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Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat in Ecuador

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  • 21 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Ecuador
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5567531
Volume sales are down in 2025. After stockpiling behaviour in 2024, due to electricity outages, demand returns to more normal levels. Over the forecast period, chilled and frozen options will see most innovation. Rising demand for convenience-driven formats suitable for busy lifestyles and the increase in single-person households, who prefer ready-to-cook options rather than preparing full meals from scratch, will support growth.

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: Meat and Seafood Substitutes, Processed Meat, Processed Seafood, Tofu and Derivatives.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat 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
  • End of stockpiling behaviour sees volume sales fall
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Overall fall in volume and value sales
  • Frozen processed poultry registers positive growth and makes most gains
WHAT’S NEXT
  • Stable growth over forecast period
  • A premium look key in driving sales
  • Chilled and frozen products see most innovation
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Leading players face mounting competition as small brands and private label gain ground in processed meat.
  • Piggis Embutidos makes significant gains
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets continue to dominate distribution
  • Discounters gain most value share
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Shelf Stable Processed Red Meat by Type: % Volume Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Chilled Processed Red Meat by Type: % Volume Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 7 Sales of Frozen Processed Red Meat by Type: % Volume Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Sales of Frozen Processed Poultry by Type: % Value Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 9 Sales of Frozen Processed Seafood by Type: % Value Breakdown 2020-2025
  • Table 10 NBO Company Shares of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 11 LBN Brand Shares of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 12 Distribution of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Processed Meat, Seafood and Alternatives to Meat by Category: Value 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERSTAPLE FOODS IN ECUADOR
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Falling retail prices sees profit margins narrow
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Flat performance in 2025
  • Consumers continue to be price sensitive
  • Discounters making significant gains
WHAT’S NEXT
  • Moderate growth over forecast period
  • Innovation key for branded players to stay ahead
  • Limited value growth for e-commerce
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos CA holds on to top spot
  • Piggis Embutidos Cia Ltda gains most value share
CHANNELS
  • Independent bakeries largest retail channel
  • Discounters gain most value share
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Staple Foods: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 22 Distribution of Staple Foods by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Staple Foods by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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