COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Unilever de Centroamérica SA leads with its popular Lizano, Naturas, and Hellmann’s brands
Unilever de Centroamérica SA, with its popular Lizano, Naturas, and Hellmann’s brands, retained its leading position in sauces, dips and condiments in Costa Rica in 2025. While consumers often purchase the traditional Lizano sauce, which is added to gallo pinto, other options are available, including Lizano ketchup, Lizano mayonnaise with lemon, and Lizano tabasco and chilero sauces.
Banquete brand enjoys wide distribution and frequent price promotions
Meanwhile, Kraft Heinz Co experienced pleasing growth in 2025, driven in part by the performance of its Banquete brand. Banquete is well known for its range of prepared sauces, available in flavours such as carne, casera, hongos, and ranchera, offered in 90g and 190g presentations.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Sauces, Dips and Condiments industry in Costa Rica 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 Sauces, Dips and Condiments industry in Costa Rica, our research will help you to make informed, intelligent decisions; to recognise and profit from opportunity, or to offer resilience amidst market uncertainty.
The Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica 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 Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica?
- Which are the leading brands in Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica?
- How are products distributed in Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica?
- 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 Sauces, Dips and Condiments?
- How significant are vegan and vegetarian dietary requirements in determining sales growth in Costa Rica?
- 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?
Sauces, Dips and Condiments in Costa Rica - Category analysis
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Growing interest in exotic and distinctive flavours
Rising demand for global flavours
Convenient doy packs increasingly popular
Rising demand for clean ingredients lists
Increasing interest in international cuisines and new flavours
Smaller doy packs likely to gain traction
Unilever de Centroamérica SA leads with its popular Lizano, Naturas, and Hellmann’s brands
Banquete brand enjoys wide distribution and frequent price promotions
Warehouse clubs offer volume savings
Cooking Ingredients and Meals in Costa Rica - Industry Overview
Price-sensitivity encourages ongoing interest in price promotions and cheaper products
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Consumer Price Index (IPC) shows a decline in prices for several categories
Impact of declining tourism and contraband
Influence of social media and convenience
Health and wellness driving demand for better-for-you products
Increased interest in healthy and functional foods
Global flavours to gain traction
Rising influence of social media
Cía Numar SA leads with its widely recognised and trusted brands
Nestlé benefits from the continued popularity of its flagship Maggi brand
Supermarkets offer a wide product range, lower prices and convenience
Retail e-commerce penetration continues to grow
Low prices attract
COUNTRY REPORTS DISCLAIMER
The following categories and subcategories are included:
Sauces, Dips and Condiments
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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
Sauces, Dips and Condiments
This is the aggregation of cooking ingredients and condiments, dips, pickled products, sauces, yeast-based spreads, and other sauces, dips and condiments. Excludes: Unpackaged/bulk sauces, dressings and condiments, such as unpackaged herbs and spice or instances where consumers bring an empty contained to be (re)filled. Excludes: Table salt, vinegar, baking ingredients, desiccated coconut, and cooking cream/milk/powder for cooking and baking.
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