Sugar-free Food Will Reach $27.40 Bn in 2016, According to a New Study on ASDReports

Thursday 21 January 2016, Amsterdam

A new report, now avaialable on ASDReports, predicts that the world market for sugar-free food will reach $27.40bn in 2016. This forecast and others appear in the Sugar-Free Food Market Report 2016-2026: Companies Leading The Free-From Trend For Chewing Gum, Ice Cream, Biscuits, Chocolate, Boiled Sweets & Cake Using Natural & Artificial Sweeteners report published by visiongain, a leading business intelligence provider based in London, UK.

The excessive consumption of added sugar is one of the major contributors in the increase of the overweight and obese population, as well as the rise of diabetes and related diseases. According to a new guideline on sugar consumption, published by the World Health Organization in 2015, the intake of sugar should be reduced to less than 10% of a total energy intake. In order to decrease the level of added sugar in a diet, many consumers will turn to sugar-free options, which will be the major driver of the market growth in the next ten years.

Currently, the sugar-free food market is a niche in the global food industry and comparing to other “free-from” markets, it is relatively small. However, the growing popularity of a healthy lifestyle and increasing media coverage of adverse effects of sugar consumption will largely contribute in the growth of the market in the forecast period.

While sugar-free food is becoming a more common choice among consumers, its taste and production technologies are the major obstacles for the growth of the industry. Visiongain has looked at the global sugar-free food market and identified the main driving forces, as well as focused on barriers to market development.