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Snacks in the United Arab Emirates

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  • 73 Pages
  • June 2025
  • Region: United Arab Emirates
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5567267
Snacks in the United Arab Emirates is projected to register positive retail current value growth across the board and retail volume growth in most categories over 2025. Snacks in the market is being shaped by several key trends that reflect changing consumer lifestyles and preferences. Health and wellness continues to be a major influence, with a growing demand for clean label, allergen-free and naturally formulated products across categories like savoury snacks, ice cream, and sweet biscuits.

The Snacks in United Arab Emirates 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 2020-2024, 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: Confectionery, Ice Cream, Savoury Snacks, Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Snacks 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

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Snacks in 2025: The big picture
  • Key trends in 2025
  • Competitive landscape
  • Channel developments
  • What next for snacks?
MARKET DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Distribution of Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources
CHOCOLATE CONFECTIONERY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Dubai chocolate drives growing popularity of chocolate confectionery
  • Mars leads and adds dynamism to chocolate confectionery
  • Hypermarkets offer broad assortments, convenience and value for money to lead distribution
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Dubai chocolate to continue to spur development in chocolate confectionery
  • Digitalisation to shape chocolate confectionery marketing
  • Dubai chocolate trend helps filled gain ground in tablets
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 13 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 14 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Chocolate Tablets by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 18 NBO Company Shares of Chocolate Confectionery: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 19 LBN Brand Shares of Chocolate Confectionery: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 20 Distribution of Chocolate Confectionery by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 21 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Chocolate Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
GUM IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Chewing gum sustains growth trajectory
  • Mars’s brands dominate the landscape of gum in the United Arab Emirates
  • Hypermarkets leverage large shelf space and cater to convenience and impulse purchases
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Fresh breath and oral hygiene benefits to push chewing gum consumption
  • Expanding flavour profiles and new experiences drive dynamism in gum
  • Sustainability gains weight in product and packaging terms
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 25 Sales of Gum by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 26 Sales of Gum by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 27 Sales of Gum by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 28 Sales of Gum by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 29 Sales of Gum by Flavour: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 30 NBO Company Shares of Gum: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 31 LBN Brand Shares of Gum: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 32 Distribution of Gum by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 33 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 34 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 35 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 36 Forecast Sales of Gum by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SUGAR CONFECTIONERY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Indulgence remains a key growth driver in sugar confectionery
  • Strong investment in innovation and strategic positioning keeps Haribo ahead of the field
  • Hypermarkets leverage space and assortment advantages to lead
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Premiumisation to gain momentum and push sugar confectionery as a whole in the forecast period
  • Q-commerce to transform the online landscape for sugar confectionery
  • Health and wellness-orientated sugar confectionery to help shape consumption behaviours
  • Summary 2 Other Sugar Confectionery by Product Type: 2025
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 37 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 38 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 39 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 40 Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 41 Sales of Chewy Candies by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 42 NBO Company Shares of Sugar Confectionery: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 43 LBN Brand Shares of Sugar Confectionery: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 44 Distribution of Sugar Confectionery by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 45 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 46 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 47 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 48 Forecast Sales of Sugar Confectionery by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SWEET BISCUITS, SNACK BARS AND FRUIT SNACKS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Health and wellness spurs fruit snacks and snack bars
  • Mondelez leverages strength in sweet biscuits to lead overall
  • Hypermarkets cover indulgence and health-orientated needs of consumers
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Plain biscuits to maintain enduring appeal
  • Dried dates to drive fastest-growth performance for fruit snacks
  • Digital advancement to push retail e-commerce sales of sweet biscuits, snack bars, and fruit snacks
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 49 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 50 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 51 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 52 Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 53 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 54 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 55 NBO Company Shares of Sweet Biscuits: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 56 LBN Brand Shares of Sweet Biscuits: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 57 NBO Company Shares of Snack Bars: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 58 LBN Brand Shares of Snack Bars: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 59 NBO Company Shares of Fruit Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 60 LBN Brand Shares of Fruit Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 61 Distribution of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 62 Distribution of Sweet Biscuits by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 63 Distribution of Snack Bars by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 64 Distribution of Fruit Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 65 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 66 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 67 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 68 Forecast Sales of Sweet Biscuits, Snack Bars and Fruit Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
ICE CREAM IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Healthier positioning and indulgence both appear among the key strategies
  • IFFCO invests to remain the clear leader
  • Easy access and convenience sustain small local grocers’ leading position in distribution
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • More consumption occasions to push ice cream sales
  • Logistics improvements to enhance retail e-commerce’s penetration in ice cream
  • New product developments to cater to a growing premium demand in ice cream
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 69 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 70 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 71 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 72 Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 73 Sales of Ice Cream by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 74 Sales of Impulse Ice Cream by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 75 NBO Company Shares of Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 76 LBN Brand Shares of Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 77 NBO Company Shares of Impulse Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 78 LBN Brand Shares of Impulse Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 79 NBO Company Shares of Take-home Ice Cream: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 80 LBN Brand Shares of Take-home Ice Cream: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 81 Distribution of Ice Cream by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 82 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 83 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 84 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 85 Forecast Sales of Ice Cream by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
SAVOURY SNACKS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATESKEY DATA FINDINGS
2025 DEVELOPMENTS
  • Potato chips provide dynamism and drive growth in savoury snacks
  • Pepsi Cola International leads but local and private label alternatives gain traction
  • Hypermarkets offers wide choice while space open up for e-commerce
PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • Healthier options to gain penetration and adoption
  • Vegetable-based snacks to win over more consumers
  • Pistachio is an increasingly sought-after ingredient
  • Summary 3 Other Savoury Snacks by Product Type: 2025
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 86 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 87 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 88 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 89 Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 90 NBO Company Shares of Savoury Snacks: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 91 LBN Brand Shares of Savoury Snacks: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 92 Distribution of Savoury Snacks by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 93 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 94 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 95 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 96 Forecast Sales of Savoury Snacks by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030