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UK Crisps and Savoury Snacks – Market Dynamics 2026
2026-02-24T12:00:04+00:00
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Crisps and savoury snack brands have a permission to play in the better-for-you space, including in nuts, seeds and pulses, but clear signposting is crucial. Amy Bishop, Analyst UK Food…
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UK Crisps and Savoury Snacks – Market Dynamics 2026

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  1. THE MARKET

    • Snapshot – market size and forecast
    • Weak consumer confidence holds mixed fortunes for crisps, savoury snacks and nuts
    • Graph 1: financial wellbeing and confidence indices, 2019-26
    • Crisps inflation climbs in 2025
    • Graph 2: consumer price inflation for crisps, dried fruit and nuts, and all food, 2022-25
    • Healthy eating efforts bring opportunities and threats to crisps, snacks and nuts
    • Restrictions on HFSS food and drink limit visibility
    • Market size and forecast
    • Market size and forecast of crisps, savoury snacks and nuts
    • Graph 3: retail volume sales of crisps, savoury snacks and nuts, 2019-30
    • Walkers retains top position in crisps and savoury snacks
    • Graph 4: leading brands’ sales in the crisps and savoury snacks retail segment, by value, 2022/23-2024/25
    • Walkers and Pringles lose, Tyrrells and Hula Hoops gain
    • Private label gains share in popcorn
    • Graph 5: leading brands’ sales in the popcorn retail segment, by value, 2022/23-2024/25
    • KP retains top position in nuts
    • Graph 6: leading brands’ sales in the nuts retail segment, by value, 2022/23-2024/25
  2. THE CONSUMER

    • Highlight health benefits
  3. PRODUCT, INNOVATION AND MARKETING

    • Big brands enter nuts, premium gains share
  4. APPENDIX

    • Report scope
    • The market
    • Forecast methodology – fan chart
    • Market size and forecast of crisps, savoury snacks and nuts (value)
    • Market size and forecast of crisps, savoury snacks and nuts (volume)
    • Market forecast and prediction intervals (value)
    • Market forecast and prediction intervals (volume)
    • Sales of crisps, savoury snacks and nuts, by segment
    • Market share – crisps and savoury snacks brands (value)
    • Market share – crisps and savoury snacks brands (volume)
    • Market share – crisps and savoury snacks manufacturers (value)
    • Market share – crisps and savoury snacks manufacturers (volume)
    • Market share – nuts brands (value)
    • Market share – nuts brands (volume)
    • Market share – nuts manufacturers (value)
    • Market share – nuts manufacturers (volume)
    • Market share – popcorn brands (value)
    • Market share – popcorn brands (volume)
    • Market share – popcorn manufacturers (value)
    • Market share – popcorn manufacturers (volume)
    • Abbreviations

This Market Dynamics report features market data taken from Mintel’s UK Crisps and Savoury Snacks Market Report 2026. Giving you direct access to key market information and analysis from our category experts. This report is ideal for those looking for a topline summary of the UK savoury snacks market. The full report is available to purchase here.

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