Rice Flour Market

Global Rice Flour Market Size (2024 to 2029)

The Global Rice Flour Market size was valued at USD 813.65 million in 2024 and is anticipated to reach an extent of USD 1013.54 million with a CAGR of 4.5%.

Rice flour is prepared by grinding the rice grains into a coarse or fine powder. Rice flour is commonly used as a substitute for wheat flour because of no gluten. Simultaneously, rice flour is used in sauces, soups, and gravies as a thickening agent. Rice flour contains choline, it is necessary to maintain the vital components of the membranes. Rice flour is used in the preparation of baked goods, rice noodles, and desserts, which is anticipated to accelerate the global rice flour market in the future.

The expanding mindfulness about gluten-free items has powered the interest for natural rice flour, particularly from purchasers experiencing gluten intolerance and celiac sickness. Gluten affectability can prompt stomach-related problems, irritation, swelling of the small digestive tract, cerebral pain, obstruction, the runs, weight reduction, and consideration shortage hyperactivity issue (ADHD). Also, the inaccessibility of a particular remedy for celiac ailment has additionally constrained shoppers to change to a gluten-free diet. This expanding inclination for sans gluten food items will be a noteworthy factor filling natural rice flour market development all through the following five years. 

The developing concern about nature and animals, government assistance has helped the fame of organic food items. Natural cultivating includes the utilization of natural composts, herbicides, fungicides, and other everyday ingredients which improve the efficiency of land and nature of the developed harvests. Natural cultivating doesn't require the utilization of fake substances and harmful synthetic compounds, pesticides, and composts, consequently limiting soil and air contamination. Natural cultivating is additionally increasingly beneficial for ranchers, as essential items are more costly than their inorganic partners. Government impetuses will additionally urge ranchers to receive natural growing strategies. The development of natural cultivating, combined with rising ecological concern, will be necessary for rice flour market patterns, which will drive the growth of the market at a CAGR of nearly 8% during the estimated time frame. 

MARKET DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS

The expanding mindfulness about celiac sicknesses coming about because of the utilization of grains, for example, grain, rye, and wheat have prompted the interest for non-gluten items. There is right now no solution for celiac sickness, and changing to a gluten-free diet comes as the leading choice to abstain from building up the condition. This has prompted the development sought-after for gluten-free food items, for example, rice flour, which is relied upon to become further during the gauge time frame. This will drive the global rice flour market development over the conjecture time frame. One of the significant difficulties in the development of the global rice flour market is the value unpredictability of grains because of climatic changes. Inconsistencies in the atmosphere and occasional varieties fundamentally influence crops, unfavorably affecting agricultural yields in numerous locales, in the end bringing about variations in contribution just as yield costs. In addition, fluctuating expenses of vitality, synthetic compounds, and composts additionally lead to instability in the expenses of yields. 

The expanding reception and acknowledgment of natural-based rice flour are one of significant rice flour market patterns. Natural rice flour is produced using naturally developed rice, which is liberated from manures, pesticides, additives, and cancer-causing agents. Wellbeing cognizant shoppers are progressively searching for natural and regular ingredients. They are searching for clean names, non-GMO, and without-hormone food items. This pattern has urged sellers to dispatch natural creation activities. The rice flour market estimate report predicts the market will develop at a CAGR of nearly 4% during the forecast time.

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SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS

Global Rice Flour Analysis By Product Type

Rice flour has the largest market due to rice in its usage in bakeries and sweets.

Global Rice Flour Analysis By Application

Non-food applications consist of biomaterials, glue, and bioplastics. Other application segments include baby food and roux. Bakery and bread products are the fastest-growing applications in the market.

REGIONAL ANALYSIS

As of now, the market in the Asia Pacific records for the most elevated offer in the global rice flour market in income terms, inferable from high per capita utilization of rice flour in rising economies in the district. The market in Europe represented the second-most elevated income share in the worldwide rice flour market, because of the high utilization of rice and appeal for confectionery items, trailed by business sectors in North America, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa separately.

The market in the Asia Pacific is anticipated to observe the quickest development regarding income, inferable from expanding rice creation, and developing mindfulness about the utilization of natural nourishment items in the area. Also, the business sectors in Latin America and the Middle East and Africa are relied upon to observe moderate development over the estimated time frame. Likewise, income from the market in the Middle East and Africa is anticipated to enlist a notable CAGR over the next few years. 

KEY PLAYERS IN RICE FLOUR MARKET 

Major Key Players in the Global Rice Flour Market are Burapa Prosper, Archer Daniels Midland Company, Thai Flour Industry, Ardent Mills Canada, Rose Brand, ConAgra Foods, Inc, Koda Farms, Associated British Foods plc, Lieng Tong, General Mills Inc, Pornkamon Rice Flour Mills

RECENT HAPPENINGS IN THE MARKET

• Organizations launch new products to expand their market infiltration. Key players, for example, Ardent Mills, Archer Daniels Midland Co., Associated British Foods plc, ConAgra Foods, Inc., General Mills Inc., Hindustan Unilever Limited, Wilmar International Limited, and Cargill upgrade their item portfolios by propelling flour with various characteristics for various applications. 
• In 2016, Ardent Mills reported its goal to get the Mondelez Canada flour factory, situated in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. The plant delivers hard and delicate wheat flour for its Canadian pastry shops and various food fabricating clients. The exchange is relied upon to shut in the following scarcely any weeks.
• In 2015, Ardent Mills, the head flour-processing and ingredients organization, collaborated with the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer (MLS) for a season-long offering system to profit Food Bank of the Rock. An increasing number of customers are watching out for more beneficial food that is made with natural ingredients, and have a decent taste. ADM is as of now helping clients satisfy that developing need with its far-reaching arrangement of elements and flavors. Right now, it is growing its portfolio much further by offering clients worldwide with an extensive exhibit of extraordinary stevia and priest organic product sugars. They are satisfied to join forces with GLG, which has a shown advantage in creating non-GMO stevia varietals and a pipeline of future inventive items.
• In August 2016, the rice starch and rice flour businesses of Sun Flour Industry Company have been acquired by Ingredion.
• In December 2019, the provider of rice and old grains Western Foods, LLC acquired American Sunny Foods, Inc., a Stockton, California-based rice flour maker. Located in the center of California's median rice-growing region, Western Foods supplies a variety of gluten-free and allergen-free products to food processors worldwide.

DETAILED SEGMENTATION OF GLOBAL RICE FLOUR MARKET INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT   

This research report on the global Rice Flour Market has been segmented and sub-segmented based on Product Type, Application & region. 

By Product Type

• Rice Flour
• Brown Rice Flour
• Glutinous Rice Flour
• Others

Rice flour has the largest market due to rice in its usage in bakeries and sweets.

By Application

• Rice Noodle
• Rice Pasta
• Sweets and Desserts
• Snacks
• Bakery and Bread Products
• Thickening Agent
• Animal Feed
• Pet Food
• Non-Food

Non-food applications consist of biomaterials, glue, and bioplastics. Other application segments include baby food and roux. Bakery and bread products are the fastest-growing applications in the market.

By Region:

• North America - the United States and Canada
• Europe - United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Italy, and France
• The Asia Pacific - India, Japan, China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia
• Latin America - Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, and Rest of LATAM
• The Middle East and Africa - Africa and Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, Cyprus)