Essentials, wellness cues and digital activation shape category momentum
In the Philippines, cooking ingredients and meals delivered stable retail value growth in 2025, while volume trends were more muted as inflation kept shoppers focused on core essentials. Edible oils remained the largest category by value, with modest growth driven more by pricing and selective trading up, while sauces, dips and condiments expanded through a broader offer that blended local flavours with convenience-led formats. Health positioning strengthened, reflected in faster value growth for olive oil from a small base and continued efforts by major players to link seasonings and oils with lower-salt or heart-friendly cooking. At the same time, packaged meals and soups faced sharper competition from hot, ready-to-eat counters in convenience stores and small formats, increasing pressure on value propositions built around speed and freshness. Looking ahead, value sales are expected to rise as brands invest in capacity, digital collaborations and foodservice partnerships, with supermarkets remaining the anchor channel and e-commerce the fastest-growing route to consumers.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Cooking Ingredients and Meals industry in Philippines with research from Euromonitor International's team of in-country analysts – experts by industry and geographic specialisation.
Key trends are clearly and succinctly summarised alongside the most current research data available. Understand and assess competitive threats and plan corporate strategy with our qualitative analysis, insight and confident growth projections.
Data and analysis in this report provides further detailed coverage dedicated to a comprehensive range of core packaged food categories.
If you're in the Cooking Ingredients and Meals industry in Philippines, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Philippines report includes:
- Analysis of key supply-side and demand trends
- Detailed segmentation of international and local products
- Historic volume and value sizes, company and brand market shares
- Five year forecasts of market trends and market growth
- Robust and transparent research methodology, conducted in-country
This report answers:
- What is the market size of Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Philippines?
- Which are the leading brands in Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Philippines?
- How are products distributed in Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Philippines?
- How is the rise of e-commerce and/or the expansion of modern grocery retail impacting traditional retail?
- What are the key health and wellness concerns driving, or challenging, sales in Cooking Ingredients and Meals?
- How significant are vegan and vegetarian dietary requirements in determining sales growth in Philippines?
- How has COVID-19 impacted consumer demand? To what extent have lockdown, home seclusion and stockpiling boosted sales? Will the longer term economic repercussions of the pandemic stimulate or suppress future growth?
- Where is future growth expected to be most dynamic?
- How significant will values-based claims, such as sustainability and ethical labelling, be in supporting future growth and brand equity?
Cooking Ingredients and Meals in the Philippines
Essentials, wellness cues and digital activation shape category momentum
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Rising value growth despite inflationary pressures in 2025
Olive all benefits from prevailing health trends, while meals and soups sees intensified competition from heated options
Brands invest in digitalisation and collaborations
Value sales will continue to rise amid uncertainty surrounding taxation measures
Health and wellness trends to remain key to development and progress
Players work to streamline operations
San Pablo leads through Minola oil
CJ Cheiljedang benefits from consumer interest in South Korean food
Supermarkets leads retail distribution and sees further growth in 2025
E-commerce outpaces all other distribution channels in terms of expansion
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
Edible Oils in the Philippines
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Trading up and supply swings lift value, while core usage remains steady
Edible oils posts moderate value gains while volume remains flat in 2025
Olive oil drives overall value growth despite low volumes
Edible oils set for steady value growth over the forecast period
Health and wellness will remain central themes in category evolution
Policy measures around coconut oil expected to support price stabilisation
San Pablo retains leadership in edible oils in 2025
Fly Ace benefits from consumer shift towards olive oil
Supermarkets remains the primary channel for edible oils
E-commerce posts fastest growth
Meals and Soups in the Philippines
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Convenience-led meal solutions gain relevance despite rising competition
Meals and soups records solid value gains as convenience demand rises in 2025
Soup sees fastest value growth within overall category
Meals and soups set for further value gains as convenience demand persists
Health and wellness positioning emerges as a key differentiator
Competition intensifies as hot meals and snacks offer alternatives to packaged products
Unilever Foods maintains category leadership in 2025
Century Pacific sees growth driven by Hunt’s brand
Supermarkets remains the main distribution channel for meals and soups
E-commerce continues to grow as online shopping becomes more ingrained in daily lives
Sauces, Dips and Condiments in the Philippines
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Sauces, dips and condiments grows through range expansion and sachet-led affordability
Sauces, dips and condiments posts solid growth in 2025
Price sensitivity supports growth in dry recipe sauces, while CDO joins forces with Heinz
Steady value and volume gains expected for sauces, dips and condiments
Health and wellness trends will remain major influence on innovation
Foodservice partnerships to support sauces and condiments demand
Unilever Foods Philippines maintains category leadership
Home cooking trend supports brand expansion
Supermarkets remains key retail channel
E-commerce goes from strength to strength
Sweet Spreads in the Philippines
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Sweet spreads expands through everyday peanut butter use and rising health-led demand for honey
Sweet spreads posts strong value growth in 2025
Honey outpaces all other category members
Sweet spreads set to see steady growth supported by core spreads
Health and wellness considerations will continue to influence sweet spreads choices
Brand activation and foodservice to reinforce relevance of sweet spreads
Newborn Food Products consolidates category leadership
Capilano benefits from consumers’ increased interest in honey
Supermarkets remains primary retail distribution channel
Regular promotions support growth in retail e-commerce channel
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Cooking Ingredients and Meals
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- Olive Oil
- Corn Oil
- Palm Oil
- Rapeseed Oil
- Soy Oil
- Sunflower Oil
- Other Edible Oil
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- Dried Ready Meals
- Shelf Stable Ready Meals
- Chilled Ready Meals
- Frozen Ready Meals
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- Dry Soup
- Shelf Stable Soup
- Chilled Soup
- Frozen Soup
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- Chilled Pizza
- Frozen Pizza
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- Meal Kits
- Quick Recipe Kits
- Chilled Lunch Kits
- Prepared Salads
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- Liquid Stocks and Fonds
- Stock Cubes and Powders
- Gravy Cubes, Powders and Pots
- Monosodium Glutamate
- Herbs and Spices
- Tomato Pastes and Purées
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- Liquid Recipe Sauces (excl pasta sauces)
- Dry Recipe Sauces
- Pasta Sauces
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- Barbecue Sauces
- Fish Sauces
- Ketchup
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Oyster Sauces
- Salad Dressings
- Soy Sauces
- Chili Sauces
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- Dips
- Yeast-based Spreads
- Pickled Products
- Other Sauces and Condiments
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- Honey
- Chocolate Spreads
- Jams and Preserves
- Nut and Seed Based Spreads
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