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Meals and Soups in the Philippines

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  • 22 Pages
  • December 2025
  • Region: Philippines
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731831
In the Philippines, meals and soups recorded strong retail value growth in 2025 while volume rose more modestly, with price increases and some trading up supporting performance as time-poor households sought convenient meal solutions. Dry and shelf stable soups remained core contributors due to affordability and ease of use, while shelf stable and frozen ready meals continued to gain relevance in urban areas where freezer ownership and higher disposable incomes support stock-up behaviour.

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: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups market;
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  • 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
  • Convenience-led meal solutions gain relevance despite rising competition
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Meals and soups records solid value gains as convenience demand rises in 2025
  • Soup sees fastest value growth within overall category
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Meals and soups set for further value gains as convenience demand persists
  • Health and wellness positioning emerges as a key differentiator
  • Competition intensifies as hot meals and snacks offer alternatives to packaged products
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Unilever Foods maintains category leadership in 2025
  • Century Pacific sees growth driven by Hunt’s brand
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remains the main distribution channel for meals and soups
  • E-commerce continues to grow as online shopping becomes more ingrained in daily lives
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 7 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 10 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Essentials, wellness cues and digital activation shape category momentum
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Rising value growth despite inflationary pressures in 2025
  • Olive all benefits from prevailing health trends, while meals and soups sees intensified competition from heated options
  • Brands invest in digitalisation and collaborations
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Value sales will continue to rise amid uncertainty surrounding taxation measures
  • Health and wellness trends to remain key to development and progress
  • Players work to streamline operations
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • San Pablo leads through Minola oil
  • CJ Cheiljedang benefits from consumer interest in South Korean food
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets leads retail distribution and sees further growth in 2025
  • E-commerce outpaces all other distribution channels in terms of expansion
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources