Fast Facts

€13.4bn - expenditure on Sauces & Dressingsconsumer expenditure, western europe 2009

342,000 tonnes - consumption of Pasta Sauceswestern europe, 2009

Did you know? expenditure on other Cooking Sauces forecast to grow to €2.8bn by 2014Source : RTS Resource

Sauces & Dressings : Western EuropeVolume consumption, 2009

000 tonnes/m litres

Ketchups & condiments 653Pasta sauces 343Cooking sauces - other 440Mayonnaise 279Salad dressings 165Source : RTS Resource

Market drivers• Cook-at-home• Provenance / micro-regional• Emerging cuisines (including regional ethnic)

Flavour trends• Regional ethnic/regional Italian• Asian• Moroccan• Middle Eastern• Scandinavian/Northern European

sauces & dressings

€20.00

bite size

Opportunities & ThreatsOpportunities• Cook-at-home• Natural ingredients• Health & nutrition• New experiences

Threats• Increased competition• Alternative meal solutions• Recession

Key manufacturersUnilever www.unilever.comKraft Foods www.kraft.comNestlé www.nestle.comMars www.mars.comHeinz www.heinz.comCampbell Soup Company http://www.campbellsoupcompany.com/atw_europe.aspBarilla www.barillagroup.comPremier Foods www.premierfoods.co.ukBakkavör www.bakkavor.comWernsing Feinkost www.wernsing.deGallina Blanca Star www.gallinablancastar.comRieber & Son www.rieberson.noMcCormick http://www.mccormickcorporation.com/OurCompany/BusinessUnits.aspxHugli www.huegli.comBenedicta www.benedicta.com

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Notes:Western Europe = France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, UK, Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden

DefinitionsTable saucesKetchups & similar - Tomato ketchup and flavoured variants thereofFermented sauces - Brown sauces, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauceCondiment sauces - Mint sauce, cranberry sauces, horseradish sauceMustards & similar -Mustard (all types), mustard sauces Cooking sauces and aidsSauces for pasta — All sauces designed for use with pasta including pour–over and stir–in/stir–throughOther cooking sauces - Cooking sauces other than pasta saucesSauces mixes (dry weight) - Dry mixes of sauce either for cooking, pour–over or accompaniment, including cheese sauce, parsley sauce, onion sauce, Hollandaise sauce, etc. Salad dressingsMayonnaise - All types of mayonnaise, including all variants below 80% fat as well as flavoured productsSalad dressings/salad cream - Traditional British salad cream products of all fat contents plus thick and thin salad dressings including both shelf–stable and chilled

Sauces & DressingsUpdate : 2010-09RTS Resourcewww.rts-resource.com