Apart from a niche of gluten-free products and lactose-free dairy products, South African food intolerance comprises lactose-free baby milk formula and other HW special baby milk formula, such as anti-reflux and NAN Pelargon. This formula is ...

Consumer awareness of food intolerance issues remained low at the end of the review period, with free from thus remaining a niche product area. Free from gluten notably remained insignificant, with no significant distribution presence for these ...

Consumer dietary trends continued to focus on the general health and wellbeing aspects of free from packaged food in 2016, rather than being driven by actual intolerance. This popularity has been largely derived from the idea of consumers wanting to ...

Free from remained a niche in Morocco in 2016. Nonetheless, consumer awareness of food intolerance and allergies is spreading fast and interested organisations and associations are supporting consumers strongly by holding workshops and open days to ...

Although there is a marked increase in the health consciousness among a certain segment of the Saudi Arabian population, there are very limited health and wellness food products that are gaining consumer attention. Consumers are largely aware of ...

Life expectancy is dramatically rising around the globe and therefore, there is an increasing need to tackle the ageing generation. However, key ageing-related positionings, such as cardiovascular health and bone and joint health, need ...

Free from consists of products free from allergens with a 14% retail value share in 2016, free from dairy with 63%, free from gluten with 14% and free from lactose with 9%. In Peru, it is not common to find products for diabetics, however those that ...

Free from saw the strongest current value growth across HW packaged food in 2016 over the previous year. Sales in this area are benefiting to an extent from growing awareness of food intolerance issues. However, the major growth driver at the end of ...

Free from remained a niche in Romania in 2016. Growth resulted from both voluntary consumption and medical recommendation. However, sales as a result of voluntary consumption dominated. Free from meat meat substitutes accounted for the 51% of retail ...

Although sales of free from gluten packaged foods remained negligible and niche in Singapore in 2016, such foods continued to grow more fashionable over the review period. Of course, some demand for free from gluten packaged foods was driven by ...

Free from packaged food in Slovakia witnessed a good year in 2016, generating 7% retail value growth. Sales were positively impacted by growing health awareness among Slovak consumers, as well as slowly strengthening purchasing power. Wider product ...

Dairy is one of the largest packaged food categories in Vietnam, with product types such as shelf stable milk widely available across the country. In recent years, fortification and related trends have helped to make consumers more aware of the ...

Bulgarians are increasingly interested in food allergens and intolerances and how to protect their families from the side effects of different allergens. They want to know what is in their food, its origin and details about how it is made....

Free from is relatively underdeveloped since special baby milk formula and free from dairy were the only categories with significant value sales in 2016. Value sales of packaged food free from gluten, and free from meat, meanwhile, remained ...

Free from was the most dynamic of the main health and wellness packaged food categories in Australia in current value growth terms in 2016, with sales increasing by 9%. Although robust, current value growth was considerably lower than the ...

Free from products remained a niche category in Ukraine in 2016. It showed good growth in current value terms, but in fact volume declined as a result of the deep economic recession in the country and consumers’ choice of primarily essential rather ...

Sales of free from products are growing at a rapid pace in Israel, largely due to the growing gluten free trend. Free from gluten products have been growing at an impressive rate towards the end of the review period, largely due to the increase in ...

Free from continued to generate double-digit current value growth in 2016, rising by 20%, with the sales growing from a relatively low base. The main factor spurring growth in the category towards the end of the review period was the increased ...

Demand for lactose free powder milk formula among parents for babies who have an intolerance to milk products continue to rise. In addition, parents may not purposely purchase lactose free powder milk formula for their babies unless they are ...

Free from products remains undeveloped, with only a few product categories available in the country. Free from gluten is the largest category, followed by free from lactose products. Within free from gluten, there is only free from gluten pasta and ...