After another year of decline in 2025, ice cream in China is expected to return to slow and stable retail current value growth for the rest of the forecast period. Several factors are expected to positively impact the category during the forecast period.
Novelty is likely to continue to be a key focus in the development of new ice cream products, as demonstrated in 2024 with the introduction of several innovative offerings that provide new experiences for consumers. One significant trend is the combination of alcohol and ice cream.
Due to growing consumer concern about the health impact of sugar intake, zero-sugar and low sugar have become the main health claims for ice cream. Leading players such as Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group, Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy Industry (Group), Bright Food (Group), and Beijing Allied Faxi Food Co (Baxy) all offer low sugar or sugar-free products.
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Ice Cream
Ice cream is the aggregation of frozen yoghurt, impulse ice cream, plant-based ice cream, unpackaged ice cream and take-home ice cream. Frozen desserts is included in Passport’s Staple Foods research. Please note that soft serve ice cream from ice cream dispensing machines sold at foodservice outlets (e.g. fast food or ice cream parlours) is entirely excluded.
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