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Gira knows food – and most of the actors in the European food chain. We operate in the drink and food sectors and the food-based retail chain throughout the whole of Europe and worldwide in some product sectors such as meat, fish and dairy.

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Reports

Industry information is rarely in short supply but who tells you what it means for your business? Gira’s reports and presentations, with strategic analyses and operational recommendations, add value to the information. With over 50 years of total immersion in the world’s food business we apply the value to your individual situation and needs.

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The Lactoferrin & Lactoperoxidase Global Markets study

Dairy

(2nd Edition published July 2024) Latest developments in the global Lactoferrin market and the global Lactoperoxidase market, including supply outlook and innovative applications   Lactoferrin is gaining more and more attention worldwide, attracting new players, primarily from the dairy industry, but also from the precision fermentation sector. The global production capacity of lactoferrin has been

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Gira Dairy Club 2024

Dairy

(14th Edition published in October 2024) The Gira Dairy Club (GDC) provides an exclusive, annual analysis of milk production and the main dairy commodities in each of the world’s major producing, consuming and trading countries.

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Gira Ingredients Club 2024

Dairy, Global, Technical Ingredients

(2nd edition published September 2024) Be part of Gira’s second Gira Ingredients Club this September…focusing on sustainability, protein alternatives and development strategies, etc   Why the Gira Ingredients Club? Gira created the Gira Ingredients Club (GIC), dedicated to dairy and non-dairy ingredients, to address the shared objectives, issues, and challenges faced by clients from various

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Gira Meat Club 2024

Meat

(48th edition published December 2023) The Gira Meat Club (GMC) provides a unique outlook of global meat markets. It combines short and mid-term forecasts with insight as to the key dynamics and issues by market. Gira knows how crucial it is for the global industry to understand this during these uncertain times.

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Potential impact of an HPAI (bird flu) outbreak in Brazil on the global poultry industry

Meat

(Published February 2024) For full details on this report, download the brochure above. If you have any questions and would like to speak directly with the project management team, contact our Meat Director, Rupert Claxton at rclaxton@girafood.com.

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Bake-off Bakery Markets in Europe

Bakery

(6th Edition to be Published Summer 2024) Bake-off is the strongest growing sector in a European bakery product market, still recovering from the COVID-19 crisis. Bake-off bakery products remain the key target for the majority of Europe’s industrial bakers. But where are the most realistic opportunities in the bake-off sector? Are there any new threats

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Gira Asia Meat Club 2025

Meat

(12th edition published February 2024) Running alongside the long-standing Gira Meat Club, the Gira Asia Meat Club gives insight into the developments and changes in the Asian meat sector.

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Dynamic Bakery Segments : Soft buns, Flatbreads, Doughnuts and US/American pastries

Bakery

(2nd edition published in November 2023) The European bakery market is mature and will face major challenges, however, four dynamic product segments (soft buns, flatbreads, doughnuts and US/American Pastries ) are showing promising growth rates and are of increasing interest for consumers – and therefore for all players along the bakery chain.

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The Global Market for Milk Sugars: milk/whey permeates and lactose

Dairy, Global, Technical Ingredients

(1st Edition to be published in September 2023) The global market for milk sugars is driven on the supply side by growing raw material availability (more and more milk and whey protein concentrates) and on the demand side by the development of lactose derivatives like lactulose, lactitol and GOS.

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European Bakery Companies Panorama

Bakery

(4th Edition Published October 2022) The only pan-European industrial bakery, databank with explanation and informed opinion on what it means. Gira’s Panorama, updated every three years, contains comprehensive corporate, structural and market information on the four major bakery products, bread, viennoiserie, patisserie and savoury pastry.

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Alt-Protein Outlook to 2031 – UK, France, Germany & The Netherlands

Dairy, Meat

(1st Edition to be published July 2022) For full details, click on the proposal title or the download button.

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Alt-Protein Outlook to 2031 – The US

Dairy, Meat

(1st Edition to be published July 2022) For full details, click on the proposal title or the download button.

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European Further Processed Meat Markets to 2025

Meat

(5th edition published February 2022) The European and UK processed meat market is vast at approximately 14 million tonnes product weight. It is also extremely diverse and complex – with a multitude of national and regional variations.

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The Different Business Models of Bakery Chains in Europe

Bakery, Foodservice

(Published January 2022) There are over 50,000 bakery and coffee shop chain outlets in Europe, which hold 15% of fresh bakery distribution in Europe and 13% share of industrial fresh and bake-off bakery product production, due to owned manufacturing plants. With blurring boundaries between retail and foodservice, and in a growing industrial competitive environment, there is an

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China’s Alternative Protein Market

Dairy, Meat

(1st Edition Published June 2021) For full details on this study, click on the download button above.

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Long term Dairy Trends…What could happen by 2030?

Dairy

What will the dairy world look like in 10 years? In recent years, shifts in the dairy industry were underway, albeit at a relatively low level. Covid-19 has punctured several strong and pronounced consumer trends and driven a consumer reversion to known comforts. However, this situation is temporary and therefore is unlikely to last much

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Covid-19 Crisis : Impact on European Bakery Markets

Bakery

(Published March 2021) Covid-19 started in Wuhan on 10th December 2019, but didn’t make global consciousness until mid-January 2020. The Chinese lock-down hit the front pages across the world on the 23rd January 2020 as 10 cities were shut down. The disruption and fear became global, touching every aspect of business and social life!

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European Meat Companies Panorama 2020

Meat

(4th Edition Published November 2020) Efficient and proactive slaughter firms are crucial to the future of the European meat chain and those who depend on it. Over the last decade, ownership, strategies and reach of the top slaughter firms have evolved. The time is right to accurately position who the Top 100 EU meat companies

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Covid-19: Global Crisis Analysis

Dairy, Meat

(Published April 2020) The Black Swan Event of a Generation Covid-19 started in Wuhan on 10th December 2019, but didn’t make global consciousness until mid-January 2020. With the global disruption and fear now touching every aspect of business and social life, the food industries of the world are facing challenges of an unimaginable scale only

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Global market dynamics in Technical Dairy Ingredients Markets to 2025

Dairy

(2nd Edition Published December 2020) This study describes, measures and forecasts the production, trade and end-uses of the main industrially produced, “technical” ingredients sold in the multiple forms of whey proteins, caseins and milk powders used for human consumption, as well as of standard vegetable fat-filled milk powder. 

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Asian ASF – Global Impact Analysis

Meat

(Published September 2019) ASF in China has become the disruptor of a decade… The rapid spread of ASF through China’s naive and fragmented pig herd is decimating supply. It is claimed that some regions have lost 80% of the standing herd.  The repercussions are massive: in China, in Asia … and for the Rest of

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Long Term Meat 2027 – Long-Term Strategic Trends in World Meat Markets

Meat

(6th Edition Published May 2018) Gira is delighted to annouce the completion of the sixth edition of the Long Term Strategic Trends in World Meat Demand and its Market Segmentation, Supply and Trade through 2027.

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