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Breakfast Cereals in Saudi Arabia

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  • 20 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Saudi Arabia
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1541404
Breakfast cereals remain a staple of the morning breakfast routines of Saudi families, thus ensuring a stable demand. Hot cereals remains the most popular option due to the healthy and filling nature of these products, as well as their versatility. Competition remains highly consolidated with Quaker, Kellanova and Nestlé dominating the field with popular and familiar brands, although private label is winning over price sensitive shoppers.

This 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 2020-2025, 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 currently shaping the market along with prospects for the next five years, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Hot Cereals, RTE Cereals.

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

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  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Breakfast cereals remain a key feature of Saudi morning routines
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Sales rise thanks to the convenience of breakfast cereals in busy morning routines
  • Hot cereals thriving thanks to new product development and their healthy image
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Steady growth predicted for breakfast cereals fuelled by hot cereals and flakes
  • Health and wellness, simpler recipes and cleaner labels
  • Better planning should mean less waste
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Quaker leads with tried and tested oats
  • Kellanova sees strong growth with familiar and popular brand portfolio
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets lead thanks to a broad offer and frequent promotions
  • E-commerce provides a convenient solution for reorders
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Breakfast Cereals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSTAPLE FOODS IN SAUDI ARABIA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Despite ongoing price sensitivity demand for staple foods remains robust
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Sales see steady growth with little change in consumer purchasing behaviour
  • Value remains the key consideration in many purchasing decisions
  • Saudisation policy favouring local production
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Key staples will remain at the heart of the market
  • Competition set to intensify as the market evolves
  • Distribution landscape shifting towards an omnichannel approach
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Artisanal baked goods lead the market
  • Competition remains lively as players invest in production improvements and marketing
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets and hypermarkets dominate sales
  • Discounters and e-commerce carving out a share in the market
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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