This Access Asia report covers the market for canned fruit in China.
The growth of the canned fruit market is symptomatic of changing food-buying patterns.
With the growth in living space & supermarket shopping the use of canned fruits is increasing.Canned fruit has always been popular amongst Chinese consumers, previously because of lack of variety of fresh fruits, and then as fresh fruits have become more widely distributed, because of their convenience for making desserts.
This sector grew in value by 48.0% between 1996 and 2002.