Category: Food
Food market research reports by Euromonitor International
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Ice Cream in Uzbekistan
In 2025, Uzbekistan’s ice cream market is expected to experience noticeably slower volume growth compared to previous years. Sales are largely influenced by seasonal weather variations, which appear to be having a particular impact on demand for take-home ice cream products. Euromonitor Internationa ... Read More
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Gum in Slovakia
Value sales of gum in Slovakia recorded further value growth in 2025. The category strongly benefited from price inflation, which pushed unit prices up despite the VAT reduction from 20% to 19%. The introduction of new taxes and low consumer confidence meant that consumers remained cautious with the ... Read More
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Snacks in Sweden
Snacks in Sweden was boosted by rising unit prices in 2025, with volume sales becoming harder to achieve due to maturity and intense competition. Nonetheless, Swedes continue to snack, both at home as well as on-the-go, and increasingly pay attention to the quality of their indulgence. Snacks with v ... Read More
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Gum in Guatemala
In 2025, flavour options for gum in Guatemala remain limited to mint, bubble gum, and fruit varieties. However, there is potential for growth through flavour innovation. Manufacturers could attract more consumer interest by introducing gum inspired by popular soft drinks or sugar confectionery. Whil ... Read More
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Gum in Uzbekistan
Gum in Uzbekistan is poised to demonstrate buoyant growth in both volume and current value terms in 2025. With a large, youthful population, a growing middle class, and increasing urbanisation, the country offers an attractive and expanding market for gum brands, which continue to broaden their pres ... Read More
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Savoury Snacks in Guatemala
Savoury snacks remain popular in Guatemala and continue their upward trajectory in 2025. Consumers are increasingly looking for bold or different flavours, with a strong international influence on flavours. Local brands are incorporating globally inspired flavours such as spicy blends, extra cheese, ... Read More
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Ice Cream in Ukraine
Value sales of ice cream are rising in the Ukraine in 2025, with the category seeing some resilience during the fullscale war. A comparatively modest rise in average prices, thanks to the dominance of locally manufactured products, has helped to protect demand. Manufacturers are able to keep the uni ... Read More
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Savoury Snacks in Pakistan
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Savoury Snacks industry in Pakistan with research from Euromonitor International's team of in-country analysts – experts by industry and geographic specialisation. Key trends are clearly and succinctly summarised alongside t ... Read More
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Snacks in Guatemala
Guatemala’s inflation rate closed 2024 at 1.7%, the lowest in 14 years; however, many argue it fails to reflect the true cost of living. In 2025, the snacks market is experiencing several price hikes, including the global price of chocolate and glucose, which is affecting snacks prices and manufactu ... Read More
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Savoury Snacks in Ukraine
Volume sales are rising for savoury snacks in Ukraine in 2025. The category is moving back towards its prewar trajectory, but the rebound that began in 2023 remains modest. The main drag on recovery is the loss of two core consumer groups: teenagers, many of whom are still abroad for safety reasons, ... Read More
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Ice Cream in Slovakia
In 2025, ice cream sales in Slovakia continued to benefit from a slight consumer shift away from more expensive categories such as chocolate confectionery, which suffered from soaring cocoa prices. Although ice cream prices were also impacted, the increase was less pronounced, positioning ice cream ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Slovakia
In 2025, sugar confectionery in Slovakia benefited from the steep rise in commodity prices affecting chocolate confectionery, gaining a temporary competitive edge among price-sensitive consumers. Many consumers shifted to lower-cost alternatives, such as sugar confectionery or biscuits, as a way to ... Read More
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Gum in Poland
Sales of gum have seen stronger growth in 2025 compared to the previous year as impulse and functional consumption has rebounded alongside increased mobility and urban footfall. Functional positioning around dental hygiene and freshness remained strong, supported by on-the-go snacking occasions. The ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Ukraine
2025 is seeing volume and value sales rise for sugar confectionery in Ukraine. The category is steadily recovering as consumers facing tighter budgets look for sweets that deliver pleasure at a modest outlay. Boiled sweets, toffees, caramels and nougat and other sugar confectionery serve as affordab ... Read More
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Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks in Ukraine
Overall sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks continues to record solid sales in Ukraine in 2025, supported by healthy demand and consistent supply. Consumers gravitate towards both ends of the price spectrum: affordable wafers and plain biscuits on the one hand, and premium cookies as well as ... Read More
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Savoury Snacks in Poland
Savoury snacks has seen another year of strong and stable growth in current value terms in 2025, driven by inflation-related price increases and the continued popularity of impulse and functional formats. Polish consumers typically turn to savoury snacks as an affordable indulgence and a convenient ... Read More
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Sugar Confectionery in Uzbekistan
In 2025, Uzbekistan’s sugar confectionery market is expected to experience strong growth in both volume and current value terms, fuelled by increasing urbanisation, a young and growing population, and shifting taste preferences. Within this context, gummies and jellies is poised to most dynamic cate ... Read More
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Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks in Slovakia
Sweet biscuits, snack bars and fruit snacks experienced a good year in both 2024 and 2025, benefiting from changing market conditions and the soaring price of chocolate confectionery and potato chips. This caused a shift in demand which favoured biscuits due to their more stable prices. Nevertheless ... Read More
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Snacks in Peru
In 2025, value sales of snacks in Peru are set to rise significantly, driven by a marked increase in volume consumption. Unlike previous years, where rising prices constrained volume growth, the average price variation in 2025 has remained modest, enabling greater accessibility and broader consumer ... Read More
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Snacks in Slovakia
Snacks continued to perform well in current value terms in Slovakia in 2025, with growth primarily driven by rising unit prices amid consumers’ ongoing reluctance to increase discretionary spending. Faced with elevated commodity prices - particularly for ingredients like cocoa - and rising productio ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Guatemala
In late 2024 and in 2025, the global cocoa crisis led to soaring prices in Central American countries. Manufacturers sought to absorb the costs, adjust product recipes, or were forced to pass on the cost to consumers. While prices for cocoa began to decline in 2025, manufacturers do not believe pric ... Read More
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Chocolate Confectionery in Slovakia
Value sales of chocolate confectionery increased significantly in 2025 as a result of unit price hikes due to soaring prices of cocoa, which experienced a bad harvest, leading to shortages. This forced chocolate producers to increase prices multiple times in both 2024 and 2025, making chocolate an i ... Read More
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Ice Cream in Peru
In 2025, ice cream is set to record a double-digit increase in value sales, recording the highest growth rate within Peru’s snack industry. This strong performance is driven by a combination of favourable weather, market innovation, and improved economic conditions. Euromonitor International's Ice C ... Read More
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Ice Cream in Sweden
Value sales of ice cream picked up slightly in 2025, whilst volume sales remained flat overall. Swedes are already big consumers of ice cream and have access to a wide variety of products. In order to stand out, players are paying stronger attention to flavours and quality. Well known flavours of co ... Read More
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Snacks in Ukraine
Retail value sales of snacks are rising robustly in Ukraine in 2025, thanks to some economic stabilisation and people’s adaptation to the new reality and life during war. However, most snacks categories show only marginal recovery in retail volumes, limited by current circumstances including high in ... Read More
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