Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Portugal

Retail value sales of cooking ingredients and meals increased steadily in Portugal in 2025, although growth was slower than in 2024. The category that contributed most to this performance was meals and soups, particularly chilled ready meals, which continued to demonstrate strong dynamism. Retailers have been quick to respond to growing consumer demand by expanding their product ranges, launching new recipes, and reorganising store layouts to give this fast-growing segment more visibility.

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: Edible Oils, Meals and Soups, Sauces, Dips and Condiments, Sweet Spreads.

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

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