Organic plant-based industry breakdown Spain 2020, by type of product

In Spain in 2020, a majority (37 percent) of factories in the organic plant-based sector dealt with fruit and vegetable processing. "Beverages" and "vegetable fats and oils" followed, each constituting less than twenty percent of the market. The organic food industry in Spain generates more than two billion euros annually, but it is still smaller than other European countries, such as Germany or France.

Organic food: a growing industry

Organic foods are gaining ground in the food industry around the world. Although Spain is not an exception, the organic sector still has a relatively minor role in the food industry compared to other European countries.

New trends in healthy food are the main reason why it is currently experiencing an increase in consumer appeal. For example, plant-based drinks are one of the most popular organic products, largely due to the digestion problems caused by milk consumption. In fact, the plant-based beverage consumption in Spain amounted to more than 250 million kiloliters in 2020. Among milk substitutes , the most popular is soy milk, consumed daily by 20 percent of those who purchase the beverage.

Ecoveritas is the leading retailer of Spanish organic food, with over 30 stores around the country. This supermarket chain saw revenues of more than 77 million euros in Spain in 2019.

Spain: leading European country in organic agriculture

Spain is one of the leading countries worldwide in organic agriculture, even though the organic food market is less established. Furthermore, Spain is in the top-ten of countries with the most organic farmland worldwide. Cereals and olive groves are the most popular crops in organic agriculture in Spain, both with more than 200 thousand hectares, twenty times the area of Barcelona.