Processed Fruit and Vegetables

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 ...

Practicality, convenience and health and wellness trends are boosting the demand in Brazil for processed fruit and vegetables, notably frozen versions. Such products have an extended shelf life compared to fresh versions, which is an advantage, ...

Demand for convenience continued to support stable growth of processed fruit and vegetables in Portugal in 2019. The long shelf life and ready prepared character of frozen and shelf stable products means that they are well-placed to serve consumers ...

Processed fruit and vegetables continued to experience slow volume and value growth in 2019. Interestingly, frozen processed potatoes remained the standout category. The wealth of this category can be attributed to promotional markdowns by major ...

Frozen processed potatoes continue to be a popular snack, due to offering a wide range of different formats including wedges, potato smiles, fries and potato rolls. The introduction of new flavours and formats continues to increase the popularity of ...

Russian consumers are becoming increasingly adventurous in their cooking driven by TV cooking shows and social media, and this is being reflected in the growing diversity of options in processed fruit and vegetables. The appearance of less ...

Consumers in Spain continue to prefer fresh options when it comes to potatoes as they perceive them to be healthier. As a result, retail volume sales of frozen processed potatoes saw further slight decline in 2019, with only the convenience of the ...

Processed fruit and vegetables continued to record strong retail volume and current value growth in 2019. This is mainly because such products are used to make salads, as well as smoothies. In Morocco, having a salad for lunch is part of the ...

Processed fruit and vegetables continues to benefit from the convenience trend in 2019, as busy consumers have less time to spend on food preparation and cooking. However, category growth stagnated in the second half of the review period. Processed ...

Processed fruit and vegetables saw continued growth in 2019, although the increase demonstrated in current value terms was markedly higher than that seen in volume terms. This was due to price rises, and consumers trading up to products perceived as ...

In line with the fall of purchasing power, volume sales of packaged food decreased in 2019, and processed fruit and vegetables was not an exception. Frozen processed food in particular, which is considered more premium, suffered in the financial ...

Processed fruit and vegetables saw a second year of both current value and volume growth in the UK in 2019. Frozen processed fruit and vegetables saw stronger growth than shelf stable fruit and vegetables. However, within shelf stable fruit and ...

Frozen processed potatoes contain trans fats, owing to the partially hydrogenated oils used in the production process. In June 2019, the Singapore Government announced a complete ban on partially hydrogenated oils as an ingredient in food by 2021, ...

Processed fruit and vegetables have a long consumption tradition in Romania, albeit mainly in the larger cities. Rural areas and smaller cities tend to rely on fresh fruit and vegetables grown in home gardens and on conserves or frozen products made ...

Shelf stable tomatoes will be most dynamic in current value terms over the forecast period in Uzbekistan, with these products heavily used in traditional dishes by locals. In general, the growing female participation in the workforce is increasing ...

Demand for processed fruit and vegetables stagnated in 2019, following a decline in 2018, which was impacted by increasing raw material costs due to unfavourable weather conditions which led to poor harvests. This resulted in a surge in unit prices, ...

Despite already high penetration, processed fruit and vegetables continued to see strong retail volume and current value growth in 2019. This was mainly due to the health and wellness trend. Consumers are aware of the beneficial effects of consuming ...

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Processed fruit and vegetables sales are expected to grow very well over the forecast period. This growth is expected because of the convenience which products in the category offer consumers. This factor will become even more important as more men ...

Processed fruit and vegetables continued to record a solid performance in 2019, supported by the ongoing demand for convenience and time-saving solutions to preparing meals amongst the working population. Shelf stable processed fruit and vegetables ...