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Meals and Soups in Chile

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  • 22 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Chile
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731902
Meals and soups in Chile witnessed a return to volume growth in 2025, as demand for ready meals recovered following several challenging years. Consumers are embracing the convenience of both products to support busy lifestyles, although affordability still remains key.

This Meals and Soups in Chile 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: Food Kits, Pizza, Prepared Salads, Ready Meals, Soup.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Meals and Soups 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
  • Consumers attracted by convenience
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Ready meals maintain steady growth as consumers demand convenience food
  • Soups shows resilience as an affordable foodstuff
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Ready meals and soups to enjoy solid growth
  • Natural ingredients and plant-based recipes to support growth in pizzas
  • Chilean consumers shift towards dining out and convenience of ready meals
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Productos Fernández SA maintains its leading position
  • Watt’s SA achieves dynamic growth over 2025
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets enjoys strong lead in ready meals and soups
  • Convenience stores meet needs of urban consumers
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 Sales of Chilled Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Frozen Ready Meals by Ethnicity: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 7 Sales of Soup by Leading Flavours: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 8 NBO Company Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 9 LBN Brand Shares of Meals and Soups: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 10 Distribution of Meals and Soups by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 14 Forecast Sales of Meals and Soups by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN CHILE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Consumer caution and supply issues lead to slower growth
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Disruptions to raw material supply weigh on category performance
  • Economic constraints weigh on consumer spending patterns
  • Urban consumers are prioritising health and convenience, but taste remains important
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Broad health trend will fuel product innovations
  • Value-based spending patterns will prevail
  • Convenience blended with affordability offers tangible benefits to shoppers
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Domestic player Watt’s SA is leading manufacturer in cooking ingredients and meals
  • Gallina Blanca SA asserts dominant position in liquid stocks and fonds
CHANNELS
  • Modern grocery retailers dominate distribution led by supermarkets
  • Small local grocers witness a rebound in value share
MARKET DATA
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 19 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 20 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 21 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 26 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
  • Summary 1 Research Sources