Global Dried Baby Food Market

Global Dried Baby Food Market Size, Trends & Analysis - Forecasts to 2026 By Product (Cereals & Porridge, Nutritional Powder, Snacks [Biscuits, Bars, Sticks, Puffs], Dehydrated Fruits, Freeze Dried Strained Fruits & Vegetables), By Distribution Channel (Hypermarket/Supermarket, Convenience Stores, Pharmacy, Online), By Region (North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, Middle East & Africa); End-User Landscape, Company Market Share Analysis, and Competitor Analysis

Category Food & Beverages

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This report was recently updated on December 17 2024 with the latest and most recent market numbers

Dried Baby Food Market Insights

An increase in the number of working women along with higher spending on infant nutrition food will stimulate the global dried baby food market growth. Availability of packaged and healthy food at an economical price influenced the parents to adopt these product substitutes. Changes in living standards and eating habits urged the demand for prepared fortified baby products. Less time consumption while preparing along with more options available in terms of flavour and food form will positively drive the dried baby food industry growth.

The overall infant nutrition market size is projected to surpass USD 33 Billion valuation by 2026. Increasing female participation in entrepreneurial role or professional occupation has incurred the demand for standardized fortified infant nutrition products. These professionally made dried baby foods are designed to have longer shelf life while containing the nutritional value, also they help in providing optimum nutrition to infants having lactation problems.

Ease in carrying, making, and feeding while travelling is also among the major factors to drive product demand. An increase in day boarding and creche trends in developing countries due to an increase in the number of working women has reinforced the product demand. As they are easy to feed and also increases toddler participation in self and independent feeding.

Infants aged from 6-24 months to toddlers up to the age of three are target consumers in the industry. Availability of different flavors of snacks in different forms such as biscuits, snacks, puffs, and dehydrated fruits has attracted a large number of toddlers to accept these prepared dried foods. Product advancements such as organic food along with government regulations in terms of product safety have resulted in more standardized and nutritional dried baby food in the market.

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Dried Baby Food Market: By Product

Cereals & porridge, nutritional powder mixes, snacks, dehydrated fruits, and freeze dried strained fruits & vegetables are among the major product types in the dried baby food market. Availability of flavored cereals & porridge with having the same nutritional value has influenced the product demand. Vanilla, chocolate, apple, banana, strawberry, and peanut butter are some of the key identified flavors in the cereals segment. Porridge includes flavoured or nut mix oatmeal and ragi.

Snacks are sub-segmented into biscuits, teething sticks, nutrition bars, and mouth melt puffs. Teething sticks are one of the innovative food types for babies having teething issues. These sticks are nutritious and flavoured with beneficial herbs that ease the irritation among children. Mouth Melt puffs are the best snacks for infants who just started weaning as they dissolve it in the mouth which minimizes the choking risk among the babies.

Fortified biscuits and nutrition bars are the best options for toddler aging above two years. As they are easy to consume independently and also contain nutrition. Dried baby food is the most suitable product to promote self and independent feeding among infants and toddlers.

Dried Baby Food Market: By Distribution Channel

Hypermarket/Supermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacies, and online platforms are key distribution channels in the Dried Baby Food Market. Supermarkets accounted for the largest share in the industry. Availability of wide product variety at economical pricing is among the major factor-induced demand in this segment.

Online platforms such as Amazon, Buy Buy Baby, and Target are the key identified websites to order infant food. Less time consuming for buyers in a busy schedule accompanied availability of product comparison and review has redirected the demand in this distribution channel. Other factors that supported growth in this segment are less time taking deliveries, better packaging to intact food safety, and more product variety.

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Dried Baby Food Market: By Region

The Asia Pacific dried baby food market dominated the overall revenue share in 2021. High product demand from working mothers due to lack of time to prepare food accompanied by large product availability has positively influenced the regional demand. China, India, Japan, and South Korea are key contributing countries in APAC.

North America dried baby food demand is highly influenced by the demand for comfort food for toddlers which is easy to consume. The products are largely adopted by crèche and day boarding schools as they are obliged to offer food to the toddlers. These dried baby food obtains high nutritional value which meets the government guidelines, hence make it easy to give to infants and toddlers.

Dried Baby Food Market Share and Competitor Analysis

Dried Baby Food Market share is highly competitive due to the availability of a large number of producers with a wide variety of products. Nestle, Gerber, Abbott, Nutricia, JH J Heinz, Earth’s Best, Holle, ASAHI Group Foods Ltd., Danone, Milupa, and Pfizer Inc are among the key competitors in the industry.

Please note: This is not an exhaustive list of companies profiled in the report.

Distribution channel expansion along with mergers & acquisitions with local manufacturers are the key strategies adopted by the large scale industry players. Also, globally operating companies are partnering with small and medium retailers to expand their reach and understand the buying behavior in the particular country or region.

Other key players include NurturMe, Organix Brand, Raptakos Brett & Co. Ltd, Beingmate Co Ltd, HIPP GmbH, Tiger Brands, Kewpie, Nascens Enterprises Private Ltd., Early Foods Private Limited, Slurp Farm, and Firmroots Private Limited.

Chapter 1 Methodology

1.1 Market scope & definitions

1.2 Estimates & forecast calculation

1.3 Historical data overview and validation

1.4 Data sources

1.4.1 Secondary

1.4.2 Primary

Chapter 2 Report Outlook

2.1 Dried Baby Food Market industry overview, 2016-2026

2.1.1 Industry overview

2.1.2 Product overview

2.1.3 Distribution channel overview

2.1.4 Regional overview

Chapter 3 Dried Baby Food Market Trends

3.1 Market segmentation

3.2 Industry background, 2016-2026

3.3 Market key trends

3.3.1 Positive trends

3.3.1.1 Increase in number of working women

3.3.1.2 Large availability of different product variety

3.3.2 Industry challenges

3.3.2.1 Strict food guidelines

3.4 Prospective growth scenario

3.4.1 Product growth scenario

3.4.2 Distribution channel growth scenario

3.5 COVID-19 influence over industry growth

3.6 Porter’s analysis

3.7 PESTEL analysis

3.8 Value chain & supply chain analysis

3.9 Regulatory framework

3.9.1 North America

3.9.2 Europe

3.9.3 APAC

3.9.4 LATAM

3.9.5 MEA

3.10 Product innovation

3.11 Market share analysis, 2020

3.11.1 Company positioning overview, 2020

Chapter 4 Dried Baby Food Market, By Product

4.1 Product Outlook

4.2 Cereals & Porridge

4.2.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.3 Nutritional Powder

4.3.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4 Snacks

4.4.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4.2 Biscuits

4.4.2.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4.3 Bars

4.4.3.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4.4 Sticks

4.4.4.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4.5 Puffs

4.4.4.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.4.5 Others

4.4.5.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

4.5 Snacks

4.5.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

Chapter 5 Dried Baby Food Market, By Distribution Channel

5.1 Distribution channel Outlook

5.2 Hypermarket/Supermarket

5.2.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

5.3 Convenience Stores

5.3.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

5.4 Pharmacy

5.4.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

5.5 Online

5.5.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

5.6 Others

5.6.1 Market size, by region, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

Chapter 6 Dried Baby Food Market, By Region

6.1 Regional outlook

6.2 North America

6.2.1 Market size, by country 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.2 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.3 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.4 U.S.

6.2.4.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.4.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.5 Canada

6.2.5.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.5.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3 Europe

6.3.1 Market size, by country 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.2 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.3 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.4 Germany

6.2.4.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.2.4.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.5 UK

6.3.5.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.5.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.6 France

6.3.6.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.6.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.7 Italy

6.3.7.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.7.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.8 Spain

6.3.8.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.8.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.9 Russia

6.3.9.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.3.9.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4 Asia Pacific

6.4.1 Market size, by country 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.2 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.3 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.4 China

6.4.4.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.4.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.5 India

6.4.5.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.5.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.6 Japan

6.4.6.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.6.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.7 Australia

6.4.7.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.7.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.8 South Korea

6.4.8.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.4.8.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5 Latin America

6.5.1 Market size, by country 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.2 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.3 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.4 Brazil

6.5.4.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.4.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.5 Mexico

6.5.5.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.5.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.6 Argentina

6.5.6.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.5.6.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6 MEA

6.6.1 Market size, by country 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.2 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.3 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.4 Saudi Arabia

6.6.4.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.4.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.5 UAE

6.6.5.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.5.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.6 South Africa

6.6.6.1 Market size, by product, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

6.6.6.2 Market size, by distribution channel, 2016-2026 (USD Million)

Chapter 7 Company Landscape

7.1 Competitive analysis, 2020

7.2 Nestle

7.2.1 Company overview

7.2.2 Financial analysis

7.2.3 Strategic positioning

7.2.4 Info graphic analysis

7.3 Gerber

7.3.1 Company overview

7.3.2 Financial analysis

7.3.3 Strategic positioning

7.3.4 Info graphic analysis

7.4 Nutricia

7.4.1 Company overview

7.4.2 Financial analysis

7.4.3 Strategic positioning

7.4.4 Info graphic analysis

7.5 JH J Heinz

7.5.1 Company overview

7.5.2 Financial analysis

7.5.3 Strategic positioning

7.5.4 Info graphic analysis

7.6 Earth’s Best (Hain Celestial Group)

7.6.1 Company overview

7.6.2 Financial analysis

7.6.3 Strategic positioning

7.6.4 Info graphic analysis

7.7 Holle

7.7.1 Company overview

7.7.2 Financial analysis

7.7.3 Strategic positioning

7.7.4 Info graphic analysis

7.8 ASAHI Group Foods Ltd. (WAKODO Products)

7.8.1 Company overview

7.8.2 Financial analysis

7.8.3 Strategic positioning

7.8.4 Info graphic analysis

7.9 NurturMe

7.9.1 Company overview

7.9.2 Financial analysis

7.9.3 Strategic positioning

7.9.4 Info graphic analysis

7.10 Abbott

7.10.1 Company overview

7.10.2 Financial analysis

7.10.3 Strategic positioning

7.10.4 Info graphic analysis

7.11 Milupa

7.11.1 Company overview

7.11.2 Financial analysis

7.11.3 Strategic positioning

7.11.4 Info graphic analysis

7.12 Beech Nut Nutrition Corporation

7.12.1 Company overview

7.12.2 Financial analysis

7.12.3 Strategic positioning

7.12.4 Info graphic analysis

7.13 Danone

7.13.1 Company overview

7.13.2 Financial analysis

7.13.3 Strategic positioning

7.13.4 Info graphic analysis

7.14 Organix Brand

7.14.1 Company overview

7.14.2 Financial analysis

7.14.3 Strategic positioning

7.14.4 Info graphic analysis

7.15 Pfizer Inc

7.15.1 Company overview

7.15.2 Financial analysis

7.15.3 Strategic positioning

7.15.4 Info graphic analysis

7.16 Raptakos Brett & Co. Ltd

7.16.1 Company overview

7.16.2 Financial analysis

7.16.3 Strategic positioning

7.16.4 Info graphic analysis

7.17 Beingmate Co Ltd

7.17.1 Company overview

7.17.2 Financial analysis

7.17.3 Strategic positioning

7.17.4 Info graphic analysis

7.18 HIPP GmbH

7.18.1 Company overview

7.18.2 Financial analysis

7.18.3 Strategic positioning

7.18.4 Info graphic analysis

7.19 Tiger Brands

7.19.1 Company overview

7.19.2 Financial analysis

7.19.3 Strategic positioning

7.19.4 Info graphic analysis

7.20 Kewpie

7.20.1 Company overview

7.20.2 Financial analysis

7.20.3 Strategic positioning

7.20.4 Info graphic analysis

7.21 Nascens Enterprises Private Ltd.

7.21.1 Company overview

7.21.2 Financial analysis

7.21.3 Strategic positioning

7.21.4 Info graphic analysis

7.22 Early Foods Private Limited

7.22.1 Company overview

7.22.2 Financial analysis

7.22.3 Strategic positioning

7.22.4 Info graphic analysis

7.23 Slurrp Farm

7.23.1 Company overview

7.23.2 Financial analysis

7.23.3 Strategic positioning

7.23.4 Info graphic analysis

7.24 Firmroots Private Limited

7.24.1 Company overview

7.24.2 Financial analysis

7.24.3 Strategic positioning

7.24.4 Info graphic analysis

The Global Dried Baby Food Market has been studied from the year 2019 till 2026. However, the CAGR provided in the report is from the year 2021 to 2026. The research methodology involved three stages: Desk research, Primary research, and Analysis & Output from the entire research process.

The desk research involved a robust background study which meant referring to paid and unpaid databases to understand the market dynamics; mapping contracts from press releases; identifying the key players in the market, studying their product portfolio, competition level, annual reports/SEC filings & investor presentations; and learning the demand and supply-side analysis for the Dried Baby Food Market.

The primary research activity included telephonic conversations with more than 50 tier 1 industry consultants, distributors, and end-use product manufacturers.

Finally, based on the above thorough research process, an in-depth analysis was carried out considering the following aspects: market attractiveness, current & future market trends, market share analysis, SWOT analysis of the company and customer analytics.