UAE Sees A Shift In Food Pattern Post-Covid, With Cereals Being The Most Popular!

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GCC Food Report

Recently, the GCC Food Report was published by Alpen Capital, a UAE-based investment banking advisory firm, which gave insights into food trends in the region.

This category is projected to secure the highest annualised growth rate according to the report.

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Vegetable Food Category To See Growth

This category might see some marginal gains, as consumers have gotten more conscious.

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What About The Consumption Of Meat?

As it’s a staple food, it will continue to remain in the most consumed category, at least for the next five years.

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Cereals Remain The Most Popular

Cereals in the UAE make for about 37.4 per cent of the people’s meals on average.

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What Percentage Of Meal Does It Account For?

While fruits accounted for 17.6 per cent and the milk/dairy products make for 8.5 per cent of the total in the UAE.

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What About Milk/Dairy Products & Fruits?

The food consumption in this nation is expected to grow by 3.3 percent from 8.8 million metric tons (MT) in 2022 to 10.4 million MT in 2027.

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Food Consumption In UAE To Grow

By 2027, it is expected that per capita consumption is predicted to reach  904.1 kg.

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What Is The Per Capita Consumption Predicted?

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These seem to be quite interesting facts, no?