Fresh Food in Germany

Germany’s fresh food industry recorded a slight increase in total volume sales in 2025, led by eggs growing while meat and fish and seafood post only marginal gains. Health, sustainability and sourcing transparency continue to steer consumption towards plant-based options and lighter proteins, supporting nuts and pulses, vegetables, poultry and selected seafood.

This Fresh Food in Germany report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data in volume terms 2021-2025, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, consumption patterns and distribution data. Forecasts to 2030 illustrate how the market is set to change.

Product coverage: Eggs, Fish and Seafood, Fruits, Meat, Nuts, Pulses, Starchy Roots, Sugar and Sweeteners, Vegetables.

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

Why buy this report?

• Get a detailed picture of the Fresh Food 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.