The Russian market of Spices and Mixtures of Spices for Meat Processing (2005-2006)
In the end of 2005, Consulting Agency Market Advice Ltd. carried out a full-scale research study of the Russian market of spices and mixtures of spices for meat processing in order to determine trends in this branch. The study included three stages: (1) desktop study, i.e. collection and analysis of secondary data, (2) surveying top managements of 50 Russian MPP consuming spices, and (3) quantitative survey of the Moscow population concerning their way of life and nutrition.
Data of the desktop study:
- Analysis of customs statistics on import of spices and mixtures of spices to the Russian Federation for the period of 2002-2005 (data of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation)
- Analysis of customs statistics on import/export of meat and meat foods to/from Russian Federation for the period of 2002 – first half of 2005 (d data of the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation)
- General review and forecast of situation in the meat market till 2008 (expert estimations)
- Detailed review and forecast of situation in the market of spices and their mixtures, including Russian manufacture of packed and non-packed products, description of main Russian and foreign players in the market of the Russian Federation, analysis of their marketing strategies, analysis of innovative activities in the field
Data of the expert survey:
- Production patterns for meat production at the surveyed enterprises in 2004
- Quality characteristics of meat products in the Premium segment, in opinion of experts from the surveyed enterprises
- Changes in the product lines of the surveyed enterprises in 2003-2004
- Patterns of use of natural and artificial coverings in manufacture in 2004
- Main criteria of choice in designing meat products at the surveyed enterprises
- Personal characteristic of a technologist creating meat products with new tastes
- Patterns of use in manufacture of spices and their mixtures in 2005
- Cooperation of meat-processing companies with Russian and foreign manufacturers of spices and mixtures, and traders of raw materials, evaluation of raw materials
- Rating of tastes of meat products in the Premium segment
- Ethnic cuisines and prospects of such production at the surveyed enterprises
- Novelties among spices and their mixtures for meat manufacture in the Russian Federation and prospects of their use at the surveyed enterprises
- Main risks for the surveyed enterprises in 2005-2006; volumes of production of meat products at the surveyed enterprises in 2004
Data of the quantitative survey of population:
- Frequency of visiting recreation and entertainment spots
- Interest shown by the surveyed respondents towards trends in music, fashion, art, nutrition, and design
- Availability of vacation times in respondents of the survey and its duration; separate vs. family vacations
- Possibilities to have vacations in respondents' families
- Monthly average costs of food in respondents' families
- Cuisines forming tastes in respondents' families
- Monthly average costs of meat food in respondents' families
- Criteria, which should be in the Premium segment products
- Preferable tastes of meat products specified by respondents of the survey
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