored new ingredients and subsequently new nutritional...
One of the most important trends across edible oils during 2021 was the increasing consumer interest in more expensive types of edible oils and, in particular, brands that present themselves as a premium option. Among the key category players to pursue such a strategy are Tuong An Vegetable Oil JSC and Cai Lan Oils & Fats Industries Co Ltd,...
Edible oils experienced stronger current value and retail volume growth in 2020 in relation to the previous year. The strong growth in 2020 was partly due to COVID-19 restrictions including lockdown and nightly curfews. Due to these government restrictions that lasted throughout most of 2020 after March, many people were forced to stay home...
Both retail volume and current value sales of edible oils continued to expand at a moderate pace during 2021. There was a degree of stockpiling during the second quarter of 2020 due to COVID-19, but this was balanced by a decline in demand later in the year as it became clear that edible oils were not in short supply. Edible Oils in...
Olive oil has become more popular due to the home cooking trend, which characterised 2020 and spilled over into 2021 due to the ongoing presence of COVID-19. Olive oil from Bertolli is favoured for its taste, followed by other leading brands, such as Monini and Carapelli. Olive oil sales have been supported by Dutch consumers’ willingness...