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The French market for freeze-dried foods is valued at over 2 billion euros.
The global market for freeze-dried foods is estimated at over $60 billion, with an annual growth rate of around 7%.
Europe accounts for around 30% of the market.
In France, a significant proportion of demand comes from people involved in outdoor activities such as trekking and hiking. The 15 and 20 million people who take part in these activities every year are looking for portable, convenient food options such as freeze-dried products.
The market for freeze-dried foods in France is benefiting from the growth of the survivalist movement in the country. Between 100,000 and 150,000 people in France adhere to the survivalist ideology, which emphasizes self-sufficiency and emergency preparedness.
The space sector has a unique demand for freeze-dried foods due to the specific conditions and limitations of space travel. The freeze-drying technique is the main subsistence option during space missions. This very particular use contributes to the popularization of freeze-dried foods.
Freeze-dried foods are distributed by supermarkets, sporting goods distributors and manufacturers' or specialist distributors' online sales platforms. Smaller specialist manufacturers prefer direct online sales or retailers specializing in outdoor sports.
Major companies in the freeze-dried foods market
- Global food industry giants: Nestlé and Unilever
- Specialists: European Freeze Dry and Heat Freeze Dried , Chaucer, OFD Foods , Lyophilisés & Co, Falières Nutrition. OFD Foods
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Freeze-drying is a process for preserving substances, in particular food and pharmaceutical products, involving rapid freezing and almost complete dehydration of the product concerned. shydration of the product concerned, which is then preserved under vacuum at room temperature and regains its original qualities and properties simply by adding water.
It is therefore a food preservation technology that reduces the product's moisture load while retaining its original structure and maximum nutrients. Freeze-dried foods are the best dehydrated foods available, thanks to their superior texture compared with other drying technologies, and the nutritional quality retained after rehydration.
The markets, both worldwide and in France, have been dynamic and growing in recent years. The global market is forecast to grow at an annual rate of 7.6% between 2022 and 2030. [Grand View Research] The dynamics of demand and its sustainability over time can be explained by the continued presence of certain groups of individuals on the market, such as outdoor sports enthusiasts (trekking, hiking...), the space sector or the emergence of survivalists, who make up a large group of individuals seeking food autonomy.
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Nestlé sells its Natur baby food products to FNB - 06/02/2024
- nestlé is the world's number one food company.
- FNB is a French investment fund specializing in small and medium-sized food companies.
- Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with FNB to sell its infant food business in France.
- The products concerned are NaturNes potties, Babicao and Babivanille infant powders, and the P'tit yogurt range.
- These products are manufactured at the Arches plant.
- Worldwide sales of Nestlé infant formulas rose by more than 10%.
Nestlé France sells its baby food products to Mousline - 02/02/2024
- Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with the French investment fund FnB for the sale of its infant food business.
- The ranges concerned are soups, purées, desserts and breakfast powders under the NaturNes, Babicao and Babivanille brands, as well as the P'tit franchise.
- Infant milks, the mainstay of the portfolio - with Laboratoires Guigoz and Nestlé Nidal - remain with Nestlé France.
- The infant nutrition products concerned by this sale are manufactured at a factory in the Vosges region of France, which employs 230 people.
- FnB, the potential buyer, specializes in supporting French SMEs in the food industry.
- The infant food market in France shrank by 6% in volume last year due to the drop in the birth rate, with a sharper decline for milks than for diversification foods.
- Nestlé has 14 factories in France.
Nestlé wants to conquer the vitamin market. - 19/04/2023
- Nestlé has made more than 60 acquisitions since Mark Schneider took over as CEO in 2017.
- Nestlé Health Science sales have almost tripled in 5 years, from 2.6 billion Swiss francs to 6.6 billion in 2022.
- The global vitamin and mineral market is worth 140 billion Swiss francs (142 billion euros).
- Nestlé increased its market share in vitamins from 1% to 4% between 2018 and 2021, while in medical nutrition it rose from 18% to 19% over the same period.
- Nestlé acquired The Bountiful Company in 2021 for 5 billion Swiss francs.
- Nestlé controls 14% of the US vitamin and dietary supplement market.
- The French market for vitamins and dietary supplements reached 2.6 billion euros in 2022, up 3%.
- Nestlé is the leader in clinical nutrition in France, with a market share of 30%.
Lyophilise & Co sets up shop in Lorient to double production - 02/01/2023
- Sales of 5 million euros by 2022
- Specializing in the sale of freeze-dried food products, Lyophilise & Co is to expand
- Annual sales growth of 20 to 40%
- The Brittany-based company currently employs around fifteen people
Nestlé is in exclusive negotiations with the FnB fund to sell its Mousline purées. - 29/03/2022
- 150 employees at the Rosières-en-Santerre (Somme) site.
- The FnB is a fund dedicated exclusively to supporting French and European SMEs in the food industry.
- 72% of the dehydrated purée market.
- Nestlé assures that this sale will have "no impact" on the 150 employees at the site.
Nestlé earns over 16 billion euros - 17/02/2022
- Nestlé targets 7.5% growth in 2021
- Recurring operating income up 1.4% to 15.1 billion Swiss francs
- Net profit up 38.2% to 16.9 billion Swiss francs
- Leading category is hot and powdered beverages
- The Group pursued its premiumization and value-creation strategy: premium products account for 35% of Group sales and grew by 12% in 2021
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