Sugar and Sweeteners

Alongside the shift away from carb-dense products and the adoption of more flexible diets moving away from meat, sugar consumption remains one of the most-impacted areas of fresh food by health and wellness trends. Growing health concerns continue to...

Germany already has a substantial level of sugar consumption, which comes from different sources, for example soft drinks. Efforts are being made through social media and by governmental bodies to raise public awareness of the increased risk of ...

The US has one of the highest obesity rates in world as well as a high prevalence of diabetes, with this being partly linked to an excessive consumption of sugar. As the health and wellness trend has developed in the US consumers have become more ...

Sugar is used in traditional Japanese cooking alongside ingredients such as soy sauce, sake, mirin (sweet cooking rice wine) and miso paste, making it a popular product. However, with growing health concerns and a shrinking population the demand for ...

Over the forecast period, sales of sweeteners other than sugar are expected to gain relevance, as there is increasing availability of such products. Although sugar is expected to remain the most popular sweetener, there are a significant number of ...

Rising consumer health-consciousness is having a significant negative impact on the development of sugar and sweeteners in China, with the category’s volume growth in the early part of the review period moving to stagnation in 2016 and falling ...

Sales of sugar and sweeteners continued to struggle in total volume terms in 2018 with Spanish consumers becoming increasingly health conscious. Driven by growing attention from the government and the media on the negative effects of consuming too ...

Along with the global healthy living trend, Thai consumers are also becoming more concerned about their daily sugar intake, as it is believed to be a major cause of obesity and many chronic diseases. This mentality has translated into a change in ...

Sugar and sweeteners returned to total volume declines in 2018 as brown sugar, which had previously counterbalanced the negative performance of white sugar, also recorded a total volume decline. The perception of brown sugar as a more natural product...

The Brazilian food industry is largely dependent on trucks along several steps of the production value chain. From delivering raw materials to processors, ingredients to transformers, and final products to distributors and retailers, trucks play the ...

According to the Indian Sugar Manufacturers Association (ISMA), 2018 saw a decline in the production of sugarcane, which was the direct cause of low sugar production and sales. In India, consumers buy sugar in bulk to last them for a month, but due ...

The consumption of sugar and sweeteners is expected to registering slow but steady growth over the forecast period, with total volume sales slated for very moderate growth. The main reason for this moderate performance is the maturity of demand for ...

Sugar’s structural decline over the past decade has been driven by falling volume sales, as well as intense price competition among processors and strong promotional activity among distributors. The drop in consumption is expected to continue over ...

UK consumers are more concerned about the high sugar content in their food than prices to which many food manufacturers are responding by reducing or eliminating the sugar content in their products. Moreover, a sugar tax on soft drinks was introduced...

White sugar is a saturated category. Domestic production increased over recent years; still, there is stagnation in domestic volumes and retail prices, which remain at a relatively low level. Currently in Russia, per capita sugar consumption is much ...

In 2018, sugar and sweeteners faced many challenges, but still recorded encouraging development. There were challenges in the supply chain and supply sources. In Vietnam, the supply chain in agricultural industries is underdeveloped, which prevents ...

In Morocco, sugar consumption is expected to remain very high over the forecast period. According to local statistics, sugar consumption is between 35kg and 40kg per person per year. This is logical, because sugar is used in high quantities in mint ...

The Dubai Health Authority has rolled out initiatives such as challenges for the reduction of refined sugar. The challenges urge people to rely on natural sugars found in fruits and dairy products instead of refined sugar. Initiatives such as this ...

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 ...