Overview
- Germany produced 1.7 million tonnes of ready meals worth €5.9 billion in 2024, up 25.6% in volume and 45.4% in nominal value from 2019.
- In the first three quarters of 2025, production value reached €4.5 billion, a 2.8% year-over-year increase, with quantity data withheld under confidentiality rules.
- Noodle-based ready meals recorded the largest volume rise since 2019, up 56.4% to 539,000 tonnes, with value up 48.9% to €957 million.
- Meat-based ready meals grew 43.2% by volume to 316,000 tonnes, with nominal value up 71.3% to €1.6 billion, while fish volumes fell 7.2% to 22,000 tonnes even as value rose 7.9% to €208 million.
- Despite wider availability, average time spent preparing meals held at 41 minutes per day in 2022, with women and girls at 53 minutes and men and boys at 29.