Shelf stable soup recorded in increase in volume sales over the course of 2022, with this strong performance driven mainly by rising demand for the local brand Gourmet. This was in turn due to the regular price discounts and promotions undertaken on behalf of the brand in leading chained grocery retailers such as Disco and Tienda Inglesa.
Towards the end of the review period, revise government introduced new food labelling regulations designed to invite consumers with clear information about the nutritional value of the food that they buy. This new scheme centres on requirements for packaged food products to clearly display logos and devices that indicate high levels of sodium, sugar and saturated fats and this presents a potential threat to sales of meals and soups as many of these products contain levels of saturated fat, in particular, and sodium that would require them to display the notorious black octagons under the new food labelling regulations.
Shelf stable ready meals remained completely absent from retail shelves in Uruguay at the end of the review period. Category did have a small presence in the country prior to 2020 due to the iconic global brand Campbell’s offering some items that fall within the classification of shelf stable ready meals.
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Meals and Soups
This is the aggregation of ready meals, pizza, food kits, prepared salads, and soup. Includes: These are products that have had recipe 'skills' added to them by the manufacturer, resulting in a high degree of readiness, completion and convenience. Food kits is an exception where typically the extent of preparation is much shorter than other meal products; includes meal kits where consumers are to put together pre-portioned ingredients and cook with the guidance of recipe cards. Ready meals are generally accepted to be complete meals that require few or no extra ingredients. However, in the case of shelf stable ready meals, the term also encompasses meal 'centres’; for food kits, they do require a degree of cooking and preparation. As such, some meals may require cooking (ready-to-cook); others may simply need reheating, prior to serving (ready-to-eat). Excludes: Any products sold unpackaged and/or by weight, including food sold from a retail deli counter.
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