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Breakfast Cereals in the United Arab Emirates

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  • 21 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: United Arab Emirates
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 1607256
In the United Arab Emirates, breakfast cereals is seeing flat retail volume sales in 2025, with only marginal value growth, as health-conscious consumers shift from traditional RTE products towards hot cereals, muesli and granola featuring wholegrains, high fibre and lower sugar.

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: Hot Cereals, RTE Cereals.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Breakfast Cereals 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
  • Health-driven polarisation and functional demand shape modest category performance
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Low growth hampered by health trends
  • RTE cereals continue to fall
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Breakfast cereals faces both growth and challenges in the UAE
  • Hot cereals to remain key driver
  • Sustainability as focus of packaging innovation
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Kellog remains leader of overall breakfast cereals
  • Fortification may encourage uptake
CHANNELS
  • Hypermarkets continues to lead distribution thanks to wide assortment and frequent promotions
  • E-commerce posts fastest expansion among channels in 2025
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Breakfast Cereals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Breakfast Cereals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Breakfast Cereals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSTAPLE FOODS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Essential demand, health-led innovation and channel diversification underpin positive outlook
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Staple foods benefits from essential nature of products
  • Health and wellness trends impact competitive dynamics
  • Private label expands amid rising price sensitivity
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Further growth forecast for staple foods in the UAE
  • Innovation in line with prevailing health and sustainability concerns
  • Hypermarkets will remain preferred channel despite persistent expansion for e-commerce
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Baked goods dominated by artisanal brands
  • Players focus on building consumer trust
CHANNELS
  • Hypermarkets dominates distribution in 2025
  • Foodservice continues to benefit from tourism
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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