
Snacks in South Korea
Description
Retail volume sales of snacks in South Korea continued to grow in 2025, but the pace of expansion has slowed compared to 2024. This is amid further price hikes across major categories, driven in part by rising input costs such as cocoa. While the headline figures suggest modest growth, the local market is undergoing a structural shift in how and why consumers engage with snacks.
Euromonitor International's Snacks in South Korea 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: Confectionery, Ice Cream, Savoury Snacks, Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks.
Data coverage: market sizes (historic and forecasts), company shares, brand shares and distribution data.
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Table of Contents
71 Pages
- Snacks in South Korea
- Euromonitor International
- June 2025
- List Of Contents And Tables
- SNACKS IN SOUTH KOREA
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Snacks in 2025: The big picture
- Key trends in 2025
- Competitive Landscape
- Channel developments
- What next for snacks?
- MARKET DATA
- Table 1 Sales of Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 2 Sales of Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 3 Sales of Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 4 Sales of Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 7 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 8 Distribution of Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 9 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 10 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 11 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 12 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- DISCLAIMER
- SOURCES
- Summary 1 Research Sources
- CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Cocoa price inflation reshapes chocolate confectionery landscape
- Competition intensifies between domestic and international chocolate players
- Affordable premiums work when they go viral
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Anticipated ingredients shift and development for forecast period
- Expansion into other categories by efficiently utilising cocoa
- Potential growth of texture-driven and functional premium products
- Summary 2 Other Chocolate Confectionery by Product Type: 2025
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 13 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 14 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 15 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 16 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 17 Sales of Chocolate Tablets by Type: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 18 NBO Company Shares of Chocolate Confectionery: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 19 LBN Brand Shares of Chocolate Confectionery: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 20 Distribution of Chocolate Confectionery by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 21 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 22 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 23 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 24 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- GUM IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Functional gum as a convenient stimulant alternative
- Lotte Wellfood’s enduring dominance of gum
- Redefining gum culture through fun marketing activities
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Chewing gum to evolve through functional expansion
- Bubble gum needs differentiation to survive from cannibalisation and competition
- Functional mints may represent emerging threat to gum
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 25 Sales of Gum by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 26 Sales of Gum by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 27 Sales of Gum by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 28 Sales of Gum by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 29 Sales of Gum by Flavour: Rankings 2020-2025
- Table 30 NBO Company Shares of Gum: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 31 LBN Brand Shares of Gum: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 32 Distribution of Gum by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 33 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 34 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 35 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 36 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- SUGAR CONFECTIONERY IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Traditional sweets lose ground amid rise of functional and indulgent alternatives
- Competitive landscape: local leaders, global challengers
- Highlighting taste and texture within gummies and chewy candies
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Medicated confectionery may overtake conventional sweets
- The expanding opportunity of gummies and jellies in functional confectionery
- Flavour, texture and virality as winning formula for gummies and jellies
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 37 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 38 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 39 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 40 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 41 Sales of Chewy Candies by Type: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 42 NBO Company Shares of Sugar Confectionery: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 43 LBN Brand Shares of Sugar Confectionery: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 44 Distribution of Sugar Confectionery by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 45 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 46 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 47 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 48 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- SWEET BISCUITS, SNACK BARS AND FRUIT SNACKS IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Growing preference for health-conscious and nutrient-rich snacks
- Despite new entrants, leading players retain stronghold
- Inadequate value delivered by packaged chocolate coated biscuits, compared with well-developed chocolate desserts in foodservice outlet
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Legacy snack brands set to undergo inevitable transformation as more consumers seek novelty and trendiness
- Meal-replacement biscuits and snacks face potential challenges
- The rise of individually packaged biscuits
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 49 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 50 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 51 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 52 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 53 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 54 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 55 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Biscuits: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 56 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Biscuits: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 57 NBO Company Shares of Snack Bars: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 58 LBN Brand Shares of Snack Bars: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 59 NBO Company Shares of Fruit Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 60 LBN Brand Shares of Fruit Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 61 Distribution of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 62 Distribution of Sweet Biscuits by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 63 Distribution of Snack Bars by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 64 Distribution of Fruit Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 65 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 66 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 67 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 68 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- ICE CREAM IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Cannibalisation and foodservice diversion lead to flat performance for ice cream
- Stable leaders and disruptive challengers
- Convenience and accessibility as key decision drivers
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Retail faces rising threat from foodservice
- Product innovation and differentiation needed to offset cannibalisation and volume decline
- A longer summer brings opportunities, as well as heightened competition with alternatives
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 69 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 70 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 71 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 72 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 73 Sales of Ice Cream by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
- Table 74 Sales of Impulse Ice Cream by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 75 NBO Company Shares of Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 76 LBN Brand Shares of Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 77 NBO Company Shares of Impulse Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 78 LBN Brand Shares of Impulse Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 79 NBO Company Shares of Take-home Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 80 LBN Brand Shares of Take-home Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 81 Distribution of Ice Cream by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 82 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 83 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 84 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 85 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
- SAVOURY SNACKS IN SOUTH KOREA
- KEY DATA FINDINGS
- 2025 DEVELOPMENTS
- Rise of functional natural trends in savoury snacks
- Nongshim and Orion remain ahead of the rest
- Virality as a strategic lever in 2025
- PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
- Rising health consciousness may present challenges for snacks
- The necessity of rethinking steady sellers
- Convenience stores as gatekeeper of volume growth
- Summary 3 Other Savoury Snacks by Product Type: 2025
- CATEGORY DATA
- Table 86 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
- Table 87 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
- Table 88 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
- Table 89 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
- Table 90 NBO Company Shares of Savoury Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
- Table 91 LBN Brand Shares of Savoury Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
- Table 92 Distribution of Savoury Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
- Table 93 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
- Table 94 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
- Table 95 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
- Table 96 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
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