Flour Market Outlook 2022 - 2026

European Flour Trends in 2022

Flour is part of Cereal Products and includes a number of sub-sectors such as Wheat Flour. You may also be interested in Pasta, Pastry and Bakery.

European flour consumption is set to reach nearly three billion kilograms by 2026. From 2016 to 2021, demand for flour has grown by 0.4% every year. In 2021, Germany was the top flour consumer in Europe, with 850 million kilograms. Poland, Romania, and Spain followed in second, third, and fourth place. France saw an increase of 6.1% in flour demand from 2016-2021, while Lithuania experienced a decrease of 4.3% during the same period.

Top 10 countries

In 2022 major markets in the Flour Industry were:

• Germany
• Poland
• Romania
• Spain
• France
• Greece
• Finland
• Sweden
• Portugal
• Austria

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