This Access Asia report covers the market for canned vegetables in China.
The growth of the market is symptomatic of changing food-buying patterns in China.
The growth in living space & supermarket shopping has seen the use of canned fruit increasing.Canned vegetables was another fast growing sector in the market, having grown by 74.2% between 1996 and 2002.
Unlike seafood, fresh vegetables are widely available throughout the country, and so the impetus for canned vegetables sales is largely their convenience.