The MENA extruded snack food market size reached USD 2.7 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, the publisher expects the market to reach USD 3.8 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 3.48% during 2025-2033.
Extrusion cooking is one of the most popular processes to prepare snacks and ready-to-eat foods by using a variety of ingredients such as corn, tapioca, oats, potatoes, wheat, etc. After extrusion, these snacks are processed and converted into semi-cooked or pre-cooked food products. This helps in the elimination of toxins and micro-organisms produced naturally while making these snacks healthier as well as safer for consumption.
In the MENA region, rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in a significant shift towards western food cultures. This remains one of the primary forces catalyzing the growth of the market. In addition, the region represents one of the fastest growing populations across the globe. This coupled by low median age groups and rising disposable incomes have positively influenced the growth of this market.
This report provides a deep insight into the MENA extruded snack food market covering all its essential aspects. This ranges from macro overview of the market to micro details of the industry performance, recent trends, key market drivers and challenges, SWOT analysis, Porter’s five forces analysis, value chain analysis, etc. This report is a must-read for entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, consultants, business strategists, and all those who have any kind of stake or are planning to foray into the MENA extruded snack food market in any manner.
2. What is the expected growth rate of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market during 2025-2033?
3. What are the key factors driving the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
4. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
5. What is the breakup of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market based on the type?
6. What is the breakup of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market based on the distribution channel?
7. What are the key regions in the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
Extrusion cooking is one of the most popular processes to prepare snacks and ready-to-eat foods by using a variety of ingredients such as corn, tapioca, oats, potatoes, wheat, etc. After extrusion, these snacks are processed and converted into semi-cooked or pre-cooked food products. This helps in the elimination of toxins and micro-organisms produced naturally while making these snacks healthier as well as safer for consumption.
In the MENA region, rapid industrialization and urbanization have resulted in a significant shift towards western food cultures. This remains one of the primary forces catalyzing the growth of the market. In addition, the region represents one of the fastest growing populations across the globe. This coupled by low median age groups and rising disposable incomes have positively influenced the growth of this market.
Key Market Segmentation:
The publisher provides an analysis of the key trends in each sub-segment of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market report, along with forecasts at the regional and country level from 2025-2033. Our report has categorized the market based on type and distribution channel.Breakup by Type:
- Potato
- Corn
- Rice
- Tapioca
- Mixed Grains
- Others
Breakup by Distribution Channel:
- Supermarkets and Hypermarkets
- Convenience Stores
- Specialty Food Stores
- Online Retail
- Others
Breakup by Country:
- Saudi Arabia
- UAE
- Egypt
- Iran
- Israel
- Others
Competitive Landscape:
The competitive landscape of the industry has also been examined along with the profiles of the key players.This report provides a deep insight into the MENA extruded snack food market covering all its essential aspects. This ranges from macro overview of the market to micro details of the industry performance, recent trends, key market drivers and challenges, SWOT analysis, Porter’s five forces analysis, value chain analysis, etc. This report is a must-read for entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, consultants, business strategists, and all those who have any kind of stake or are planning to foray into the MENA extruded snack food market in any manner.
Key Questions Answered in This Report
1. What was the size of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market in 2024?2. What is the expected growth rate of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market during 2025-2033?
3. What are the key factors driving the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
4. What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
5. What is the breakup of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market based on the type?
6. What is the breakup of the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market based on the distribution channel?
7. What are the key regions in the Middle East and North Africa extruded snack food market?
Table of Contents
1 Preface2 Scope and Methodology
2.1 Objectives of the Study
2.2 Stakeholders
2.3 Data Sources
2.3.1 Primary Sources
2.3.2 Secondary Sources
2.4 Market Estimation
2.4.1 Bottom-Up Approach
2.4.2 Top-Down Approach
2.5 Forecasting Methodology
3 Executive Summary
4 Introduction
4.1 Overview
4.2 Key Industry Trends
5 Middle East and North Africa Snack Food Industry
5.1 Market Overview
5.2 Market Performance
5.3 Market Breakup by Region
5.4 Market Breakup by Snack Type
5.5 Market Forecast
6 Middle East and North Africa Extruded Snack Food Industry
6.1 Market Overview
6.2 Market Performance
6.3 Impact of COVID-19
6.4 Market Breakup by Region
6.5 Market Breakup by Type
6.6 Market Breakup by Distribution Channel
6.7 Market Forecast
6.8 SWOT Analysis
6.8.1 Overview
6.8.2 Strengths
6.8.3 Weaknesses
6.8.4 Opportunities
6.8.5 Threats
6.9 Value Chain Analysis
6.9.1 Raw Material Procurement
6.9.2 Manufacturing
6.9.3 Marketing
6.9.4 Distribution
6.9.5 Export
6.9.6 End-Use
6.10 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
6.10.1 Overview
6.10.2 Bargaining Power of Buyers
6.10.3 Bargaining Power of Suppliers
6.10.4 Degree of Competition
6.10.5 Threat of New Entrants
6.10.6 Threat of Substitutes
6.11 Price Analysis
6.11.1 Key Price Indicators
6.11.2 Price Structure
6.11.3 Margin Analysis
6.12 Key Success Factors and Risk Factors
7 Performance of Key Regions
7.1 Saudi Arabia
7.1.1 Market Trends
7.1.2 Market Forecast
7.2 UAE
7.2.1 Market Trends
7.2.2 Market Forecast
7.3 Egypt
7.3.1 Market Trends
7.3.2 Market Forecast
7.4 Iran
7.4.1 Market Trends
7.4.2 Market Forecast
7.5 Israel
7.5.1 Market Trends
7.5.2 Market Forecast
7.6 Others
7.6.1 Market Trends
7.6.2 Market Forecast
8 Market Breakup by Type
8.1 Potato
8.1.1 Market Trends
8.1.2 Market Forecast
8.2 Corn
8.2.1 Market Trends
8.2.2 Market Forecast
8.3 Rice
8.3.1 Market Trends
8.3.2 Market Forecast
8.4 Tapioca
8.4.1 Market Trends
8.4.2 Market Forecast
8.5 Mixed Grains
8.5.1 Market Trends
8.5.2 Market Forecast
8.6 Others
8.6.1 Market Trends
8.6.2 Market Forecast
9 Market Breakup by Distribution Channel
9.1 Supermarkets and Hypermarkets
9.1.1 Market Trends
9.1.2 Market Forecast
9.2 Convenience Stores
9.2.1 Market Trends
9.2.2 Market Forecast
9.3 Specialty Food Stores
9.3.1 Market Trends
9.3.2 Market Forecast
9.4 Online Retail
9.4.1 Market Trends
9.4.2 Market Forecast
9.5 Others
9.5.1 Market Trends
9.5.2 Market Forecast
10 Competitive Landscape
10.1 Market Structure
10.2 Market Breakup by Key Players
11 Extruded Snack Food Manufacturing Process
11.1 Product Overview
11.2 Detailed Process Flow
11.3 Various Types of Unit Operations Involved
11.4 Mass Balance and Raw Material Requirements
12 Project Details, Requirements and Costs Involved
12.1 Land Requirements and Expenditures
12.2 Construction Requirements and Expenditures
12.3 Plant Layout
12.4 Plant Machinery
12.5 Machinery Pictures
12.6 Raw Material Requirements and Expenditures
12.7 Raw Material and Final Product Pictures
12.8 Packaging Requirements and Expenditures
12.9 Transportation Requirements and Expenditures
12.10 Utility Requirements and Expenditures
12.11 Manpower Requirements and Expenditures
12.12 Other Capital Investments
13 Loans and Financial Assistance
14 Project Economics
14.1 Capital Cost of the Project
14.2 Techno-Economic Parameters
14.3 Product Pricing and Margins Across Various Levels of the Supply Chain
14.4 Taxation and Depreciation
14.5 Income Projections
14.6 Expenditure Projections
14.7 Financial Analysis
14.8 Profit Analysis
15 Key Player Profiles
List of Figures
Figure 1: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Major Drivers and Challenges
Figure 2: MENA: Snack Food Market: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2019-2024
Figure 3: MENA: Snack Food Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 4: MENA: Snack Food Market: Breakup by Snack Type (in %), 2024
Figure 5: MENA: Snack Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 6: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2019-2024
Figure 7: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Breakup by Region (in %), 2024
Figure 8: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Breakup by Type (in %), 2024
Figure 9: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Breakup by Distribution Channel (in %), 2024
Figure 10: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Value Trends (in Billion USD), 2025-2033
Figure 11: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Industry: SWOT Analysis
Figure 12: Expanded and Pelletized Snacks Manufacturing: Process Flow Diagram
Figure 13: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Industry: Value Chain Analysis
Figure 14: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Industry: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
Figure 15: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Average Prices (in USD/Ton), 2019-2033
Figure 16: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Price Structure
Figure 17: Saudi Arabia: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 18: Saudi Arabia: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 19: UAE: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 20: UAE: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 21: Egypt: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 22: Egypt: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 23: Iran: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 24: Iran: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 25: Israel: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 26: Israel: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 27: Others: Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 28: Others: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 29: MENA: Potato Based Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 30: MENA: Potato Based Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 31: MENA: Corn Based Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 32: MENA: Corn Based Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 33: MENA: Rice Based Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 34: MENA: Rice Based Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 35: MENA: Tapioca Based Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 36: MENA: Tapioca Based Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 37: MENA: Mixed Grains Based Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 38: MENA: Mixed Grains Based Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 39: MENA: Other Extruded Snack Food Market (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 40: MENA: Other Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 41: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Sales through Supermarkets and Hypermarkets (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 42: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Sales through Supermarkets and Hypermarkets (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 43: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Sales through Convenience Stores (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 44: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Sales through Convenience Stores (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 45: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Sales through Specialty Food Stores (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 46: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Sales through Specialty Food Stores (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 47: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Sales through Online Retail (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 48: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Sales through Online Retail (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 49: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Sales through Other Distribution Channels (in Million USD), 2019 & 2024
Figure 50: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Sales through Other Distribution Channels (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 51: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Breakup by Key Players (in %), 2024
Figure 52: Extruded Snack Food Manufacturing Plant: Detailed Process Flow
Figure 53: Extruded Snack Food Manufacturing: Conversion Rate of Feedstocks
Figure 54: Extruded Snack Food Manufacturing Plant: Proposed Plant Layout
Figure 55: Extruded Snack Food Manufacturing Plant: Breakup of Capital Costs (in %)
Figure 56: Extruded Snack Food Industry: Profit Margins at Various Levels of the Supply Chain
Figure 57: Extruded Snack Food Production: Manufacturing Cost Breakup (in %)
List of Tables
Table 1: MENA: Snack Food Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 and 2033
Table 2: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Key Industry Highlights, 2024 and 2033
Table 3: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Region (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 4: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Type (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 5: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market Forecast: Breakup by Distribution Channel (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Table 6: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Competitive Structure
Table 7: MENA: Extruded Snack Food Market: Key Players
Table Information
| Report Attribute | Details |
|---|---|
| No. of Pages | 148 |
| Published | August 2025 |
| Forecast Period | 2024 - 2033 |
| Estimated Market Value ( USD | $ 2.7 Billion |
| Forecasted Market Value ( USD | $ 3.8 Billion |
| Compound Annual Growth Rate | 3.9% |
| Regions Covered | Africa, Middle East |
