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Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Uganda

Publisher Euromonitor International
Published Dec 23, 2025
Length 36 Pages
SKU # EP20680708

Description

Cooking ingredients and meals in Uganda performed well in 2025, supported by urbanisation, population growth, improving economic conditions and wider distribution. Rising prices shaped demand, as consumers prioritised lower-priced options, including unpackaged. Meanwhile, the government continued to invest in local production, especially in edible oils, to offer more affordable options to local consumers. However, many product types remained expensive and lacked consumer awareness or suffered fr...

Euromonitor International's Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Uganda report offers in-depth knowledge of the market at a national level, providing local insight and understanding unavailable elsewhere. In addition to the latest retail sales data 2020-2024, it identifies the leading companies, brands and retail outlets, and assesses the key trends and demographic shifts behind consumer demand and sales growth. How key trends such as health and wellness, sustainability and recovery from the pandemic are currently shaping the market along with prospects for the next five years, clearly indicating how the market is expected to change.

Product coverage: Edible Oils, Meals and Soups, Sauces, Dips and Condiments, Sweet Spreads.

Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.

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* Get a detailed picture of the Cooking Ingredients and Meals market;
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36 Pages
Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Uganda
Euromonitor International
December 2025
List Of Contents And Tables
COOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN UGANDA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sales growth supported by urbanisation, population growth, wider distribution and an improving economy
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
Healthy eating and wellness, while still nascent, is growing in importance
Import taxes have a heavy influence on prices and the cost of production
The potential of digital platforms enhances marketing, sales and consumer feedback
WHAT’S NEXT?
Growth and expansion of distribution channels and networks due to urbanisation
Competition among producers is shaped by inflation and poverty rates in the country
Anticipated import tax increase on all imported goods
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Domestic player AK Oils and Fats remains the clear leader in cooking ingredients and meals
Bidco Africa registers strong growth after significant investments in marketing
CHANNELS
Small local grocers retains its total domination of cooking ingredients and meals in 2025
Hypermarkets registers strong growth after small local grocers
MARKET DATA
Table 1 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 2 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 3 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 4 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
Table 7 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
Table 8 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 9 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 10 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 11 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
EDIBLE OILS
Key Data Findings
2025 Developments
The government stimulates local production of raw materials
Industry Performance
Palm oil is the most popular category in edible oils
Sunflower oil gains popularity supported by marketing initiatives by local players
What’s Next?
Sales rise on the back of rising availability of raw materials and the emergence of new local players
Increasing consumer health awareness
The introduction of Digital Tax Stamps increases the cost of production
Competitive Landscape
AK Oils & Fats retains the outright lead in edible oils
Strong growth for Bidco Uganda Limited
Channels
Small local grocers utterly dominates the distribution of edible oils
Hypermarkets achieves strong growth from a low base
Category Data
Table 12 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 13 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 14 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 15 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2021-2025
Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2021-2025
Table 18 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 19 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 20 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 21 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
MEALS AND SOUPS
Import taxes continue to determine the pricing of meals and soups
Dry soup enjoys significant popularity in Uganda
Ready meals suffers from a lack of consumer interest
Anticipated price increases due to increased import taxes dampens forecast period demand
Urbanisation continues to drive the establishment of consumer foodservice outlets
Strong and sustainable distribution networks and channels continue to drive availability of products to consumers
Sustained partnership between manufacturers and distributors enhances product availability
Unilever registers the strongest growth but continues to suffer competition from homemade alternatives
Small local grocers retains its outright lead in meals and soups
Supermarkets is dynamic for meals and soups
Table 22 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 23 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 24 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 25 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 26 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
Table 27 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
Table 28 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 29 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 30 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 31 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SAUCES, DIPS AND CONDIMENTS
Import taxes result in higher costs and increase the unit prices of sauces, dips and condiments
Tomato pastes and purées remain the most popular
Herbs and spices gain popularity stimulated by an increase in local production
Forecast period growth dampened by inflation and higher taxes on imported sauces, dips and condiments
Increasing awareness of natural and organic products and their benefits to human health boosts herbs and spices
Strong distribution channels and the presence of distributors
Unilever East & Southern Africa retains its lead in sauces, dips and condiments
Deepa Industries Ltd is dynamic thanks to its marketing initiatives
Small local grocers utterly dominates sales of sauces, dips and condiments
Small local grocers continues to achieve strong growth, despite its domination of sauces, dips and condiments
Table 32 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 33 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 34 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 35 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 36 NBO Company Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2021-2025
Table 37 LBN Brand Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2021-2025
Table 38 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 39 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 40 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 41 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SWEET SPREADS
Increased import taxes
Spreads are popular in Uganda, especially jams and preserves
Nut and seed based spreads faces competition from homemade peanut butter
Increased import taxes dampens forecast period growth
Consumer preferences stimulate demand for spreads
Informal production dampens demand for packaged honey products
Premier Foods Plc retains the outright lead in sweet spreads
Bee Natural Uganda achieves the strongest growth
Small local grocers is by far the leading channel for sweet spreads
Small local grocers benefit from traditional shopping preferences and a lack of modern grocery retailers in some rural areas
Table 42 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Volume 2020-2025
Table 43 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Value 2020-2025
Table 44 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
Table 45 Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
Table 46 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Spreads: % Value 2021-2025
Table 47 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Spreads: % Value 2021-2025
Table 48 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Volume 2025-2030
Table 49 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: Value 2025-2030
Table 50 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
Table 51 Forecast Sales of Sweet Spreads by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030

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