Ingredients Market Overview

The global sector of ingredients is currently experiencing profound changes in connection with the development of new sources of ingredients (plant, fungi, algae-based…) and new technologies such as precision fermentation.

In the dairy world, technical dairy ingredients, essentially proteins, became a business unit of its own, with more and more advanced fractionation of milk and a fiercely competitive landscape, pushing global players to be innovative and to create value from the nutritional and /or functional qualities of their ingredients.

Over several years, Gira provides a unique database on production, trade and applications of technical dairy ingredients, such as whey derivatives, caseins, milk protein concentrates, micellar caseins and native whey proteins, and answers strategic questions about opportunities for dairies in terms of geographical markets, applications, type of ingredients and the evolution of prices.

The sector of ingredients is changing like food sectors in general, with the boom of alternatives’ development. Gira has integrated these new ingredients, like plant protein concentrates/isolates, bio-engineered protein and fat, in its portfolio to provide a complete view of this sector, where competition is rising, but where the level of opportunities and innovation is vast.

Gira’s analysis closely follows key sectors in the application of these technical ingredients, like performance nutrition, adult, medical and infant nutrition, as well as the evolution of consumers’ trends in food sectors in general, to provide the key drivers of global and regional technical ingredients offer and demand.

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