ADVENTUROUS CHINESE CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN DRIVING GROWING DIVERSITY IN HEALTHY SNACK MARKETS

CHINESE consumers, especially in younger generations such as Millennials and Generation Z, are increasingly concerned with eating healthily- and that includes snack choices. In a trend that may increase following the Covid-19 outbreak, sales of yoghurts, nut snacks and snack bars have all seen soaring growth in sales in recent years. Purchases of yoghurt within mainland China, including chilled and ambient heat-treated lines, such as drinking yoghurt, grew from Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY28.3 billion (USD3.9 billion) in 2014 to CNY67.9 billion in 2018 at a CAGR ...


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