Russia’s Packaged-Nut Market Reaches 148 Billion Rubles After Five Years of Growth

Packaged-nut sales rise 13% in 2025

Russia’s packaged-nut market reached turnover of 148 billion rubles in 2025, an increase of 13% from the previous year, according to BusinesStat data reported by Shop & Mall. Over five years, the market expanded by 50%, indicating sustained growth in consumer spending on packaged nuts rather than a single-year surge.

The figures create opportunities for processors, private-label suppliers and consumer brands, but they also raise the operational demands placed on production sites. Companies must expand assortments and output while ensuring that equipment failures do not interrupt packaging schedules or prevent them from meeting planned volumes.

Masterfood digitizes maintenance operations

Masterfood, described by Shop & Mall as one of Russia’s major natural-food companies, has automated its management of repairs and production incidents. The company selected the Okdesk platform to consolidate maintenance requests and improve the speed at which specialists learn about faults and respond to disruptions.

Before the change, repair requests arrived through different channels, some were lost, and priorities were assigned informally, according to Denis Zharinov, technical director of Masterfood’s production site. As a result, breakdowns considered critical for production could remain unresolved for longer than the company’s standards allowed.

Under the new process, every equipment fault is recorded in a single system and automatically assigned a priority, responsible employee and response deadline. Zharinov said the system enabled faster responses to abnormal production situations and reduced equipment downtime. It also provides data on incidents by site, equipment type and period, supporting preventive-maintenance planning and efforts to limit recurring failures.

Scale increases pressure on processors

Masterfood has operated for more than 26 years and produces and supplies natural foods and ingredients. Its portfolio includes the Botanica, NaturFoods, Snack&Go, Gloriss and Garnica brands, alongside private-label manufacturing. The wider range covers nuts, dried fruit, fish snacks, canned foods, confectionery, cereals and coffee.

The company works with suppliers in more than 30 countries through direct imports, produces over 300 million packs annually and has more than 10 partner production sites across 8 countries. This footprint makes maintenance visibility important beyond individual machines: an unresolved incident can affect production planning, packaging capacity and the availability of finished products.

For the packaged-nut sector, market growth is therefore increasing competition on both product range and execution. Brands and contract manufacturers can pursue higher volumes, but their ability to benefit from the 148-billion-ruble market depends partly on controlling stoppages and coordinating repairs across facilities. Masterfood’s investment shows how processors are using centralized incident data to protect output as the market expands.