Read our latest reports on Latin America here, with analyses and ...
Read our latest reports on Latin America here, with analyses and market statistics that explore the evolving consumer preferences, market environment and inherent growth potential in individual countries, or briefings that assess key strategic themes...
Yoghurt is expected to register healthy current value and volume growth in 2023, while value sales for sour milk products continue to be negligible. Whereas before yoghurt was perceived as a non-essential premium product, it is increasingly becoming…
Overall, value sales for plant-based dairy are low, dominated by soy drinks and other plant-based milk. That being said, plant-based dairy is expected to register the highest volume growth among all dairy and alternatives in 2023. Value sales are…
While sales are still relatively low, there is an appetite for plant-based dairy and it is expected to register very healthy current value and volume growth in 2023. Value sales are largely driven by younger consumers, which consider plant-based…
The awareness and benefits of a plant-based diet continues to grow among higher income consumers and more and more shelf space is being allocated to plant-based dairy. Plant-based milk is the most popular and is entering the mainstream. However, as…
While value sales are still low, soy drinks are expected to register healthy current value and moderate volume growth. Local dairy companies now offer soy drinks and this has greatly increased distribution, both in supermarkets and also local…
Other dairy is a sizeable product in Guatemala, with cream, condensed and evaporated milk being popular products. However, in 2023, with inflation still an issue, other dairy is expected to register both current and constant value decline and only…
Other dairy is a sizeable product area in the Dominican Republic, largely supported by the popularity of evaporated milk. In 2023, it is expected to register moderate current value and volume growth. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a…
While current value sales are expected to increase, volume sales are expected to register a decline, as continuing rising prices dampens volume sales somewhat. In particular, the largest product in terms of volume sales, that is condensed milk, drags…
Condensed milk, followed by cream, are the two main products in terms of value sales within other dairy in Bolivia. In 2023, other dairy is expected to register muted volume growth, with the performance dragged down by condensed milk. Condensed milk…
Though milk power is losing ground to shelf stable UHT milk, it still accounts for most volume sales. Milk powder is an important dairy product for many Guatemalan families because it is affordable and offers a source of nutrition and also has a…
Drinking milk is expected to register moderate current value and volume growth. However, inflation is still an issue and consumers are expected to continue to be highly price sensitive and prioritise value for money. Flavoured milk drinks is expected…
While current value sales are expected to increase, volume sales are expected to register a marginal fall, as rising prices, as well as lower local production, has an impact. Increased costs for feed, fertilisers and fuel has forced some dairy…
In 2023, Bolivian society again resumed daily life as it was before the pandemic, with people out and about more, as a result. This is expected to result in less drinking milk being consumed at home and this is expected to dampen volume sales,…
Sales of dairy products and alternatives maintained steady growth in Honduras in 2023, benefiting from the return of parents to the workplace and children to their places of education and subsequent boost in impulse purchases. While the market…
Dairy products and alternative is expected to register current value and volume growth, though inflation continues to hit companies’ profitability, with constant value sales expected to fall.
The picture is expected to be positive for dairy products and alternatives in 2023, with overall current value and volume sales expected to rise moderately. While inflation remains high, pressure is expected to ease. In addition, the appreciation of…
It is expected to be an improving picture in 2023 in dairy in Costa Rica. Current value sales are expected to increase, along with a slight increase in volume sales. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a result of rising inflation, the…
Bolivia has managed to protect itself to a large extent from inflation by continuing to have a fixed exchange rate against the dollar. Besides the fixed exchange rate, Bolivia’s subsidies for key products have also helped keep inflation low. However,…
Cheese is expected to be one of the strongest performing dairy products in 2023, with double-digit value growth, as well as healthy volume growth. Lower-income buyers continue to consume unpackaged soft cheese (usually unbranded), which is available…
Cheese is expected to register moderate current value and volume growth. However, inflation is still an issue and consumers are expected to continue to be highly price sensitive and prioritise value for money. This price sensitivity is expected to…
Current value sales are expected to increase, along with a slight increase in volume sales. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a result of rising inflation, the growth in inflation is expected to ease. That being said, consumers are…
In 2023, cheese consumption continues to grow in Bolivia, encouraged by higher levels of milk production, with much of the overcapacity being channelled for cheese production. While prices are expected to rise for cheese, they are not expected to be…
Butter and spreads is expected to register moderate current value growth, but constant value sales are expected to fall as persistent inflation cuts into profitability. In addition, with persistent inflation, consumers are expected to trade down –…
Butter and spreads is expected to register moderate current value growth and marginal retail volume growth, as inflation still bites. Consumers are expected to continue to be highly price sensitive and prioritise value for money, but at the same time…
Current value sales are expected to increase, along with an overall healthy increase in volume sales. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a result of rising inflation, the growth in inflation is expected to ease. That being said, consumers…
In 2023, the consumption of butter at home is expected to register similar healthy growth levels in sales volumes similar to those registered before the start of the pandemic. That being said, value sales are still low, with margarine and spreads and…
Baby food is expected to register moderate current value growth, but constant value sales are expected to fall as persistent inflation cuts into profitability. That being said, the disruptions in supply that were caused by a recall of Similac in…
The picture is expected to be brighter for baby food in 2023, with healthy current value and volume growth. While inflation remains high, pressure is expected to ease. In addition, the appreciation of the Dominican peso against the US dollar is…
Current value sales are expected to increase, along with a slight increase in volume sales. While there is still economic uncertainty, as a result of rising inflation, the growth in inflation is expected to ease. That being said, consumers are…
While inflation has been relatively low in Bolivia, due to a fixed exchange rate with the US Dollar, imports are expected to register higher price increase than local dairy products. With baby food largely dependent on imports, inflation is…
In 2023, retail volume sales of yoghurt and sour milk products is being negatively affected by multiple factors, such as increases in prices and disruption of raw materials. Nevertheless, the healthy aspects of yoghurt, which is associated with…
Yoghurt with functional claims experienced strong growth following the emergence of the pandemic. As Chileans developed strong consciousness around nutrition and the food they consumed, functional yoghurt significantly benefited. However, as…
Sales of yoghurt and sour milk products is set to decline in retail volume terms in 2023, driven by decreased purchasing power, with prices increasing well above the average inflation rate. The performance of drinking yoghurt is expected to be weaker…
Consumers have moved away from soy drinks and towards tastier plant-based milk based on almonds, oats, rice and coconut or blends, even though both segments are considered a niche, with a strong price barrier to overcome. Plant-based dairy has also…
Plant-based milk in Chile has been able to position itself in a widely competitive market. As Chileans adapted their preferences towards these types of products during the pandemic, the consumption of plant-based milk was significantly boosted.…
Other plant-based milk registered a decline in retail volume terms in 2022, which is set to continue in 2023, with economic hardship leading many consumers to reorganise their budgets. This negatively impacts other plant-based milk products, with an…
Retail volume sales of other dairy has made a marginal improvement in 2023, following a year of decline in the previous year. The shift back to the foodservice channel hampered retail sales in 2022, but with sales growth slowing in the horeca channel…
Within other dairy in Chile, chilled dairy desserts holds the highest value share in the category. However, retail volume growth is set to slow over 2023 due to the strong levels of inflation in the country. This is because chilled dairy desserts are…
In 2022, cream was the most dynamic in retail volume terms among other dairy, and it is set to record another expansion in 2023. The good performance is explained by launches over the review period, leading to a stronger supply, with new pack sizes…
The cow’s milk segment continues to see significant price increase in 2023 driven by the rising cost of production, including fertiliser and utility prices, distribution and inflation. Milk products have been amongst the most impacted within the…
The dairy products and alternatives industry continues to experience significant increases, including rising costs for animal feed, consequently creating a worrying situation for dairy farmers and how they operate. As the expenses associated with…
In 2022, the government replaced the national programme Precios Cuidados with Precios Justos; an agreement between the government and leading companies to provide lower-price alternatives to consumers. The main difference between Precios Cuidados…
Dairy products and alternatives is recording another year of sluggish retail volume growth in 2023, in response to low production and supply chain issues. High transport costs, the increase in the price of raw materials and worker shortages have…
2023 has undoubtfully been challenging for dairy products and alternatives in Chile, mostly in terms of volume growth, because due to high inflation rates that the country is experiencing, value growth is offsetting the strong reduction in volumes.…
In 2023, retail volume sales of dairy products and alternatives is expected to decline in most categories. The poor performance is the consequence of high sales levels reached in 2020, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 and home seclusion, with many…
Soft cheese is witnessing the strongest increase in current value sales in 2023, with retail price inflation largely responsible for the growth. Since the end of 2022, price increases have also been exacerbated by a reduction in supplies of soft…
Raw milk is a fundamental ingredient in cheese production, and when the cost of this ingredient increases, producers face numerous challenges that can lead to significant setbacks. There are several reasons that link the increasing cost of raw milk…
Soft and hard cheese registered a positive current retail volume growth in 2022, with sales of soft cheese continuing performing better than hard. Rising consumer price sensitivity is set to see soft cheese volume sales outgrow hard cheese sales into…
Colombia is facing potential shortages in butter, as a large proportion of milk production is used to produce cheese, yogurt and drinking milk. Dairy producers have struggled to meet demand amid a shortage in milk, especially during the first…
Since the vaccination process against COVID-19 began in Chile and the impact of the pandemic started to wane, the home-cooking dynamic that emerged in 2020, when local consumers were forced to spend considerable time at home, has notably lost…