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Friday, 2 November 2018

Organic Coffee Market Globally Expected to Drive Growth through 2025

Organic is the latest buzzword and the food and beverage industry is one of the frontrunners in adopting it to grow its sales. The coffee market, for example, has come up with the organic variety grown without the use of inorganic pesticides and fertilizers. Its market has already become worth US$50 bn. In fact, organic coffee account for about a third of the organic beverages sold worldwide. The market is projected to expand at a healthy clip in the near future as well due to more and more people switching to organic stuff.


Organic coffee not just finds application in food and beverage, but also in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and personal care sectors. However, it is the food and beverage sector that is at the forefront of driving demand for it. The different types of organic coffee purveyed in the market are espresso coffee, fair trade coffee, coffee pods, and gourmet coffee. Of them, espresso and fair trade and espresso coffee will see their demand surge in the future.

Depending upon the type of distribution channel, the organic coffee market can be split into direct and indirect. The indirect segment can be further divided into specialty store, modern trade format, convenience store, e-tailing, and other retail formats. Among them, the modern trade format and e-commerce segment are predicted to pick up maximum steam and contribute to maximum sales in terms of volume on account of the convenience they accord.

Geographically, North America is a key market for organic coffee by dint of being in an already established market for organic food. Europe and Latin America are expected to emerge as prominent markets too because of massive consumption of coffee in the two regions. Asia-Pacific market is also predicted to rise to prominence because of the swift pace of urbanization and penetration of western culture café concept.

Organic Coffee is produced under strict conditions with the absence of inorganic pesticides and fertilizers. The coffee plant used for production is strictly non-GMO and the whole production process is carried under GMP practice regulated by different regulatory bodies like USDA and Agricultural and Agri-food Canada. The Organic food market is already valued approximately more than 50 Billion globally with organic coffee covering one-third of the organic beverage available in the market. The organic coffee market is expected to have a high growth through the forecast period due to the rise of organic trend globally. The attachment of fair trade with organic coffee products also adds a good amount of ethical consumer base in the global organic coffee market.

North America is anticipated to stay strong market for the organic coffee as it is an already established organic food market globally with over 40% share in the total organic food industry. Europe and Latin America to capture the following spots respectively as a major consumer due to large consumption of coffee traditionally. Asia-Pacific to also show healthy growth with its rapid urbanization and penetration of western culture café concept.

The main driver for the organic coffee market will be the advent of ethical-ness aligned with it. Most of the organically grown coffee producer uses fair trade method to rightfully pay the growers which are to attract a large number of ethical consumers globally. Benefits of organic coffee over conventional coffee and premium pricing is also anticipated to further drive the organic coffee market globally.

Low market penetration and premium pricing may result in restraint for the organic coffee market. The manufacturers of the organic coffee market should concentrate on marketing strategy to gain the untapped market successfully.

The global player for the organic coffee market are Rogers Family Company, Death Wish Coffee Co., Burke Brands Llc., Jungle Products Cr., Camano Island Coffee Roasters Llc., Specialty Java Inc., Coffee Bean Direct Llc., and Allegro Coffee Company.


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