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Meals and Soups in Ecuador

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  • 19 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Ecuador
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731895
The meals and soups category is being impacted by lifestyle changes and the shift towards smaller household sizes. Ready-to-eat and easy-to-prepare options appeal to time-poor urban consumers, particularly young professionals and individuals living alone. Dry soups, though still the largest category, is facing stagnation as consumers simplify meal preparation and reduce the number of dishes per meal.

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: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

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

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  • Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups market;
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  • 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
  • Demographic changes and busier lifestyles impact demand
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Convenience drives growth in meals and soups
  • Dry soup struggles to maintain momentum
  • Shelf stable soup drives value growth despite modest volumes
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Positive outlook, driven by rising demand for convenience and demographic changes
  • Wellness trend will drive premiumisation
  • “Traveling tastes” presents innovation opportunities
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Nestlé retains a strong lead
  • Rising Pressure from private label
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets continue to dominate the market
  • Tiendas Tuti drives growth of discounters
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 6 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 7 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 8 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 9 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN ECUADOR
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Ecuador's cooking ingredients market evolves with affordability pressures and changing consumer needs
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Market stabilises amid decline palm oil prices
  • Home-cooking trend sustains growth in sauces, dips, and condiments
  • Economic pressures drive value-seeking behaviours
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Steady but modest growth expected
  • Smaller family sizes will present new opportunities
  • Practicality in meal preparation will drive demand for convenient formats
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • La Fabril maintains leadership despite rising private label competition
  • Private label emerges as a key growth driver
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remains primary channel for cooking ingredients and meals
  • Discounters attract price-sensitive shoppers
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
  • Summary 1 Research Sources