Thiochemicals Market Trends

• In animal nutrition, thiochemicals are mostly used in the form of methyl mercaptan, which is used to make methionine. Methionine is primarily utilized in livestock and poultry feed as a dietary supplement.
• According to the Alltech Agri-Food Forecast for 2023, Europe and North America made the most pet food in the world in 2022. Together, they made more than 11 million metric tons.With a production volume of roughly 8.86 million metric tons, Latin America came in third.
• Alltech also says that the United States has the largest pet food market in the world. In 2021, pet food sales in the United States will bring in nearly USD 44 billion.It was also noteworthy that most of the leading pet food companies around the globe are based in the United States, like Mars Petcare Inc., Nestlé Purina PetCare, and J.M. Smucker.
• Due to a growing population, people all over the world are likely to eat more chicken. This is expected to increase the demand for chicken meat and eggs and increase the use of thiochemicals in the industry.
• The OECD-FAO Agricultural Forecast 2022-2031 predicts that the world's meat production will rise by 5% to 339 MT in 2021. This is mostly due to a 34% rise in China's pig meat production, which follows two years of sharp drops caused by an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF).Global meat imports were estimated to reach 40 MT in 2021, with imports of chicken taking the lead. Most of this increased demand for meat imports came from the top exporters, such as Brazil, the European Union, and the United States.
• The OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2022-2031 also said that by 2031, the amount of protein in chicken, pig, cow, and sheep meat would rise by 16%, 17%, 8%, and 16%, respectively.Compared to the period between 2019 and 2022, it is expected that 47% of all meat-based protein will come from chicken, followed by pig, sheep, and bovine.
• The projection also said that the world would eat 133,996.62 million tons of poultry meat in 2021 and 153,849.67 million tons of poultry meat in 2031.By 2031, poultry meat will still be the main reason why global meat production will have grown by 16%.

Increasing production and consumption of animal feed across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and Latin America is predicted to witness significant growth, which, in turn, is expected to augment product demand in the sector.