Avocado increasingly requested in Italy; growth of 67.4$ in 2020

Published 2021년 7월 15일

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In 2020, Italy experienced a significant surge in avocado sales, with a 67.4% increase, making it the top beneficial ingredient of the year. This growth was part of a broader trend, with sales of products containing almonds, sesame seeds, spirulina algae, corn flour, and cinnamon also increasing. The sales of seeds saw the highest growth (+10.9%), while superfoods continued to decline, with a 24.9% drop.

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Avocado increasingly requested on the Italian market. In 2020, the tropical fruit recorded an increase in sales of 67.4% (including products containing it), which allowed it to conquer the title of the top beneficial ingredient of the year. If avocado is the top performer ingredient of the year, in the ranking drawn up by the Osservatorio Immagino of GS1 Italy (which took into consideration 76,119 consumer food products) the almond is still in first place, reported in 1,140 products, equal to 1.5% of the total. The growth of sesame seeds (+ 32.5%), spirulina algae (+ 20.7%), corn flour (+ 14.9%), and cinnamon also did well, recovering the negative figure of 2019 (-4.6%) with + 8.0% in 2020. At the level of macro-families, seeds have registered ...

Source: Dissapore