Ability to Increase Shelf Life Ensures Bright Future of Specialty Ingredients Markets

Specialty ingredients are used in foods and beverages, health and nutrition, as well as in cosmetics and personal care products, to add a specific benefit to the core recipe of the product, making it advantageous to both the consumers and the manufacturers. The benefits that specialty ingredients provide include improved taste, enhanced texture, longer shelf life, more nutrition, and better visual appeal, among several others.

Specialty Ingredients Market to Exhibit 6.60% CAGR 2015-2021

Major specialty ingredients used in food and beverages include:

1.    Corn Sweeteners     
2.    Crystalline Fructose
3.    Citric Acids
4.    Enzymes
5.    pH Control Salts
6.    Proteins
7.    Flavors
8.    Flavor Enhancers
9.    Fats and oils
10.  Soy Protein
11.   Vegetable Proteins
12.   Bioactives
13.   Colorless Fiber
14.   Flavorless fiber
15.   Preservatives and Antioxidants
16.   Vitamins and Minerals
17.   Textureless Fiber
18.   Starches
19.   Food acids
20.   Emulsifiers

The specialty ingredients market is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 6.60% in the period from 2015 to 2021, according to a report published by Transparency Market Research. The growth of the market is attributed to the increase in demand for personal care products, the growing food and beverages sector, and the growing health awareness among the global population.

Avoiding Food Wastage by Use of Specialty Ingredients

Specialty ingredients such as salts, acids, antioxidants, flavors, flavor enhancers, citric acid, starch, vinegar, and corn syrup solids are used in a variety of foods and beverages to increase their shelf life as well as to preserve their freshness, flavor, and nutrients. This helps in avoiding wastage of food due to bacterial growth, souring of dairy products, and deterioration of food in general. Foods and beverages are prone to rotting or perishing due to a combination of high temperatures and humidity, which are conditions conducive to the growth of microbial cultures. As such, the inclusion of specialty ingredients in foods and beverages to increase their shelf life has saved a large quantity of food products from being discarded. In fact, two or more specialty ingredients are used in some food products to enhance the food quality and protect it.

Similar to increasing the shelf life of food products, many of the leading manufacturers of specialty ingredients are focusing on developing and introducing specialty ingredients that can be used to increase the shelf life of personal care products.

Growing Demand for Natural Specialty Ingredients in Personal Care Products

An increasing number of people are obsessed about reversing the aging process and maintaining a younger looking skin. Thus, there has been a growing demand for anti-aging products. As more and more people are becoming aware of the negative effects of chemicals used in skin care products to show quick results, the demand for safer replacements is growing. Consumers are demanding the use of natural specialty ingredients such as antioxidants, additives, antimicrobials, and others as opposed to harsher chemicals. Thus, synthetic specialty ingredients are being replaced by the use of natural specialty ingredients, especially in India, Indonesia, South Korea, and China.

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Specialty Ingredients Market to be driven by increasing Health Awareness across the globe

Specialty ingredients add specific benefits to the core recipe of a food product. Specialty ingredients are often used in food products to preserve the flavor, nutrients, and freshness of the products. These ingredients benefit the end consumer thanks to the enhanced health profile, improved taste, image and appearance, as well as shelf-life of the food product.

As specialty ingredients are constantly influencing consumer preferences on a global level, the specialty ingredients market is rising at a CAGR of 6.6% for the forecast period 2015 to 2021. Transparency Market Research, a leading market firm in the U.S., states that the specialty ingredients market will reach US$320.6 billion by 2021 from a value of US$205.2 billion in 2014. 

Growing health awareness is the main factor spurring the demand for health and nutrition specialty ingredients among consumers. The personal care ingredients market is a dynamic market with burgeoning potential and growth opportunities. As consumer awareness about the functional benefits offered by specialty ingredients and personal care food products grows, the demand for specialty ingredients market is rising at a rapid pace globally. 

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Marketers have gained a number of ways to market specialty ingredients by emphasizing their benefits. Here’s a closer look at some of the major benefits that will drive the specialty ingredients market in major geographic regions such as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Middle East till the onset of the next decade. 

Functional Benefits Driving the Specialty Ingredients Market 

Use of Specialty Ingredients in Personal Care Products

Specialty ingredients for personal care products are based on their ability to impart a unique performance benefit to a formulated product. Specialty ingredients are extremely valuable to cosmetic formulators. For instance, anti-ageing creams are highly popular due to the anti-ageing specialty ingredients present in their formulations. Similarly, many cosmetic manufacturers have increasingly started adding bioactive ingredients in skin, hair and oral care products for better effect. 

Specialty ingredients also help marketers gain a competitive advantage with household cleaning fluids, hospital cleaning solutions, and disinfectants. Addition of new flavors time and again is driving the specialty ingredients market at a considerable rate.

Natural, Biobased Specialty Ingredients Keep Animals Healthy 

Specialty ingredients provide nutritional benefits and improve the palatability and enzymes for flavor development, process control, and digestive support in animals. Due to specialty ingredients such as digestible carbohydrates, prebiotic fibers, and vegetable proteins, the necessary nutritional needs in animal products are met. Food products prepared with natural specialty ingredients help improve the overall health of animals. 

Specialty Ingredients gives a Facelift to Food and Beverages Market 

The specialty food ingredients market is experiencing an upward trend due to the rise in the demand for healthy and tasty food, due to the changing lifestyles of the consumers. Moreover, growing incidence of diabetes and obesity compels consumers to focus more on a healthy lifestyle, and low fat and multi-functional food products. Foods equipped with specialty ingredients provide clinically proven health benefits to consumers in terms of ease of use and health.

From a consumer standpoint, they are mainly looking out for variety in ingredients and flavors. This is one of the main reasons specialty ingredients have become so popular in the recent times. 

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Nowadays, specialty beverages are the fastest growing trend in the food and beverages market. This category typically includes teas, sparkling sodas, limeades, smoothies, shakes, lemonades, and even specialty sodas. Specialty beverages are forecast to show double-digit growth over the next five years.