Throughout the year, ice cream demand at retail increased by 31% (if we compare the fourth quarter of 2023 with the same period last year). The growth rate for remote sales was even higher; During this period, sales increased by 87%. socialbites.ca was told about this by the press service of the “Honest Sign” state system.
Prices for ice cream in Russia increased slightly during the year: in 2023 the average price per kilogram of dessert amounted to 637 rubles, which is 2% more than in 2022.
The region most devoted to ice cream in Russia was the Tula region; In the fourth quarter of last year, there was 493 kg of ice cream per 1,000 people. This is followed by the Moscow region (473 kg per 1000 people), the Leningrad region (465 kg per 1000 people) and the Sverdlovsk region (460 kg per 1000 people). The top five is closed by the Murmansk region (448 kg per 1 thousand people).
“If we talk about ice cream supply, 492 thousand tons of ice cream was produced in Russia in 2023. Last year, 9 thousand tons of products, which is 1.8% of the supply, were supplied from abroad. Ice cream supply increased by 24% in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year. This jump was largely due to a significant increase in domestic production, namely 25%,” commented Yulia Kuzmina, head of CRPT’s non-consumable food products department (operator of the state labeling system “Honest Sign”).
The leader in ice cream production in 2023 was the Central Federal District, which produced 167 thousand tons of sweets; this accounts for 34% of the total production in the country. The Volga Federal District took second place in terms of production volume: last year, 96 thousand tons of products were produced here, which accounts for 19.5% of the total production volume in the country.
There are three main formats in the structure of ice cream formats produced: waffle cups, popsicle (on a stick) and waffle cone. The largest production volume in the fourth quarter of 2023 was created by waffle cups with 36%. The smallest volume was from the horn with 10%.
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