Processed Meat and Seafood

Unilever is the sixth largest packaged food company globally, but its current position might not be retained if it continues to trim its food offering. Within packaged food, the company retains its lead in ice cream, thanks to the growth of global ...

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 ...

From 2014 onwards, the number of fresh meat and seafood safety issues in Hong Kong started escalating. For example, in 2015 and 2016, fresh seafood, such as scallops and salmon, was frequently examined by Centre for Food Safety to contain heavy ...

Kellogg Co is the leading breakfast cereals company globally, but has been struggling with a declining gross profit margin due to its overreliance on North America. It has put a new strategy into place to reduce production costs, review its portfolio...

As social gatherings in New Zealand are often centred around food, the rise in social media has influenced the way New Zealand consumers entertain at home. Mediterranean influence and charcuterie boards or antipasto platters have become an emergent ...

Meat substitutes such as tofu and vegan products are still regarded as niche products. However, in the last two years, retailers and manufacturers have begun to offer more diversity. Since 2018, packaged meat substitutes have been available not only ...

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 ...

Value sales of processed meat witnessed more intense growth in 2019 due to several factors. Manufacturers increased their margins in 2019 in order to reflect higher production costs. Despite prospects for the 2018-2019 corn crop being quite robust ...

In line with rising awareness amongst consumers of the link between their diet and their health, some types of processed meat and seafood are continuing to suffer, particularly demand for processed red meat. However, the increasing trend for ...

Amongst processed meat, poultry remains the cheapest and most versatile protein compared to pork and beef. Demand for chicken has significantly increased in the past few years, with more consumers opting to eat poultry than other meat. This is due to...

There has been an increased willingness of consumers to try frozen products as they act as quick option for a healthy snack. The Indian consumer has slowly started to shift from unpackaged to packaged meat and seafood, citing the unhygienic ...

An overall decline in red meat consumption is expected to continue having a negative impact on processed meat sales in the forecast period. A consumer survey published by trade magazine Grips & Co in 2019 showed that 56% of respondents are seeking to...

Demand for traditional Spanish processed meat products such as chorizo and jamon has fallen, primarily due to health concerns especially over the high fat and salt content. The health and wellness trend in Spain is driving manufacturers to produce ...

Processed meat and seafood continues to see positive retail volume and current value growth in 2019. Moreover, compared with the review period, slightly faster growth is anticipated over the forecast period. This is based on the growing popularity of...

Processed meat and seafood is not yet saturated, and therefore continued to see strong retail volume and current value growth in 2019. Processed meat and seafood in Morocco is becoming a staple, and a necessity to have in the home. Such products are ...

Country of origin plays a particularly important role in terms of influencing consumer purchasing decisions when buying meat. January 2019 saw another major incident involving imported meat in Slovakia: in this instance meat from sick cows was sold ...

Promotions and discounts on processed meat and seafood played a key role in 2019. The leading chain hypermarkets and supermarkets, such as Carrefour, Jumbo and Coto, introduced a large number of promotions to push sales, such as a 70% discount on a ...

In March 2018, the second biggest player in processed meat and seafood at that time, Tiger Consumer Brands, had to cease operations at three of its factories and recall all Enterprise brand products after the Department of Health traced a listeriosis...

Processed meat and seafood continued to see both current value and volume growth in 2019. Frozen processed seafood increased despite rising prices, as it is no longer seen as unhealthy, and fits with the convenience trend. Premium lines are doing ...

Imports of shelf stable red meat products from regions affected by the Asian Swine Flu were suspended by the Singapore Food Agency in August 2018. This ban took effect if the products are not heat treated to inactivate the virus or from unapproved ...