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Frozen food market: sales in the United States 2016, by product category

Frozen food sales in the United States in 2016, by product category (Figures expressed in millions of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise specified)

The data displays frozen food sales in the U.S. in 2016, by product category. For the 12 weeks ended August 7, 2016, ice cream was the biggest frozen food category with sales of about 1.45 billion USD. Among the leading ice cream brands in the United States that year were Breyers and Ben & Jerry's, generating approx. 499.9 and 465.4 million USD in sales respectively.

Frozen foods Frozen foods are industrially manufactured foods that are preserved through freezing methods. Supermarket aisles of the frozen food market carry subcategories including frozen dinner and entrées (multi-serve and single-serve), ice cream and sherbets, frozen pizza, frozen breakfast foods, frozen snacks and appetizers, vegetables and frozen desserts.

Ice cream 1448.09
Frozen novelties 1173.46
Pizza 974.72
Single-serve dinners/entrees 934.2
Processed chicken/chicken substitute 672.67
Chicken/chicken substitute 631.51
Handled entrees 554.55
Shrimp 502.09
Meat 482.74
Fish/seafood 473.26
Multi-serve dinners/entrees 403.68
Appetizers/snack rolls 383.59
Plain potatoes/fries/hash browns 333.49