Organic Packaged Food

Organic packaged food continued to exhibit strong value sales growth in 2018, with SKU counts in the category continuing to grow on the back of continuing NPD activity. More importantly for the category, distribution and market penetration continued ...

Despite the encouraging retail value growth, retail volume growth was comparably conservative. Essentially, the labour intensity needed to produce organic food means the price of these foods will be higher – which consumers ultimately cover. ...

There are many media outlets ranging from mass media to specialist blogs about nutrition that talk about the possible harm of genetically modified food. Not only the food produced but, for animal products, also the food that the animals are fed could...

With consumers being more health-conscious and more self-disciplined in their diets, more people are searching out organic products as part of a path towards adopting a healthy diet. Consumers consider organic products to be more natural with no ...

Organic packaged food is growing slowly. It is not easy to produce real organic products in Taiwan due to the soil quality and unconducive local farming practices. Although Taiwanese authorities are working to promote organic production and ...

While demand for organic packaged food was originally concentrated among higher-income Western expatriates, other nationalities are gradually embracing organic packaged food as well. The potential benefits of organic products are fuelled by modern ...

Organic packaged food remained the smallest of the main health and wellness packaged food categories in Ukraine in value terms in 2018. While there were approximately 375 officially certified organic food producers active in the country, most of ...

Organic packaged food remained a marginal category in Vietnam in value terms in 2018. However, consumer interest in this category is steadily increasing in line with rising health-consciousness and improvements in product availability. Vinamilk is ...

Increased concern about the potentially negative health effects of fertilisers, preservatives and other chemicals commonly used in food production continued to support double-digit growth in retail volume and current value sales for organic packaged ...

In general, consumers are highly invested in pursuing healthier nutrition. However, in regard to organic food and organic packaged food, many are quite reluctant. Organic food, including organic packaged food, is significantly pricier than ...

Despite achieving strong growth, lack of local production and low consumer interest in organic packaged food in Saudi Arabia means the category remained niche in 2018, mainly comprised of baby food and cereal bars with most consumers preferring FF or...

Organic baby food continued to witness dynamic growth in current value terms in 2018 thanks to the entry of new players and new products. Ever since the melamine milk formula scandal back in 2008 consumers have shown a growing interest in the ...

The main shoppers of organic packaged food products are women with the over 45 year olds most concerned about the purchase of organic products. Such consumers focus on living healthy lifestyles and seek out food produced without artificial ...

In 2018, Sweden was struck by drought and rampant wildfires across the country. The early dry, warm and clear summer initially drove sales in some categories in 2018, causing some players to experience better growth than normal, but the negative net ...

Organic packaged food recorded the highest retail value growth among other health and wellness categories in 2018. A growing desire to consume more natural and clean products helped to develop demand for organic variants. Moreover, the media has also...

Organic packaged foods increasingly find their way into modern grocery retailers such as supermarkets, hypermarkets or convenience stores in Slovakia. However, online sales growth dwarfed that of other channels in 2018. Internet retailing grew ...

Sales of organic packaged food advanced strongly in 2018, as a consequence of the rising purchasing power that made the products available to mass consumers. Affordability improved as prices remained relatively stable or only saw inflationary ...

Organic packaged food was the smallest HW packaged food category in retail value terms in 2018. However, it was also one of the fastest growing, a trend that is set to continue over the forecast period. In the past, no state regulative norms were in ...

Organic baby food recorded a spike in retail selling price in 2018 compared to the review period. Imported brands dominate organic baby food and were thus already sold at premium price points prior to the price increase. Organic baby food is ...

Studies conducted by universities show that local consumers associate organic with vegetables such as lettuce or tomatoes, but not with bread or meat. Therefore, the concept that Peruvians have of what organic represents is contradictory to what ...