Fruit Trends 2025: Kiwifruit and Melons Lead Growth While Select Categories Weaken

Fruit trends 2025 show kiwifruit leading growth into December, while stone fruits faced softer retail performance toward year end.

The retail performance of fruits for the year ending December 2025 highlights key fruit trends 2025, showing continued momentum in value and volume across several standout categories.

Kiwifruit recorded the strongest uplift with an 18% increase in value and an 11% rise in volume, followed closely by watermelons (15% value, 13% volume) and grapes (16% value, 13% volume), all delivering solid year‑on‑year growth.

In contrast, peaches experienced the weakest performance with value down -8% and volume falling -9%. Mangoes also declined (-9% value, -10% volume), while pineapples remained under pressure with value down -2% alongside a 13% drop in volume.

Fruit Retail Value and Volume Growth - year ending December 2025 (Fruit trends 2025)

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