Market Trends of US Food Emulsifiers Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the US Food Emulsifiers Market according to our research experts:
Rising Demand For Lecithin
The lecithin market in the United States has witnessed a significant demand in recent years owing to the rising incidences of lifestyle-based health issues, such as cardiovascular diseases, obesity, osteoporosis, and diabetes, which have fuelled the consumers' need for food ingredients like lecithin. The majority of the demand for lecithin is from the food and pharmaceutical industry as in the food industry it is used as a food additive because of its functional property of anti-spatter and emulsifier. Liquid lecithin is used majorly in bakery & confectionery & industrial applications. Whereas powder lecithin is used in instant dry mixes, beverage premixes, etc. On the other side, in the pharmaceutical industry, it is used as a dispersing agent and helps in encapsulation and also has an application in the form of nutritional supplements. It also has high demand as an industrial element in industries, such as plastic, textile, rubber and paint industries, where it is used as a release agent, anti-sludge additive, emulsifier, spreading agent and for many other purposes.
Acquisitive Demand of Emulsifier in Bakery and Confectionery Industries
In baked goods, emulsifiers help with batter stabilization, enhancement of batter aeration or creaming, and crumb softening or shelf-life extension by reducing the rate of starch retrogradation. , and dough strengthening. Also, they help in dough strengthening by promoting aggregation and cross-linking of gluten-forming proteins, for better gas retention and optimum product volume. In addition, to these, products formulated with emulsifiers have superior dough handling properties, higher gas retention capacity for better volume, and extended shelf-life. he demulsifiers used in the bakery industries are regulated by the FDA in the United States.
