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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica

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  • 23 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Costa Rica
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1209087
In keeping with the trend evident across many other areas of the local packaged food market, Costa Ricans continue to show strong interest in sauces, dips and condiments with more distinctive and exotic flavour profiles in 2025. There is also rising interest in better-for-you options, particularly in categories like ketchup and mayonnaise.

This 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 2020-2025, 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: Cooking Ingredients and Condiments, Dips, Other Sauces and Condiments, Pickled Products, Sauces, Yeast-based Spreads.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Sauces, Dips and Condiments market;
  • Pinpoint growth sectors and identify factors driving change;
  • Understand the competitive environment, the market’s major players and leading brands;
  • Use five-year forecasts to assess how the market is predicted to develop.

Table of Contents

KEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Growing interest in exotic and distinctive flavours
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Rising demand for global flavours
  • Convenient doy packs increasingly popular
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Rising demand for clean ingredients lists
  • Increasing interest in international cuisines and new flavours
  • Smaller doy packs likely to gain traction
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Unilever de Centroamérica SA leads with its popular Lizano, Naturas, and Hellmann’s brands
  • Banquete brand enjoys wide distribution and frequent price promotions
CHANNELS
  • Warehouse clubs offer volume savings
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Liquid Recipe Sauces by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 NBO Company Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 7 LBN Brand Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 8 Distribution of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN COSTA RICA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Price-sensitivity encourages ongoing interest in price promotions and cheaper products
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Consumer Price Index (IPC) shows a decline in prices for several categories
  • Impact of declining tourism and contraband
  • Influence of social media and convenience
  • Health and wellness driving demand for better-for-you products
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Increased interest in healthy and functional foods
  • Global flavours to gain traction
  • Rising influence of social media
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Cía Numar SA leads with its widely recognised and trusted brands
  • Nestlé benefits from the continued popularity of its flagship Maggi brand
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets offer a wide product range, lower prices and convenience
  • Retail e-commerce penetration continues to grow
  • Low prices attract
MARKET DATA
  • Table 13 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 18 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 19 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources