COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Productos Ujarrás leads, offering local ingredients, product variety, and affordability
Productos Ujarrás SA remained the leading player in 2025. The company specialises in fruit-based products, primarily jellies, jams, and fruit pastes, using local fruit, including guava, strawberry, pineapple, blackberry, orange, and mango.
New Tricopilia Sport boosts the visibility and overall popularity of the Tricopilia brand
Fruta Dulce SA, meanwhile, was the most dynamic player in 2025. The Costa Rican company offers a variety of products, including jams, fruit pastes, snacks, and bakery fillings, under its Tricopilia and Kaleia brands.
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Overview:
Understand the latest market trends and future growth opportunities for the Sweet Spreads 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 Sweet Spreads 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 Sweet Spreads 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 Sweet Spreads in Costa Rica?
- Which are the leading brands in Sweet Spreads in Costa Rica?
- How are products distributed in Sweet Spreads 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 Sweet Spreads?
- 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?
Sweet Spreads in Costa Rica - Category analysis
KEY DATA FINDINGS
Affordable chocolate spreads attract a growing range of consumers
Rising popularity of convenient doy packs
Appeal of chocolate spreads spans both younger and older audiences
Innovative flavour combinations and unique textures to meet evolving consumer preferences
Rising demand for better-for-you options
Convenient and affordable packaging may boost sales
Productos Ujarrás leads, offering local ingredients, product variety, and affordability
New Tricopilia Sport boosts the visibility and overall popularity of the Tricopilia brand
Supermarkets offer variety, lower prices and convenience
Retail e-commerce continues to expand in 2025
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
Sweet Spreads
Excludes: Any products sold unpackaged or in bulk; margarine, butter substitutes, vegetable-oil based, yeast-based, and meat/seafood-based spreads.
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