Table of Contents
Overview
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- Figure 1: Sugar and sweeteners, retail market per capita consumption, 2016*
- Figure 2: Sugar and sweeteners, global market performance
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- Figure 3: Table sauces, global market performance
- Figure 4: Top 5 on pack claims retail condiments*, seasonings and sweetener launches, global, 2016
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- Figure 5: Retail NPD activity in condiments*, seasonings and sweeteners, top five countries, 2016
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The Big Stories
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- Rise of alternative sugars
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- Figure 6: Retail Sugar market volume, compound annual growth rates, last five years, selected markets
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- Figure 7: Use of selected natural and suitable for claims on sucrose launches, global, 2013-16
- Figure 8: Interest in natural claims when buying sugar and sweeteners, selected European markets, by age, 2016
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- Figure 9: Selected plant-based ingredient use, other natural sweetener launches, global, 2015-16
- Clean and simple sauces and seasonings
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- Figure 10: Importance of natural claims on consumers’ “ideal” condiment, by age cohort, US, September 2016
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- Figure 11: Attributes consumers link with premium sauce and seasoning products, China, August 2016
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- Figure 12: Selected natural or suitable-for claims, Unilever sauce and seasoning launches, global, 2014-16
- Millennial foodies’ desire to become better cooks is good news for seasonings
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- Figure 13: Cooking frequency, attitudes, skill level, US, 2012-16
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- Figure 14: Cooking styles, selected European markets, Q4 2016
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- Figure 15: Net change* in cooking method in last six months, China, August 2016
Notable Products
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- Innovative mayonnaise and chutneys drive value from waste
- Innovative mayo, chutneys and pickles reclaim waste foods
- Rare sugars promise a sweeter future
- Rare sugars promise a sweeter future
- Packaging remains the last bastion for lack of adventure
- Few launches use packaging to create on shelf point of difference
Looking to the Future
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- Demand for wellness suggests potential of ‘spice blends with benefits’
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- Figure 16: Use of functional food or added health claims on new launches, seasonings vs wider food and drink market, global by region, 2016
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- Figure 17: Selected attitudes towards sauces and seasonings, China, August 2016
- Searching for the next Sriracha
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- Figure 18: Use of selected “chilli” flavour descriptions, table sauces, global by region, 2016
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- Figure 19: Penetration of hot sauce, hot pepper & Sriracha, US by age cohort, September 2016
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- Figure 20: Selected attitudes towards flavours, selected European markets, Q3 2016
- The future is increasingly fresh
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- Figure 21: Interest in fresh table sauces and dressings sold chilled, by income, UK, September 2016
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- Figure 22: Percentage of chilled table sauce* or seasoning launches, global by region, 2015-16
The Analyst’s View
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