Posted on 22nd Jun 2009 @ 10:49 AM

According to new market research report, World Markets for Fermentation Ingredients, the global market for fermentation products was nearly $16 billion in 2008, and is expected to increase to $22.4 billion by the end of 2013, for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7%.

The amino acids segment has the largest share of the market at $5.4 billion in 2008, and an expected increase by 2013 to more than $7.8 billion, for a CAGR of 7.6%.

The market for industrial enzymes was the second-largest segment at $3.8 billion in 2008, with an expected rise to $4.9 billion in 2013, for a CAGR of 8.9%.

During the past four years, substantial changes of the industry setup have taken place. The most important products manufactured by fermentation are still the same -- crude antibiotics, organic acids, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, polysaccharides, and carotenoids. For virtually all of these categories, markets expanded strongly, but the production landscape changed massively.

The market value of crude-fermentation-derived antibiotics is estimated at $1.8 billion for the year 2008. This value is much less than the estimates of many analysts as it refers to the actual trade value of crude products and is supposed to reflect reality more accurately. Consumption increased by more than 10% per year during the past five years, but prices, after some erratic movements in 2006 and 2007, are back to the standard low levels. In contrast to expectations, expansion of consumption took place primarily in the veterinary and in-feed sectors.

The report reviews the global fermentation industry with emphasis on major fermentation-derived products used in food, feed, pharmaceutical, and technical applications. It provides the most up-to-date information on quantities manufactured, prices and market value developments, and on industry structures. It enables the reader to understand the industry in general, provides in particular insight into the inter-relationship between the ethanol and other carbohydrate-using industries.

Details of the new report, table of contents and ordering information can be found on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: World Markets for Fermentation Ingredients.