Global starch derivatives market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.4% during the forecast period (2020 - 2025).

  • The market is primarily driven by an extensive application spectrum of starch and its derivatives across various end-user sectors. Stringent regulations encouraging the use of natural ingredients across various sectors, including pharmaceutical, textile, fermentation, and cosmetics, is likely to propel the industry growth.
  • Paper and packaging is the underlying market for starch-based adhesives and is expected to witness healthy growth in the foreseeable future. Ever-increasing regulatory requirements toward low-emission adhesives are expected to fuel the demand for bio-based and biodegradable adhesives, which in turn, is expected to drive the market for starch and its derivatives.



Key Market Trends

Modified Starch is Strongly Accelerating the Overall Market For Starch Derivatives

The food & beverage industry accounts for the largest market share. Growth in functional food products, clean label demand, and achieving cost reduction in the production process are the major factors driving the applications of modified starch in the food industry. The paradigm shift of consumer towards low calorie food products is yet another factor that has resulted in number of food and beverage processing companies to incorporate modified starch to meet the propelling demand the functional/low-calorie food product. For instance, companies like Nestle have launched low-fat Greek yogurt, NESTL? a+ GREKYO, to promote functional/low-calorie dairy products in the market. Another dairy company, Tine has introduced yogurt with low-fat and rich protein content to serve the consumers’ demand for low-fat products. Hain Celestial has launched a low-fat product, kefir.

North America Emerges as The Largest Market for Starch Derivatives Market

North America leads the global starch and starch derivatives market, due to wide availability of corn, which has a broad array of food, non-food, and feed applications. Increasing adoption and awareness of the functionalities of starch and its derivatives in food and non-food industries in the countries have led to rapid demand for the ingredients for varied applications primarily countries like United States, Canada, and Mexico. A multitude of promising developments and innovations in the starch market are also poised to propel the demand for starch from the food industry in the region. A significant increase in demand for the weight management ingredients or food and functionally varied ingredients. Growing advancements in the technology of microencapsulation has expanded the starch industry, in developed regions like North America and in developing regions like the Asia Pacific.

Competitive Landscape

The global starch derivatives market is highly competitive and revenue share is acquired by several local and international players which leads in a fragmented and unorganised market at the global level. The presence of major players operating in the country, such as Cargil lncorporated, Archer Daniels Midland Company, and Ingredion Incorporated, have strengthened the market through their product offerings. The major global players have vast product lines and geographical reach, which give them an upper hand. In the recent past, ADM has done mergers and expansions, in order to strengthen its starch production capacity, which will ultimately help the company to position itself as one of the key players in the market studied. Continuous innovation to introduce new products, with functional benefits is the key competitive factor in the market. Key global players have thus intensified their R&D efforts, in order to develop niche and innovative products based on the requirements of the end-user industry.

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