Sugar and Sweeteners

The outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) led to home seclusion measures that encouraged the stockpiling of sugar and sweeteners in 2020. This consumer behaviour limited the decline in retail volume sales during the pandemic. Seen as basic ingredients ...

Sugar saw total volume sales grow strongly in 2020, as home seclusion, the closure of foodservice outlets and the temporary ban on alcohol sales resulted in an increase in baking and brewing at home. On-trade and off-trade sales of alcohol were ...

At the end of last year, a sugar tax was applied on sweetened drinks across the United Arab Emirates, aligning with the governments initiative towards decreasing sugar intake across all ages of the population. The United Arab Emirates has suffered ...

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 ...

Sugar and sweeteners is a highly mature category in Russia comprising almost entirely white sugar, with a marginal share for sweeteners. Retail volume sales of sugar and sweeteners were boosted by stockpiling behaviour as a result of the COVID-19 ...

With the outbreak of COVID-19 requiring consumers to stay at home during the lockdown period, with ongoing regulations throughout 2020, retail sales of sugar and sweeteners increased, for the first time since 2016. This moved retail sales from ...

Total volume sales of sugar and sweeteners declined for the first time in six years during 2020: A modest acceleration in the rate of retail volume sales was significantly outweighed by a slump in demand from the foodservice and institutional ...

Total volume sales of sugar and sweeteners declined for the first time in four years during 2020. Foodservice volume sales declined by more than a fifth due to a significant decline in international tourism and the fact that local consumers ate out ...

Sugar and sweeteners will see increased total volume sales in 2020, benefitting from households stockpiling these products during the first days of the lockdown. Consumption of sugar remains very high in Morocco as it sugar is used in high quantities...

The COVID-19 pandemic encouraged people in India to stay at home and experiment in the kitchen. This led to an increase in retail sales of baking and other kitchen essentials such as sugar and sweeteners. During the pandemic, a trend for buying ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic Australian consumers faced long periods of home seclusion and horeca outlets closed their doors as Australian authorities sought to curb the spread of COVID-19. During this period, retail demand for sugar and sweeteners ...

With consumers spending more time at home in 2020, many have picked up new hobbies. One of the most widespread new hobbies in 2020 was at-home baking. Because baking takes a significant amount of time, many consumers never adopted baking as a hobby. ...

The loss of the foodservice and institutional channels over several months of 2020 proved to be a highly negative factor for sugar and sweeteners. Foodservice and institutional consumption generally accounts for two-thirds of sugar and sweeteners ...

Across the review period, white sugar consumption has decreased in volume in France. Consumers were progressively changing their food habits, and white sugar was a product that they tended to avoid. Aspartame sweetener consumption also decreased, ...

In the first weeks of the pandemic, sugar experienced a strong increase in demand and was almost sold out in some supermarkets and discounters for several days. This sharp increase in demand was also due to the many people who were increasingly ...

Retail demand for sugar and sweeteners increased in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. During the long periods of home seclusion, consumers lacked foodservice outlet options when in search of a sugar fix. As such, during the national lockdown,...

Total volumes of sugar and sweeteners declined in 2020 as a result of the marked fall in sales through foodservice channels due to closures and restrictions on operations. As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, bars, restaurants and resorts faced...

Home seclusion and the lockdown periods in 2020, forced British consumers to spend more time at home. Due to the foodservice sector's closure, cooking and baking at home increased with consumers looking to purchase key ingredients through the retail ...

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 ...