Research and Markets: Food Additives: The U.S. Market 2013-2018 - Analysis of the $5.8 Billion Industry

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/6r7s5f/food_additives) has announced the addition of the "Food Additives: The U.S. Market" report to their offering.

The total market value of food additives in the U.S. increased from $4.3 billion in 2007 to $4.8 billion in 2012, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.1%. Projected market values will increase more rapidly during 2013 through 2018, from $4.9 billion to $5.8 billion, resulting in a CAGR of 3.5%. Market growth will be led by color additives, a category that will continue to expand based on increasing penetration of new and costly natural colors, driving a CAGR of 7.8%. Other additives with moderate to strong growth will include preservatives (based primarily on growth in emerging natural formulations, which will offset continued losses in conventional and synthetic preservatives; CAGR of 4.7%); stabilizers, thickeners, binders, and texturizers (CAGR of 3.9%), fat replacers (CAGR of 3.9%), and flavor enhancers (CAGR of 3.7%).

The U.S. Food Additives Market Overview evaluates the existing size and anticipated future growth of the U.S. food additives market, with breakdowns for the following categories of food additives: color additives; emulsifiers; fat replacers; flavor enhancers; humectants; pH controllers; preservatives; and stabilizers, thickeners, binders, and texturizers. Markets and market growth potential are evaluated for 16 categories of common center store food categories based on SymphonyIRI data for mass-market channels, corporate earnings reports, and other available data, combined with market trends and growth factors discussed above and within the report.

Key trends include:

• Slack or in some cases even falling markets across several artificial food additive categories;
• Proliferation of new natural color additives and other categories of natural additives are driving growth in the overall market;
• Rapid research and development (R&D) within the natural food additives industry; R&D will drive development of new natural additives, which will support market growth through the close of the decade;
• Recent NGO publications on what are being billed as loopholes in the FDA's additive approval process are stirring public concern and political will to revise FDA policies and regulations for food additives. This could produce notable near to mid-term change in the U.S. food additives industry.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1 Executive Summary

Chapter 2 Trends and Opportunities

Chapter 3 Food Additives Overview

Chapter 4 Market Size and Growth

Chapter 5 Regulatory Trends and Influence on Markets

Chapter 6 Market Dynamics and Critical Trends

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