Ice Cream in China

In 2025, ice cream in China is recovering after 2024’s deep descent. Value sales have returned to positive, while falls in volume have slowed substantially. This turnaround is primarily driven by price recovery. The downturn in 2024 was the result of several factors, including unfavourable weather conditions, more cautious consumer spending and stronger competitive threats from street stalls and freshly made ice cream.

The Ice Cream in China 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: Frozen Yoghurt, Impulse Ice Cream, Plant-based Ice Cream, Take-Home Ice Cream, Unpackaged Ice Cream.

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

Why buy this report?

• Get a detailed picture of the Ice Cream 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.