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Thursday, 27 October 2016

Global Food Encapsulation Market: Increasing Demand for Functional Food to Augment Growth, Says TMR

Accelerating spending on healthy, yet tasty and convenient food is the key driver of the global food encapsulation market. Other prominent applications of food encapsulation include confectionary items such as candies and chewing gums. In a report, titled “Food Encapsulation Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2019,” Transparency Market Research (TMR) presents insights into the growth drivers and restraints influencing the market’s trajectory.


Changing lifestyle has led to diversification in food items, which has translated into opportunities for the companies in the food encapsulation industry to launch functional foods. Functional foods and processed variants of fresh foods come with special disease prevention properties. The demand for functional foods has considerably increased in the past few years as they provide essential nutrients hence, their demand is significantly high among the health conscious population. This in turn is creating growth opportunities for the global food encapsulation market.

The market is also expected to gain from the demand for preservation techniques such as hybrid, nanoencapsulation and microencapsulation, which have seemingly altered the food encapsulation industry. Owing to the flexibility, versatility, and cost-effectiveness it offers, the microencapsulation is largely preferred over other techniques.

On the flip side, maintaining stability of encapsulated food during packaging and processing poses significant challenge to the market. Besides this, the high cost of the process is also hindering its widespread uptake across the food and beverages industry. Nevertheless, the rising demand for fresh and flavor food with longer shelf-life will create opportunities for the market. The global food encapsulation market is also expected to gain from the rising demand for fresh and convenient food across emerging economies.

North America currently holds the leading share in the global food encapsulation market, followed by Europe. The U.S. has emerged as a highly lucrative market for food encapsulation in North America. Besides this, the market is also expected to witness rising demand from emerging economies such as India and China.

These developing countries exhibit attractive prospects for the leading players in the global food encapsulation market. The companies are currently aiming to expand their footprint by establishing their facilities across emerging nations. The market in developing nations is also gaining from favorable government initiatives aimed at increasing the consumption of functional food in their countries in order to eradicate malnutrition.

Some of the key players operating in the market are Advanced BioNutrition Corporation, ABCO Laboratories Inc, Balchem Corporation, Aveka Group, Microencapsulation, Cargill Inc, Encapsys Coating Place Inc, Blue California, Firmenich Inc, FrieslandCampina Kievit, and GAT Food Essentials GmbH.


Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Nanotechnology in Food Industry – A Defining Trend for Global Food Encapsulation Market

Encapsulation controls and protects the release of bioactive compounds in the food. Food encapsulation stabilizes ingredients to remove unpleasant tastes and retain the original flavor of the food.

Transparency Market Research (TMR), in its new publication, highlights the major driving factors and restraints of the global food encapsulation market. As per the findings of the new report, this market is expected to benefit from the growing consumer preference for convenient and healthy food products. TMR’s expert team answers the following questions connected to the global food encapsulation market:

Q. What could drive and restrict the global food encapsulation market in the future?

A. Changing lifestyles have led to a diversification of food items, allowing functional foods to make inroads into the global market. Functional foods supply essential nutrients and also contain disease-preventing ingredients. The growing need to follow healthy eating habits is expected to drive the demand for functional foods and processed foods in the near future. Thus, healthier eating habits are likely to drive the global food encapsulation market as encapsulation promotes the development of functional food.

It is a big task for food encapsulation industries to maintain the consistency of encapsulated food products. This is one of the major challenges faced by manufacturers of encapsulated food. High cost of manufacturing encapsulated food is another factor, which leading players need to tackle. Stringent government regulations regarding the use of specific materials to manufacture encapsulated food limit the scope for introducing new products.

Q. Is there any connection between food encapsulation and nanotechnology?

A. Yes, nanotechnology is being increasingly implemented in food encapsulation. Nanoencapsulation is a new technology in food encapsulation, favoring the production of functional food. The growing application of nanotechnology in the field of functional food production is expected to increase the scope of research and development activities.


Lately, AVEKA Group, one of the leading companies in the global food encapsulation market was in the news. AVEKA Group provides micro encapsulation, particle food processing, and many other services. The company recently acquired CCE Technologies. With this acquisition, CCE Technologies is predicted to complement the process technologies of AVEKA to expand their food encapsulation processing capabilities.

Following is an overview of nanotechnology applications being currently tested and applied in the food encapsulation technology:
  • Agriculture: Nanocapsules are used to deliver fertilizers, pesticides, and other agri-chemicals efficiently.
  • Food processing: Nanocapsules are being used to improve the bioavailability of nutraceuticals in cooking oils.
  • Food packaging: Nanoclays are used in food products to prevent loss of oxygen and spoilage.
Q. What are the changing trends in the global food encapsulation market?
A. Changing trends in the technology are expected to create many new growth opportunities in the global food encapsulation market.

Renewable materials that can be easily fabricated can be beneficial in the manufacturing process of functional food. This is likely to benefit the global food encapsulation market.

Experts predict that nanotechnology will impact all phases of the food production chain, including processing, packaging, storage, sales, and distribution. As food scientists target specific solutions for manufacturing food, they are aiming to enter the food encapsulation space.

Confectionery food products such as candies and chewing gums require encapsulated sweeteners to maintain their sweetness. The growing demand for candies and chewing gums and their increasing varieties is expected to boost the global food encapsulation market.


Going forward, the global food encapsulation market is anticipated to achieve new milestones. The growing application of food encapsulation in food packaging, food processing, and agriculture is expected to create new growth opportunities in the global market. Key players such as ABCO Laboratories Inc, AVEKA Group, Encapsys Microencapsulation, and Advanced BioNutrition Corporation aim to invest more efforts to study the use of nanotechnology in food encapsulation.

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Global Food Encapsulation Market to Benefit from Rising Demand for Healthy yet Convenient Food

Food encapsulation is considered vital for stabilizing food ingredients and removing the bad taste of certain additives. In a new research report, titled “Food Encapsulation Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2019,” Transparency Market Research aims at identifying the various factors that have been crucial in determining the food encapsulation market’s growth trajectory. Hence, it presents insights into growth drivers and restraints influencing the market trends and identifies the opportunities that may prove lucrative for the market in the near future.

Food encapsulation covers techniques involving the incorporation of food ingredients, cells, enzymes, and other materials for use in the fermentation of food products such as dairy, beer, meat, and wine. Apart from these applications, the food encapsulation technique is also used when making confectionaries such as candies and chewing gum. Application of encapsulation has considerably increased across the food industry in recent years, since it protects the encapsulated food from extreme temperature fluctuations, moisture, and heat. As consumers around the world increasingly demand healthier variants of convenience food, analysts expect the market for food encapsulation to expand rapidly in response.

The changing lifestyle of consumers has been the primary factor fuelling demand for convenient food products, which in turn has compelled enterprises in the food encapsulation industry to introduce functional foods. Functional foods are highly nutritious and are known to have diseases preventing properties. Additionally, these foods can be preserved for a longer duration, which is a prime factor fuelling their demand globally. As the number of health-conscious consumers increases rapidly, the demand from the food encapsulation industry is also poised to surge in response in order to cater to the changing consumer preferences.


Regionally, the food encapsulation market has been gaining from the lucrative prospects in North America, which has emerged as a major manufacturer of encapsulated food products, followed by Europe. To provide a further detailed perspective of the market’s growth trajectory, the report segments the market based on type into hybrid technologies, nanoencapsulation, and microencapsulation. Owing to its flexibility, versatility, and cost-effectiveness, microencapsulation is preferred over hybrid technologies and nanoencapsulation.

Compiled with the intent of updating the market’s stakeholders about the prevailing market trends, the report also dedicates a section to analyzing the prevailing competitive landscape. It therefore includes the profiles of leading companies such as ABCO Laboratories Inc., Blue California, Encapsys Microencapsulation, Advanced BioNutrition Corporation, FrieslandCampina Kievit, Balchem Corporation, Cargill Inc., GAT Food Essentials GmbH, Aveka Group, Firmenich Inc., and Coating Place Inc., among others.

Using SWOT analysis, the strengths and weaknesses of these companies are evaluated and the opportunities and threats that they may witness in the forthcoming years are identified.

Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Global Food Encapsulation Market Driven by Changing Eating Habits with Increasing Economic Prosperity

Transparency Market Research presents a new market study that reports the progression of the global food encapsulation market for the 2013-2019 period. The report on the food encapsulation market brings to readers nuances as to why the market is witnessing exponential growth over the past few years. The report is titled, “Food Encapsulation Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2019.”

In this report, vital market indicators such as drivers, challenges, and opportunities that will mark the development of the global food encapsulation market are evaluated. Also, the report looks into the competitive hierarchy of this market as it changes across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World regions.

Food encapsulation involves the incorporation of food ingredients into small capsules in order to retain the food’s flavor and to mask odors. The technique involves immobilizing cells, for instance, at the time of fermentation of products such as beer, wine, dairy, and meat. Spray drying, extrusion coating, liposome entrapment, inclusion complexation, rotational suspension separation, spray chilling or spray cooling, fluidized bed coating, coacervation, and centrifugal extrusion are the techniques used for food encapsulation.

The report points out the various reasons that are directly or indirectly aiding the progression of the food encapsulation industry. First and foremost, due to increasing economic prosperity worldwide and access to a host of communication mediums, food habits of consumers have changed notably. From traditional fare that requires sit-down eating, consumers are moving towards the consumption of functional foods suitable for urban dwellers. Functional foods are either fresh or processed foods that prevent the growth of microorganisms and also supply essential nutrients. Thus, to cater to the diversifying food tastes, food encapsulation comes into play for stabilizing food ingredients.


In addition, the increasing preference for healthy food not compromising on the taste factor can also be attained using food encapsulation. Food encapsulation finds extensive use in confectionery items such as candies and chewing gums, wherein encapsulated sweeteners are needed to retain sweetness for long periods of time. However, food encapsulation has certain limitations as well, which restrain the growth of this industry. To maintain the stability of encapsulated food at the time of processing and packaging is a major limitation of food encapsulation.

On the basis of type, segments of the food encapsulation market are microencapsulation, hybrid technologies, and nanoencapsulation. Microencapsulation has an attractive cost-factor and also offers flexibility and versatility – the reasons for the preference of this technique over hybrid technologies and nanoencapsulation.

Top players that operate in the global food encapsulation market are ABCO Laboratories Inc., Aveka Group, Cargill Inc., Encapsys Microencapsulation, FrieslandCampina Kievit, GAT Food Essentials GmbH, Advanced BioNutrition Corporation, Balchem Corporation, Blue California, Coating Place Inc., and Firmenich Inc. among others.

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Transparency Market Research (TMR) is a global market intelligence company providing business information reports and services. The company’s exclusive blend of quantitative forecasting and trend analysis provides forward-looking insight for thousands of decision makers. TMR’s experienced team of analysts, researchers, and consultants use proprietary data sources and various tools and techniques to gather and analyze information.

TMR’s data repository is continuously updated and revised by a team of research experts so that it always reflects the latest trends and information. With extensive research and analysis capabilities, Transparency Market Research employs rigorous primary and secondary research techniques to develop distinctive data sets and research material for business reports.

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Friday, 16 October 2015

Food Encapsulation Market - Global Industry Analysis, Forecast 2013 – 2019

Food encapsulation is a method of stabilizing food ingredients to allow flavor retention, and remove bad taste. Food encapsulation involves techniques to immobilize cells for use within fermentation in food products such as beer, dairy, wine and meat. Consumer’s preference for healthy, tasty and convenient food products and these demands can be met by food encapsulation. Another application includes confectionary items such as chewing gums and candies which need encapsulated sweeteners in order to maintain sweetness over long periods of time.


Due to changing lifestyles there has been wide diversification in food items and this has led the food encapsulation industry players to introduce functional foods. Functional foods are processed or fresh foods that have disease preventing properties and they also supply essential nutrients. Newer way to preserve food is a need of today’s food market. The global increase in health conscious consumers is one of the major drivers for the food encapsulation industries. Maintaining stability of encapsulated food especially during packaging and processing is a major hindrance for food encapsulation industries.


Geographically, North America is the major manufacturer of food encapsulated products trailed by Europe. The market can be also segmented on the basis of types which include microencapsulation, nanoencapsulation and hybrid technologies. Preservation techniques such as microencapsulation and nanoencapsulation have altered the food encapsulation industry. Owing to its cost-effectiveness, flexibility and versatility, microencapsulation is largely preferred over nanoencapsulation and hybrid technologies.

Some of the key players in this market include ABCO Laboratories Inc, Advanced BioNutrition Corporation, Aveka Group, Balchem Corporation, Cargill Inc, Blue California, Encapsys Microencapsulation, Coating Place Inc, FrieslandCampina Kievit, Firmenich Inc and GAT Food Essentials GmbH among others.


This report is a complete study of current trends in the market, industry growth drivers, and restraints. It provides market projections for the coming years. It includes analysis of recent developments in technology, Porter’s five force model analysis and detailed profiles of top industry players. The report also includes a review of micro and macro factors essential for the existing market players and new entrants along with detailed value chain analysis.


About Us

Transparency Market Research (TMR) is a global market intelligence company providing business information reports and services. The company’s exclusive blend of quantitative forecasting and trend analysis provides forward-looking insight for thousands of decision makers. TMR’s experienced team of analysts, researchers, and consultants use proprietary data sources and various tools and techniques to gather and analyze information.

TMR’s data repository is continuously updated and revised by a team of research experts so that it always reflects the latest trends and information. With extensive research and analysis capabilities, Transparency Market Research employs rigorous primary and secondary research techniques to develop distinctive data sets and research material for business reports.

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Mr. Atil Chaudhari
90 State Street, Suite 700
Albany, NY 12207
Tel: +1-518-618-1030
USA - Canada Toll Free: 866-552-3453