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Global Food Encapsulation Market Overview

Food Encapsulation Market Size Was Valued at USD 14.61 Billion in 2023 and is Projected to Reach USD 28.39 Billion by 2032, Growing at a CAGR of 7.66% From 2024-2032.

Encapsulation includes the incorporation of food ingredients, organic acids, additives, essential oils, enzymes, cells or other shell materials in small capsules. Rising the applications for this technique in the food industry since the encapsulated materials are protected from moisture, heat or other extreme conditions, for upgrading their stability and maintaining viability which leads to growth of the market during forecast period. In addition, usage of encapsulation in foods to mask flavors and smell. Furthermore, different techniques are employed to form the capsules, including spray drying, spray chilling or spray cooling, extrusion coating, fluidized bed coating, liposome entrapment, coacervation, inclusion complexation, centrifugal extrusion and rotational suspension separation. For instance, the use of encapsulation for sweeteners such as aspartame and flavors in chewing gum is well known.

Food Encapsulation Market 2024 - Global Size, Share & Industry Trends By 2032

Market Dynamics And Factors

Drivers:

Growing the demand for encapsulation in food service industry owing to a different variety of foods is encapsulated through various flavoring agents, acids bases, artificial sweeteners, colorants, preservatives, leavening agents, antioxidants, agents with undesirable flavors, smell and nutrients, and others driving the market growth. Additionally, fats, starches, dextrin’s, alginates, protein and lipid materials can be waged as encapsulating materials.

An increasing in the global processed & packaged food demand owing to the rising preference for convenient and healthy food products will drive the market growth. Food encapsulation has authorized food & beverage manufacturers to repress the challenges corresponded with color, flavor, nutrition, and food preservation. Furthermore, enhanced standard of living coupled rise in health consciousness will boost the demand for products that are highly effective and offer improved nutrient uptake.

Additionally, most recent innovations include the encapsulation of foods in the segment of controlled release, carrier materials, development methods and sweetener immobilization. Latest markets are being developed and current research is underway to overcome the high production costs and insufficient of food-grade materials.

Restraints:

High cost of food encapsulation technologies, and competition for basic raw materials are key factors that hampering the market growth during forecast period.

Opportunities:

An emerging economy present immense growth opportunities due to the growing economic conditions and increasing the government support. Furthermore, there are an opportunity to develop new product or substitute product which help to boost the market in upcoming years. For Instance, in November 2019, Givaudan, the global major flavor and fragrance company has launched the new breakthrough fat encapsulation technology to overcome up to 75% of the fat content and 30% of the calories in meat substitutes.

Market Segmentation

Regional Analysis:

North America captures major share owing to enhanced shelf life and boost bio-availability offered by food encapsulation technologies. Moreover, the U.S. market is poured with products that claim nutrition, health and great taste at the same time. Rising the consumption of the functional food products might be accelerate the market growth in projected period. According to the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the United States is the prime consumer of the functional foods.

The Europe food encapsulation market holds a major share followed by North America due to the growing the demand for the convenient and healthy food products, and consumer preference towards premium food product due to high disposal income.

The Asia-Pacific Food Encapsulation market is driven by factors, such as an increasing interest for nourishment packaging, need for an increased shelf life, growing health consciousness among the consumers, a developing interest for utilitarian sustenance from the consumers are triggering the market growth over forecast period.

Food encapsulation market in Latin America is driven by various components such as rising popularity for exotic flavors, cuisines, changing dietary habits, rising importance if food products, and consistency in new product innovations, and is expected to continue over forecast period. In Middle East and Africa, growing the investment flow in food preservation industry integrated with increasing need for food with disease prevention benefits is anticipated to growth in upcoming years.

Players Covered in Food Encapsulation Market are:

Key Industry Developments

  • In June 2023, researchers at the University of Waterloo introduced an easy and cost-effective technique for precisely encapsulating core materials, which may consist of pure liquids or liquids with suspended functional ingredients. This advancement has the potential to significantly benefit various industrial applications.

Global Food Encapsulation Market

Base Year:

2023

Forecast Period:

2024-2032

Historical Data:

2017 to 2023

Market Size in 2023:

USD 14.61 Bn.

Forecast Period 2024-32 CAGR:

7.66%

Market Size in 2032:

USD 28.39 Bn.

Segments Covered:

By Type
  • Microencapsulation
  • Nanoencapsulation
  • Hybrid Encapsulation

By Application
  • Functional food products
  • Bakery products
  • Beverages
  • Dairy products
  • Others

By Core Phase
  • Probiotics
  • Vitamins and Minerals
  • Enzymes
  • Organic Acids
  • Others

By Shell Material Type
  • Lipids
  • Polysaccharides
  • Proteins
  • Emulsifiers
  • Others

By Region
  • North America (U.S., Canada, Mexico)
  • Europe (Germany, U.K., France, Italy, Russia, Spain, Rest of Europe)
  • Asia-Pacific (China, India, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Rest of APAC)
  • Middle East & Africa (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE, Africa, Rest of MEA)
  • South America (Brazil, Argentina, Rest of SA)

Key Market Drivers:
  • Increasing Demand for Processed & Packaged Food Driving the Growth of Market

Key Market Restraints:
  • High Cost of Food Encapsulation Technologies

Key Opportunities:
  • Development of New Products

Companies Covered in the report:
  • International Flavors and Fragrance Inc., DSM, Ingredion Incorporated, Kerry Group, Cargill Incorporated, Lycored Group, and Other Major Players
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