Global Food Thickeners Market: Overview
Food thickeners are the food agents that help in increasing the consistency or thickness of the food without affecting the flavor or any other property of the food. The food thickener absorbs the fluid from the beverage making it thick. In the food & beverage industry, food thickeners are widely used to increase the viscosity of food products and the beverages which include sauces and puddings in combination with various ingredients.
Global Food Thickeners Market: Segmentation
The food thickeners market is globally segmented into the source, types, application, and form. On the basis of source, the global market is segregated into animal, plant, and microbial. Based on the type, the market is categorized into protein, hydrocolloids, and starch. Depending on the various applications of the food thickeners the market is divided into confectionery, dressings, beverages, convenience & processed foods, bakery, sauces, gravies, dairy, and frozen products. Based on the form, the market is fragmented into powder and gel.
Global Food Thickeners Market: Growth Factors
Factors such as the increasing requirement for the convenience foods, consumer preferring healthier lifestyles, growing awareness about healthy diet, and multiple advantages and functionalities that are associated with the food thickeners will accelerate the demand of food thickeners in the global market. Food thickener manufacturers are continuously making effort in order to make product innovation so that they can enlarge the portfolio of their product and are also making large investments; all these factors are driving the food thickeners market. Other factors that are contributing to the market growth are the improvements that are made in the functional and other organoleptic properties of the products. There are factors that will restrain the market growth which includes the high cost that is involved in the research & development of the production of the food thickeners and changes that are made in raw materials affect the growth of the market negatively.
Global Food Thickeners Market: Regional Analysis
The geographical segmentation of the food thickeners market includes North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Western Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. Asia Pacific region anticipates attaining the high volume in the global food thickeners market. The factor that contributes to this growth are the growing volume consumption in several varieties of the food thickeners in the Asia Pacific regional market is growing owing to the manufacturers of the food & beverages giving importance to the health aspects, improving the functional features which include texture and flavor, and are initiating the product innovation. North America will attain high value in the global market for food thickeners owing to the fact that there is high consumption of hydrocolloids, starch, protein, and starch derivatives thus increasingly used in the food & beverages application. European regions are also showing a considerable market growth.
Global Food Thickeners Market: Competitive Players
The market players that are involved in the food thickeners market are Archer Daniels Midland Company, Tate & Lyle Plc., CP Kelco, Cargill, Ingredion Incorporated, TIC Gums, Inc., Du Pont, Ashland Specialty Ingredients, and others.
Global Food Thickeners Market: Regional Segment Analysis
- North America
- U.S.
- Europe
- UK
- France
- Germany
- Asia Pacific
- China
- Japan
- India
- Latin America
- Brazil
- The Middle East and Africa
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