CDDMarket Assessment

Market Assessment of Premium Frozen Dessert in the USA

Granular market intelligence sized a $550M+ U.S. mochi ice cream category, clarifying value-chain economics, competitive positioning, and channel strategy to guide a premium frozen dessert market entry.

October 20, 2025

CDDMarket Assessment

Market Assessment of Premium Frozen Dessert in the USA

October 20, 2025

How granular market intelligence across a $550M+ mochi ice cream category enabled data-driven positioning and channel strategy for a premium frozen dessert entrant

Challenge

Category nascency: Limited syndicated data with mochi ice cream representing <1% of frozen dessert TAM, obscuring true market dynamics
Scanner coverage gaps: Club (Costco) and specialty (Trader Joe's) under-represented in MULO data, masking 25-35% of actual retail velocity
Value chain opacity: Manufacturing economics, cold-chain requirements, and multi-tier distribution costs poorly documented across emerging category
Competitive fragmentation: 30-40 active participants spanning scale brands (My/Mochi, Bubbies), private label, and import tail with limited share transparency
Geographic concentration: West Coast Asian-American affinity vs. national expansion potential unclear without regional demand modeling

Solution

Dual-method market sizing: Top-down frozen novelty decomposition (bites/bon-bons → mochi share) + bottom-up brand/channel triangulation to bracket $500-$600M range
Value chain dissection: End-to-end mapping from glutinous rice sourcing and specialized manufacturing through cold-chain logistics and multi-tier distribution economics
Channel-specific RTM: Granular route-to-market analysis across 7 retail formats (grocery/mass, club, specialty, drug/dollar, c-store, e-comm) and 4 foodservice segments
Competitive benchmarking: 8+ branded players (My/Mochi, Bubbies, imports) plus private label share/economics quantified across SKU architecture and price positioning
Regional demand modeling: Population density × Asian-American concentration × banner distribution (Costco, Trader Joe's) to forecast West, Northeast, South, Midwest splits

Key Results

Market Sized

$550M

2024 U.S. retail (ex-foodservice) with 7-10% CAGR to 2030

Channel Economics

7 Formats

62% grocery/mass, 13% club, 11% specialty, 14% other mapped

Competitive Map

8+ Players

My/Mochi (leader), Bubbies, TJ's PL, imports benchmarked

Regional Demand

4 Regions

West 35%, South 28%, Midwest 20%, Northeast 17% modeled

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Market Assessment of Premium Frozen Dessert in the USA

Market Assessment of Premium Frozen Dessert in the USA

Challenge

Solution

Key Results

Market Sized

Channel Economics

Competitive Map

Regional Demand

Growth Strategy for Construction HR/Time Management SaaS

AI-Driven Investment Memo Acceleration for a PE Secondary Transaction

Market Assessment for one of the Big 4 Firms

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