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Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Japan

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  • 25 Pages
  • November 2025
  • Region: Japan
  • Euromonitor International
  • ID: 65891
In 2025, Japan’s sauces, dips and condiments category is seeing modest value growth but declining volumes, as population shrinkage and price inflation weigh on demand. Dips remain the most dynamic subcategory, while herbs, spices and pasta sauces are also performing well thanks to rising interest in authentic cooking and convenience.

This Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Japan 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: Cooking Ingredients and Condiments, Dips, Other Sauces and Condiments, Pickled Products, Sauces, Yeast-based Spreads.

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

Why buy this report?

  • Get a detailed picture of the Sauces, Dips and Condiments 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
  • Population decline and inflation hinder volume sales
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Rapid price increase and population decline leads to falls in volume sales in 2025
  • Dips leads value growth in 2025
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Ready meal competition grows as Japan’s population shrinks
  • Low-salt products to see strong consumer demand
  • Big players are launching vegan and vegetable friendly products
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • House Foods leads. while Kewpie Mayonnaise celebrates 100 years in 2025
CHANNELS
  • Offline retail distribution dominance persists
  • While e-commerce expands, consumers continue to prefer store-based outlets
CATEGORY DATA
  • Table 1 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 2 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 3 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 4 Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 5 Sales of Liquid Recipe Sauces by Type: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 6 Sales of Other Sauces and Condiments by Type: Rankings 2020-2025
  • Table 7 NBO Company Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 8 LBN Brand Shares of Sauces, Dips and Condiments: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 9 Distribution of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 10 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 11 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 12 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 13 Forecast Sales of Sauces, Dips and Condiments by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMERCOOKING INGREDIENTS AND MEALS IN JAPAN
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • Consumers cut back due to inflationary pressures
KEY DATA FINDINGS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
  • Unit price hikes push value sales in 2025
  • Convenience demand intensifies, shaping innovation
  • Surging costs in rice result in consumer shift towards alternatives, impacting preferences in ingredients
WHAT’S NEXT?
  • Continued shift away from rice and towards alternative staples
  • Anticipated rising demand for ingredients suited to pasta and flour-based meals
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  • Domestic players dominate a highly fragmented landscape
  • Leading companies maintain stronghold through rapid response to evolving demand
CHANNELS
  • Convenience stores sees expansion as hybrid work models gain ground
  • Drugstores invest in broadening offer while e-commerce rises slowly
MARKET DATA
  • Table 14 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2020-2025
  • Table 15 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2020-2025
  • Table 16 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 17 Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2020-2025
  • Table 18 NBO Company Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2021-2025
  • Table 19 LBN Brand Shares of Cooking Ingredients and Meals: % Value 2022-2025
  • Table 20 Penetration of Private Label by Category: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 21 Distribution of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Format: % Value 2020-2025
  • Table 22 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Volume 2025-2030
  • Table 23 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: Value 2025-2030
  • Table 24 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Volume Growth 2025-2030
  • Table 25 Forecast Sales of Cooking Ingredients and Meals by Category: % Value Growth 2025-2030
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
SOURCES
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