SIAL Shanghai 2024 found that according to the "Lantern Festival Consumption Observation" released by JD.com, the search volume of Lantern Festival and Tangyuan increased by 171% and 149% respectively compared to the same period of last year's in lunar calendar. Data from Meituan's Little Elephant Supermarket shows that on February 23rd, sales of Tangyuan on the platform increased by 70% compared to last week. Dingtong Buying said it expects sales of Tangyuan to rise about 20% year-on-year.

In terms of products, according to data provided by a number of platforms, black sesame-flavored Tangyuan are still the bestseller, and this year's "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyaun from Sinian Foods, which in the shape of persimmons, have become a dark horse.

Little Elephant Supermarket data show that as of February 23, the sales of "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyuan's sales increased by 99% compared with last week. On Freshippo platform, so far in February, "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyuan sales increased by more than 5 times. JD Supermarket data show that since November last year on-line sales turnover of "Persimmon Best Wish" series of Tangyuan increased by 200% year-on-year.

This week, #Persimmon Best Wish Tangyuan# and #Persimmon Best Wish Tangyuan on fire#  hit the search list on Weibo, of which #Persimmon Best Wish Tangyuan# topped the Weibo search list in the afternoon of February 23.

The relevant person in charge of Sinian Foods told SIAL Shanghai 2024 that around the Spring Festival is the peak season for the sales of Tangyuan products, especially during the Lantern Festival, where there is an obvious growth. In terms of online selling, before the Spring Festival, "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyuan sales have achieved a single breakthrough of 1 million pcs with the help of e-commerce celebrity selling. The overall sales of "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyuan are still growing. In Spring Festival tens of millions of bags are expected to be sold.

In addition to "Persimmon Best Wish" Tangyuan, new flavors of Tangyuan also accelerated to seize the market of the Lantern Festival. According to JD Supermarket, as of February 21, Guangzhou Restaurant's rhubarb rice Tangyuan, tea soup Tangyuan, and new flavors of Tangyuan, such as Sanquan five black and five red Tangyuan have been searched for more than 40,000 times, an increase of 50% from the previous period. Durian Tangyuan was searched for 1.4 times, as many as the black sesame Tangyuan, and the amount of searches for chocolate Tangyuan is 2.5 times as much as that of the five-kernel Tangyuan. Among them, the matcha tea Tangyuan become the product with the fastest popularity gaining speed, with a search volume increase of 253% year-on-year. The sales of chocolate flavor in Jiangsu, Hunan, Zhejiang and other southern provinces and cities increased more than 2 times.

SIAL Shanghai 2024 learned from the person in charge of JD Supermarket that on this year's Lantern Festival consumers have a strong willingness to try new flavors, so the sales of a variety of new Tangyuan are expected to reach 1 million.