Baby Food

Kraft Heinz remains fifth globally in packaged food. The company is focusing on restructuring strategies and revamping existing brands in multiple categories to boost its sales. It has put efforts into diverse aspects leading to confusion around ...

Danone is the world’s largest player in dairy, but faces challenges due to stagnation in its yoghurt sales in North America and Western Europe. However, the acquisition of WhiteWave makes the group a key player in the high growth milk alternatives ...

Lactalis Groupe held eighth place globally among the world’s packaged food companies in 2019. The company has followed an acquisitions strategy to reduce its reliance on the French market, increasing its global footprint on five continents. Recent ...

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. ...

The rising birth rate over the review period has contributed to sustain the demand for baby food, especially outside the milk formula category. The birth rate is forecast to remain at a historically high level in Germany over 2019-2024. However, ...

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 ...

The ongoing decline in birth rates is having a considerable negative impact on demand for baby food in the Japanese market. During the review period, some Japanese brands saw a sales increase supported by inbound tourists who were seeking safer milk ...

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 ...

In line with global trends, within baby food there is a gradual noticeable development of more natural, preservative-free products. Parents show increased awareness of product ingredients and the need to offer healthier options for their babies. Free...

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 ...

All of our data and analysis for Baby Food for 18 countries in Asia Pacific and Australasia. 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 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 ...