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Breakfast Cereals in India

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  • 22 Pages
  • April 2025
  • Region: India
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1668328
Breakfast cereals in India maintained strong double-digit retail current value growth in 2024. The category has been experiencing a notable shift towards high protein and functional breakfast cereals, driven by a more health-conscious consumer base. With the growing emphasis on fitness and preventive healthcare in the country, brands are now offering breakfast cereals enriched with whey protein, plant-based proteins (pea, soy, and quinoa), probiotics, and dietary fibre.

The Breakfast Cereals in India 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 2020-2024, 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 directly informs our forecasts to 2029, 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
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Rise of high protein and functional breakfast cereals drives growth
  • Fragmentation in breakfast cereals, with premium and regional players gaining traction
  • Rise of online channels accelerates adoption of premium and hybrid breakfast formats
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Scaling beyond metros will be a key focus going forward
  • Innovations in sustainability from ingredient sourcing to packaging
  • Rise of AI-driven personalisation in nutrition
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 2 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 3 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 4 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 7 Distribution of Breakfast Cereals by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
STAPLE FOODS IN INDIA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Staple foods in 2024: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2024
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for staple foods?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2019-2024
  • Table 13 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2019-2024
  • Table 14 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 15 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2019-2024
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2020-2024
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2024
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 19 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2019-2024
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2024-2029
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2024-2029
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2024-2029
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2024-2029
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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