Dairy bioactives increasing
There is increasing activity within dairy derived bioactives, suggests a report, The World Market for Dairy Bioactives 2015-2019.
The product range continues to expand, more patents are being issued and the number of new consumer products launched containing these bioactives is continuously increasing. The current market size, estimated to more than 55,000 MT is growing by close to 10% per annum.
The market for dairy bioactives is being driven by the broader nutrition industry, ie, infant formula, sports nutrition, dietary supplements, clinical nutrition and functional foods.
The major players are the large dairy ingredient companies with significant technological depth and global market reach, eg, Arla Foods Ingredients and Fonterra.
Tage Affertsholt, managing partner in 3A Business Consulting, says, “The dairy bioactives business is a high tech risk and potentially a high reward business, as it takes considerable knowledge and resources in processing technologies, regulatory aspects, including claims and marketing capability to be successful.
“Generally, bioactives addressing the current health issues have excellent growth opportunities, and dairy-derived bioactives will be part of the solution in the future.”