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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in China

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  • 51 Pages
  • October 2024
  • Region: China
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5567416
In 2023, cooking ingredients and meals in China experienced a retail current value decline; this was primarily due to the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown policies, which resulted in consumers returning to dining out, therefore having a negative impact on retail sales. In 2024, consumers’ lifestyles have fully returned to normal in China, leading to a return to retail current value growth for cooking ingredients and meals.

The publisher's Cooking Ingredients and Meals in China 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 CHINA
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 CHINAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Edible oils stabilises, although performances vary across categories
  • Social commerce to be the main driver of growth in retail e-commerce
  • Yihai Kerry continues to lead edible oils
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Edible oils set to remain stable as the consumption structure shifts
  • Availability of domestic olive oil expected to grow rapidly
  • Private label set to see growth as retailers expand their outlets and product lines
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 CHINAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Retail value sales of meals and soups dip slightly in 2024
  • Private label drives growth and innovation in chilled ready meals
  • Kraft Heinz launches pasta kits, its first meal-type products in China
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Meals and soups expected to outperform other categories within cooking ingredients and meals
  • Direction of new product development for ready meals will be to combine health and taste
  • Instant wontons hit the market
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 CHINAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Sauces, dips and condiments returns to stability
  • Sauces, dips and condiments continue to develop towards health and wellness claims
  • VEpiaopiao finds success by targeting young consumers
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Value sales of sauces, dips and condiments to maintain growth during the forecast period
  • Haday launches two innovative products linked to fruit
  • Guizhou cuisine popularises red sour soup and litsea flavour
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 CHINAKEY DATA FINDINGS
2024 DEVELOPMENTS
  • In 2024 sweet spreads continues to see retail value decline
  • Social commerce drives dynamism for retail e-commerce
  • Honey remains highly fragmented
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Low growth as substitutes provide competition to sweet spreads
  • Sweet spreads set to shift towards products with health and wellness claims
  • Novelty drives new product development from domestic players
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