North America Starter Culture Market

North America Biotech Flavours Market Size, Share, Growth (2023-2028)

North America Biotech Flavours Market was worth USD 0.37 billion in 2023 and is estimated to be growing at a CAGR of 5.92%, to reach USD 0.49 billion by 2028.

North America Biotech Flavours Market Overview

Starter cultures contain microorganism in either activated or deactivated mode in liquid, dried or frozen form to initiate fermentation process. They are useful for the metabolic activity and enhance physical and chemical properties of the product under fermentation processes. Starter culture is key component in fermentation where alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage are made. Fermentation process is the most common cost-effective and famous method for food processing and preservation, which is useful to meet the increase in demand for packaged food and beverage products. It also plays an important role in dairy, baking and cheese manufacturing industries.Starter cultures are applied during the different stages of the manufacturing procedure to get the precise quality of fermentation in the beverages. The different forms of starter cultures are used as an important component for increasing flavour, colour and texture, in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The technological advancement such as development in the field of metabolomics and genomics in food microbes has made many new applications of starter culture. Moreover, in modern genetically modified starter culture, the users can pick the desirable properties and can suppress undesirable features within the same starter culture.

Increasing consumption of alcoholic beverages, Increased application in alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, the rising demand of beer in the developing countries such as Brazil, China and India,  companies involved in the starter culture market are continuously investing in newer technologies for the production of starter cultures in order to increase the efficiency and reduce the time, huge demand for the ready-to-drink and nutritive beverages across the globe, several initiatives that are being taken by the companies to improve their market share by adopting mergers & acquisitions as the most preferred strategy are the factors driving for the Starter culture market. However, lack of skilled professionals is going to be restraint for the market.

North America Biotech Flavours Market Segmentation

The starter culture market is segmented based on the product, application, and geography. On the basis of product type, the market can be segmented into yeast, molds, and bacteria. By application, market is divided into alcoholic beverages and non-alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages include whiskey, beer, wine, gin, vodka, and tequila. Non-alcoholic beverages include dairy products, kombucha, cereal based products, and fruit based drinks. Alcoholic beverages segment holds the majority of share of starter culture market whereas the non-alcoholic beverages is offering the highest growth to the market.

North America Biotech Flavours Market Regional Analysis

The North America market has been geographically segmented into segmented into US and Canada. As of 2016, North America leads the global starter culture market, accounting for more than 34% of the entire market share. The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages enhancing the growth of the starter culture market in this region.

North America Biotech Flavours Market Keyplayers

1. Lallemand Inc

2. Angel Yeast CO. Ltd

3. CSK Food Enrichment B.V

4. Lesaffre Group, Lactina Ltd

5. Dohler Group, Wyeast laboratories Inc.

6. Danisco A/S