Pulses

As the topic of health and nutrition continues to underpin food and nutrition, pulses has become an increasingly encouraging space to operate in. Consumers are adopting more flexible diets, moving away from meat and carb-dense products and shifting ...

Having long accounted for a rather small portion of the everyday diet of Germans and considered as a very simple food, pulses have started to receive more attention from consumers. The increasing sales are being driven, in part, by the increasing ...

There was a growing interest and demand for Mediterranean food over the review period with it being seen as a tasty and healthy way to eat. This helped to boost demand for other pulses such as lentils and chickpeas, with consumers having a huge ...

Pulses remains a relatively small category in Japan with home consumption being limited with consumers preferring the convenience of processed options. As a result foodservice accounts for the majority of sales with these products being processed for...

Over the forecast period, the preference for packaged processed beans is expected to remain the biggest factor hampering the growth of fresh pulses. In 2018, beans represented the majority of total volume sales within pulses; a share that is expected...

In China, beans is mainly comprised of mung beans and red beans, while horse beans are usually harvested green for food. Unlike other beans, mung beans, which account for the majority of beans consumption in China, have a peak season of consumption ...

Spain is one of the largest consumers of pulses in the EU, with products such as chickpeas, peas and lentils forming the basis of a number of traditional dishes and as such are considered a staple. Furthermore, consumers in Spain are becoming ...

Most pulses are not vital ingredients in Thai cuisine. Pulses are mostly imported to be used in other cuisines. Western cuisines use pulses the most, as an ingredient in salads, smoothies, desserts and in main dishes. The main target group for pulses...

Pulses in both the fresh and dried format registered slow growth in 2018 across all channels. Pulses continue to be used in foodservice, particularly in soups as they are a good and healthy source of protein. However, in 2018 the vegan trend had lost...

Beans are an integral part of the traditional Brazilian diet, thus it is unsurprising that they represent more than three quarters of total sales of pulses in the country. A regular Brazilian meal during the week, either at-home or away-from-home, ...

The production of pulses declined once again in 2018, after a successful harvest in the second half of 2017. Drought and natural calamities affected the peak production seasons in India, whilst rising unit prices further brought down consumption. The...

The consumption of pulses is traditional among lower-income South African consumers and this is because pulses represent a cheap form of protein. With food prices rapidly increasing due to rising commodity costs and the weakening of the rand, it is ...

The high protein/high nutrition value (superfood) positioning of pulses is resonating with modern French consumers, many of whom are attracted by gluten-free products with an “eco-friendly” image. For example, a growing number of consumers are ...

There has been something of a resurgence in pulses in the UK in recent years with many consumers coming to embrace falafel and dahl and eschewing meat. British consumers are becoming increasingly health- and environmentally-conscious and are looking ...

Pulses are expected to remain amongst the main ingredients in Moroccan cuisine. Many Moroccans consume high quantities of pulses, especially peas, during the winter. The unit prices of pulses remain very low in the country; thus, encouraging people ...

The production of pulses steadily increased in Russia over recent years. All types of pulses are produced domestically, and Russia plays an important role as an exporter of pulses. As for in-country consumption, peas is the most traditional product ...

Over the review period, Vietnamese consumers became more health-conscious thanks to their increasing knowledge and disposable incomes. They increasingly care about the nutrition of products for daily usage and have become more selective when ...

South Asian expatriates in the United Arab Emirates rely heavily on pulses as an affordable source of protein and as part of their daily staples. A large population of vegetarians, particularly Indians, consume huge amounts of pulses for dietary ...

The fresh food industry experienced another year of positive growth in 2017, driven by volume growth in emerging regions of Asia Pacific and Middle East and Africa. Overall, volume growth has been supported by a positive performance in all ...