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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Germany

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  • 53 Pages
  • October 2024
  • Region: Germany
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5567527
Cooking ingredients and meals in Germany is experiencing positive development in 2024, led by dynamic performers such as ready meals and frozen pizza. While the pandemic-fuelled trend of cooking extensively at home has faded, consumer curiosity about new food trends remains high. This has led to a sustained interest in convenient yet flavourful options that meet the demands of increasingly busy lifestyles.

The publisher's Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Germany report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2019-2023, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are shaping the market in 2024 directly informs our forecasts to 2028, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Edible Oils, Meals and Soups, Sauces, Dips and Condiments, Sweet Spreads.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Cooking Ingredients and Meals market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

COOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN GERMANY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Cooking ingredients and meals in 2024: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2024
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for cooking ingredients and meals?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 3 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 4 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 7 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 8 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources
EDIBLE OILS IN GERMANYKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Production crisis and high prices continue to affect olive oil sales
  • Sunflower oil and rapeseed oil emerge as alternatives
  • Private label continues to dominate landscape amidst financial pressures
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Health concerns to influence which edible oils are prioritised
  • Rising demand for organic and regional edible oils in Germany fuelled by sustainability
  • Expansion of edible oils in Germany driven by curiosity
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 13 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 14 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 15 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 16 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 17 NBO Company Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 18 LBN Brand Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 19 Distribution of Edible Oils by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
MEALS AND SOUPS IN GERMANYKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Convenience drives further retail demand for frozen pizza
  • Plant-based and sustainability trends to drive growth in ready meals
  • Despite challenges, HelloFresh maintains leadership of food kits, driven by convenience
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Declining meat consumption to favour plant-based versions of ready meals
  • Healthy and convenient frozen meal delivery services set to be a trend for the future
  • Leadership of ready meals likely to be retained by Frosta over forecast period
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 24 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 25 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 26 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 27 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 28 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 29 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 30 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2019-2024
  • Table 31 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 32 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 33 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 34 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 35 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 36 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 37 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
SAUCES, DIPS AND CONDIMENTS IN GERMANYKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Spice blends and youth-focused brand marketing drive growth among herbs and spices
  • Despite declines for pasta sauces amidst inflation and health trends, innovation offers optimism
  • Pepper prices hit new records cause by production issues
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Tomato pastes and purées looks to regain momentum following post-pandemic dip
  • Growth and innovation in sauces, dips and condiments with no/low sugar
  • Other sauces and condiments to grow due to interest in international cuisine
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 38 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 39 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 40 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 41 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 42 Sales of Liquid Recipe Sauces by Type: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 43 Sales of Other Sauces and Condiments by Type: Rankings 2019-2024
  • Table 44 NBO Company Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 45 LBN Brand Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 46 Distribution of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 47 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 48 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 49 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 50 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
SWEET SPREADS IN GERMANYKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Weak performance for chocolate spreads amidst health concerns and limited innovation
  • Consumer concerns over sugar intake encourage brand reformulations
  • Schwartau and Zentis are leading brands of jams and preserves, while private label remains strong
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Offer of different nut and seed based spreads to increase over forecast period
  • High protein trend set to offer new possibilities to nut and chocolate spreads
  • Sustainability and local value to transform sweet spreads in Germany
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 51 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 52 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 53 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 54 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 55 Sales of Jams and Preserves by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2019-2024
  • Table 56 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Spreads: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 57 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Spreads: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 58 Distribution of Sweet Spreads by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 59 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 60 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 61 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 62 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029