Opportunities in the Global Soups Sector 2025

Growing urbanization and the increasingly busy lifestyle of consumers is creating demand for more convenient and ready-to-eat foods such as soups. Moreover, the rising affinity for quick meals among the working population is supporting the sector's growth. As a result, value sales of the global soups sector are anticipated to grow from $22.9 billion in 2024 to $28.1 billion in 2029 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.2%. Ambient soup was the largest category by value, accounting for a share of 41.7%, followed by dried soup (mixes) with 37.6%. The Americas and Western Europe were the leading markets for soups in 2024, with value shares of 47.6% and 26.7%, respectively.

Provides an overview of current soups scenario regarding the future outlook in terms of ingredients, product claims, labeling, distribution, and packaging. The analysis also covers regional overview across five regions - Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, Americas, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe - highlighting industry size, growth drivers, latest developments, and future inhibitors for the regions.

Key Highlights

• Growing urbanization and the increasingly busy lifestyle of consumers is creating demand for more convenient and ready-to-eat foods such as soups. Moreover, the rising affinity for quick meals among the working population is supporting the sector's growth. As a result, the global soups market is forecast to register a CAGR of 4.2% during 2024-29.
• Increasing health concerns among consumers is pushing the demand for soups with health benefits such as weight management and improved immunity. Moreover, soups that are lower in sugars, sodium, and calories are gaining momentum for the same reason. This trend is benefiting growth of the soups sector.
• Consumers are also seeking natural and plant-based ingredients in soups owing to their healthy perception.
• Enhanced availability through ecommerce platforms is also bolstering growth of the sector.

Scope

This report brings together multiple data sources to provide a comprehensive overview of the global soups sector, analyzing data from 108 countries. It includes analysis on the following -

• Global snapshot: Includes executive summary, current sector scenarios in terms of ingredients, manufacturer claims, labeling, and packaging. The section also touches on the key growth enablers and inhibitors for the soups sector.
• Sector snapshot: The analysis provides a global overview, along with regional and category-level data and analysis. It also includes regional overview across five regions-Americas, Asia-Pacific, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (MEA), and Western Europe-highlighting sector size and evolution, value and volume shares by category, and growth drivers for each region.
• Consumer trends: Provides an overview of evolving consumer trends, supported by GlobalData's in-house consumer surveys, and product examples.
• Country deep-dive: Provides risk-reward analysis of the top high-potential countries in each region based on market assessment, economic development, governance indicators, sociodemographic factors, and technological infrastructure. Provides a deep-dive analysis of 10 high-potential countries covering value growth during 2024-29, consumer demographics, and key trends. It also includes regional analysis covering the outlook for each region.
• Health & wellness analysis*: Provides insights on health & wellness products in terms of value and percentage share in the overall soups sector at a global and regional level during 2019-24. The analysis includes key health & wellness attributes and consumer benefits driving sales of soups across the five regions in 2023. It also covers the market shares of leading companies offering soups with health and wellness attributes.
• Competitive environment and brand shares: Provides an overview of the leading companies and brands at global and regional levels. Market shares of brands and private labels in each region are also detailed.
• Distribution overview: Provides an analysis of the leading distribution channels in the global soups sector in 2024. It covers modern retail, traditional retail, specialist retail, cash & carries & warehouse clubs, and other distribution channels.
• Packaging analysis*: The report provides percentage share (in 2024) and growth analysis (during 2024-29) for various pack materials, pack types, closures, and primary outer types based on volume sales of soups.
• Select industry metrics: The section provides topline statistics and analysis for different alternate datasets, such as patent filings, job analytics, and deals in the food industry in 2024.

Reasons to Buy

• Manufacturers and retailers seek latest information on how the market is evolving to formulate their sales and marketing strategies. There is also demand for authentic market data with a high level of detail. This report has been created to provide its readers with up-to-date information and analysis to uncover emerging opportunities of growth within the sector in the region
• The report provides a detailed analysis of the countries in the region, covering the key challenges, competitive landscape and demographic analysis, that can help companies gain insight into the country specific nuances
• The analysts have also placed a significant emphasis on the key trends that drive consumer choice and the future opportunities that can be explored in the region, than can help companies in revenue expansion
• To gain competitive intelligence about leading brands in the sector in the region with information about their market share and growth rates