Baby Food

Nestlé is the largest packaged food company globally, but that position may not be retained if it continues to rely on sales in mature markets and product categories. Its recent growth strategy has been centred on repositioning itself to become the ...

In 2019, baby food experienced strong double-digit value growth despite growth being slightly lower than in the previous year. Pockets of strong growth continued to be apparent across health and wellness categories, particularly organic baby food. ...

Health and wellness trends, coupled with growing demand for higher-quality products, continue to impact baby food. This has had a particularly fracturing impact on prepared baby food like Wattie’s, a brand manufactured by Heinz, and other commercial ...

The most important driver of growth of baby food in 2019 was the increase in average incomes due to the continuing strong performance of the economy and the intervention of the government to increase the salaries of public employees and the minimum ...

Birth rates continued to stagnate at the end of the review period despite the continuous efforts and family support schemes being provided by the government. Based on current projections it is expected that the infant population aged 0-36 months will...

The US birth rate fell again in 2018, down to 3,788,235 births, which was a 2% drop from 2017. It was also the lowest number of births in 32 years, according to a new federal report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The US ...

All of our data and analysis for Baby Food for 15 countries in the Americas. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

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All of our data and analysis for Baby Food in 18 Eastern European countries. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

All of our data and analysis for Baby Food for 12 countries in the Middle East and Africa. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, ...

All of our data and analysis for Baby Food in 17 Western European countries. Includes 20 years of comparable data, advanced modelling tools, global and regional analysis, company profiles, strategic briefings, articles, datagraphics, videos and ...

Mothers in Kenya have traditionally weaned their infants on locally-grown pawpaw, green bananas, sweet potatoes, arrowroot, greens and various meats. However, they are now increasingly seeking prepared baby foods which carry nutritional information ...

The Indian government seeks to promote breastfeeding through the Infant Milk Substitutes (IMA) Act of 1992 thus controlling the promotional activities carried out by manufacturers, especially regarding infant milk formula. Several non-government ...

Baby food (excluding milk formula) manufacturers are seeking to expand consumption occasions for their products and appeal to a wider audience. Part of this is also to keep parents in the baby aisle for longer in stores. For example, Love Child ...

Growth continues in baby food in the Dominican Republic despite a declining birth rate. Better educated parents with greater disposable incomes are spending more on quality foods for their babies and small children. Solid economic growth in the ...

Although Austria continues to see a stagnant birth rate, value and volume sales of overall baby food continue to record positive growth. Milk formula, which accounts for the biggest share of total baby food value sales, is recording a positive ...

Demand for baby food in Singapore, with sales dominated by milk formula, continued to experience a slow decline in 2019. A number of factors are negatively impacting this declining demand. Couples in Singapore are delaying starting a family and are ...

Taiwan’s already low birth rate continued to decline in the final years of the review period, which naturally served to have a further dampening effect on volume sales of baby food, which continued to decline in 2019. Among the reasons for the low ...

Healthy ingredients play a major role in the consumer’s decision-making process in regard to baby food. Natural sugar gained popularity in 2019, with no-sugar brands performing well, while organic and free-from baby food strengthened their position ...

The replacing of the one-child policy with a two-child policy in 2016 led to a spike in birth rates in China. However, this fell away quickly and 2018 saw 2 million fewer live births in the country than in the previous year, with the number expected ...