Australia

Within dairy, butter is the most consumed product within butter and spreads, with higher sales than margarine and spreads, and cooking fats combined. This was not always the case in Australia, as margarine was the more popular spread amongst…

While milk formula is set to see slight retail current value growth in 2023, overall value sales will still be below those seen in 2019. The daigou channel (people who travel overseas to buy goods for someone who lives in China) accounted for a…

With lockdowns being in the past, Australians have finally been able to return to their usual lifestyles. With physical activities such as sports returning to full capacity, the demand for wound care products has picked up over the last two years.…

As more consumers become concerned with their health and diet, the demand for weight loss products has increased in Australia. The weight management and wellbeing category is mostly made up of meal replacement products, which are typically powdered…

A heavy reliance on imported ingredients and overseas manufacturing continues to impact input costs for vitamins in Australia, with rising freight costs, rising ingredients prices, and delivery delays pushing up the average unit price for the…

Protein/energy bars has been performing well, and is set to grow at almost the same rate as sports protein powder in 2023, accounting for between and quarter and third of value sales within overall sports nutrition in Australia. More companies are…

Australian consumers have become increasingly aware of the need for high-quality sleep to improve their overall health. With sleep experts recommending over seven hours of sleep for adults for the best result, consumers are searching for ways to not…

Compared with previous years, the rate of vaccination for children in Australia has declined in 2023, leaving the younger demographic more vulnerable to colds and flu. Given the nation endured an extended influenza season, sickness amongst children…

Australians have become increasingly aware of the negative side-effects associated with smoking, with information being widely available online, and also due to warnings on cigarette packets. The persistent efforts from the Australian government to…

Demand for herbal/traditional products is set to continue to rise in 2023, driven by the health and wellness trend. As consumers seek to reduce their exposure to artificial ingredients and chemicals, Australians are becoming more and more interested…

Eye health is an ongoing concern for Australians, with this worsening for many people over the last five years. With rates of chronic eye conditions such as myopia increasing amongst consumers, there is growing demand for eye care products to help…

Diarrhoeal remedies is set to see solid growth in Australia in 2023, with more Australians finding themselves in need of such products compared with previous years. Australians are spending more time outside the home, and are once again vulnerable to…

Rising inflation in 2023 is placing downwards pressure on disposable incomes in Australia, which is having a significant impact on discretionary spending. While there is still robust interest in dietary supplements, such products are expensive, and…

Dermatologicals is set to see a strong performance in 2023, with all the major categories seeing mid to high single-digit growth in retail current value terms. Antifungals (topical antifungals and vaginal antifungals) is one of the largest categories…

Australia has been impacted by an extended season of colds and flu in 2023, with many Australians becoming ill. As the lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, people no longer followed social distancing, and fewer Australians have been…

With the ending of lockdowns, border closures, and other COVID-19-related restrictions over the course of 2022, Australia has begun to see a return to normality in 2023, with Australians settling into their new hybrid routines and lifestyles.…

In 2023, Australians suffered from an extended influenza season, with months where people were prone to sickness. Analgesics had already seen strong growth in the last few years due to widespread illness as a result of COVID-19.However, strong growth…

Despite packaging unit volume sales of sweet spreads as a whole declining in 2022, nut- and seed-based spreads once again outperformed the overall category, with consumers becoming more discerning about what the put in their bodies. An increasing…

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in Australia in 2020, packaging unit volume sales of sauces, dips and condiments recorded a clear spike in demand due to lockdowns and other restrictions, such as foodservice closures, which forced consumers to cook…

The falling packaging unit volume sales in processed meat and seafood in 2022 were primarily driven by processed seafood. Although processed seafood had seen a spike in demand in 2020 when the pandemic first arrived in Australia, the size of the…