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Meals and Soups in Sweden

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  • 21 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Sweden
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 5731919
Meals and soups continued to grow in 2025, supported by Swedish consumers’ need for convenient, quick, and high-quality meal solutions. Urban lifestyles, longer working hours, and a rise in single-person households increased reliance on ready meals, soups, and other easy-to-prepare products that fit seamlessly into busy routines.

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.

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
  • Convenience and quality define category momentum
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Evolving lifestyles sustain steady demand
  • Chilled ready meals drive innovation and freshness
  • Healthier meals and salad-based solutions gain traction
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Busy lifestyles will continue to drive demand
  • Wellness and sustainability shape new product development
  • Packaging innovation and sustainability to remain priorities
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Orkla reinforces leadership through strong brands and innovation
  • Vidinge Grönt drives growth through fresh and filling salads
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remain the main shopping destination
  • Warehouse clubs add novelty and value-driven options
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 SWEDEN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Convenience and health trends sustain growth amid maturity
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Product innovation redefines ready meals and cooking solutions
  • Demand for affordable comfort boosts private label growth
  • Local sourcing and sustainability shape brand identity
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Convenience and health will remain leading growth drivers
  • Domestic origin, quality, and ethics to influence competition
  • Retail and e-commerce to enhance accessibility and variety
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Orkla maintains leadership through innovation and local trust
  • Vidinge Grönt strengthens its position through fresh innovation
CHANNELS
  • Supermarkets remain the cornerstone of distribution
  • Warehouse clubs bring novelty and competitive pricing
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