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Rice, Pasta and Noodles in Thailand

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  • 28 Pages
  • February 2026
  • Region: Thailand
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 3514464
Rice, pasta and noodles in Thailand delivered robust retail value growth in 2025 as higher living costs and more expensive foodservice pushed consumers towards home cooking, reinforcing demand for affordable, versatile meal bases. Rice remained central to everyday diets, while pasta recorded the fastest growth as households experimented more with at-home, restaurant-style meals, and instant noodles benefited from convenience and low price points.

This Rice, Pasta and Noodles in Thailand 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 2021-2025, 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: Noodles, Pasta, Rice.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Rice, Pasta and Noodles 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
  • Home cooking supports staples demand amid cost pressures
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Category products benefit from affordability and staple status
  • Pasta rises fastest, while rice remains key carb for Thais
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Rice will continue to benefit from every-day consumptions, with pasta attracting rising interest
  • Players promote through health-related events
  • Rice to gain more premium positioning through focus on diverse flavours
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Mama leads brands with continuous innovation
  • Mama engages brand ambassadors to connect with younger consumers
CHANNELS
  • Hypermarkets players boost private label growth
  • Forecourt retailers leads expansion, while e-commerce benefits from players’ omnichannel approach
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Instant Noodles by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 6 NBO Company Shares of Rice, Pasta and Noodles: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 7 LBN Brand Shares of Rice, Pasta and Noodles: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Rice: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Rice: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 10 NBO Company Shares of Pasta: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 11 LBN Brand Shares of Pasta: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 12 NBO Company Shares of Noodles: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 13 LBN Brand Shares of Noodles: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 14 Distribution of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Distribution of Rice by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Distribution of Pasta by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Distribution of Noodles by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Forecast Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 19 Forecast Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Rice, Pasta and Noodles by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTSSTAPLE FOODS IN THAILAND
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Cost pressures reshape staple food spending
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Staple foods benefits from home-cooking trend
  • Health and wellness continues to have strong impact on development
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Affordability as key growth driver
  • Health and wellness trends set to accelerate and expand
  • Premiumisation and innovative flavours will shape progress
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Thai President Foods maintains overall leadership in 2025
  • Private label expands as living cost rise
CHANNELS
  • Modern trade dominates distribution
  • Proximity and favourable prices support growth in convenience channel
MARKET DATA
  • Table 22 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 24 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 25 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 26 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 27 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 28 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 29 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 30 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 31 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 32 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 33 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources