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Breakfast Cereals in Italy

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  • 23 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Italy
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1607227
Retail value sales of breakfast cereals continued to rise in Italy over 2025, driven by a combination of evolving needs, product innovations and changes to the way Italians shop. A higher priority is being placed on health and nutritionally superior breakfast cereals, with hot cereals enjoying dynamic growth in sales.

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.

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Breakfast Cereals 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

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Healthy variants lead the development of breakfast cereals
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Health agenda drives demand for breakfast cereals with higher nutritional profiles
  • Hot cereals enjoy dynamism over 2025
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Breakfast cereals to leverage innovation and health positioning to overcome maturity and drive sales
  • Evolving health issues will increasingly shape decision-making
  • Combination of health innovation and sustainability to yield competitive advantage
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Kellogg Italia SpA holds significant lead supported by health-led innovations and multi-channel marketing campaigns
  • Fuchs J Srl enjoys dynamism in hot cereals category
CHANNELS
  • Widespread accessibility supports the supermarket channel
  • Retail e-commerce outperforms over channels
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 ITALY
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Staple foods evolves to keep pace with consumer demands
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Staple foods enjoys steady growth as economic conditions stabilise
  • Consumers are combining sustainable choices with health and ethical motivations
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Stable outlook for staple foods
  • Rising interest in Asian cuisine will underpin expansion of noodles
  • Growing demand for meat and seafood alternatives
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Artisanal has a significant share due to prominence of unpackaged leavened bread
  • Retailers have a solid presence in fragmented landscape
CHANNELS
  • Consumers are increasingly reliant on large retailers
  • Food specialists are a fundamental channel in staple foods
  • Retail e-commerce makes strong inroads in staple foods
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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