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Edible Oils in China

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  • 22 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: China
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 4472508
Over 2025, edible oils in China is projected to see a slight decline in retail current value sales and flat retail volume sales. Whilst an improvement on the decrease in retail current value sales posted in 2024, this performance signals that the category has entered a mature, stock-driven phase, where growth depends on structural shifts rather than on volume expansion. The decline in retail current value sales is largely due to weakened demand and price stagnation.

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: Corn Oil, Olive Oil, Other Edible Oil, Palm Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Soy Oil, Sunflower Oil.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Edible Oils 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
  • Maturity and shift to eating out hinder sales
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Olive oil benefits from a healthier image and price stabilisation
  • Health and functional products spur dynamism in edible oils
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Demographic and lifestyle trends to help shape the category performance
  • Edible oils moves in a health-orientated direction
  • Promotion of healthy cooking practices to weaken usage of edible oils
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • The leading player invests in healthier, functional and customised offerings
  • Olive oil’s rebound boosts the Mueloliva brand
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets continue to dominate the landscape but the competition intensifies
  • Warehouse clubs expand and tap into value for money demand
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Edible Oils: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Edible Oils by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Edible Oils by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN CHINA
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Sales hit by sluggish economy and declining household consumption
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Healthier direction of travel
  • Clean label remains the key health claim in meals and soups
  • Health-orientated move in sauces, dips and condiments
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Convenience categories to the fore
  • Online grocery retailers to increase penetration and gain importance in ready meals and quick recipe kits
  • Use of technology to develop healthier pickled products
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • The leading player develops a functional and customised offer
  • Fujian Xinmeichen Food answers consumers cooking and lifestyle needs with NIUSAZZ frozen pizza
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets face growing competition
  • Retail e-commerce fits strongly with the convenience shopping trend
MARKET DATA
  • Table 12 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 17 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 18 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 19 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 20 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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