Dietary Fibers- Applications and Global Market Forecasts to 2017

Today, the  global awareness about health has led to a great interest in food constituents like dietary fibers in recent decades which now drives the development of a large market for fiber-rich products and ingredients. 

  

What are Dietary Fibers ?

A food constituent or the indigestible part of the food that is derived mostly form plants and sometimes from waste of animals are called dietary fibers. They are also known as roughage.

Dietary fiber consists of non-digestible complex carbohydrates like such as cellulose, beta-glucans,, inulin, lignin, dextrins and pectins. 

Types of Dietary Fibers : 

• Soluble Fibers : Soluble dietary fibers are food components that dissolve in water. It changes as it pushes through the digestive system, absorbing water along the way where it fermented by bacteria and easing bowel movements. It converts into gelatinous as it absorbs water in digestive tract.Good sources of soluble fibers include seeds and oats, fruits,vegetables, legumes, lentils, soybeans etc.

• Insoluble Fibers : Insoluble dietary fibers are food components that does not dissolve in water. It remains intact as it goes through the digestive tract. Good sources of insoluble fibers include cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin along with whole grains. 

 

Benefits of Dietary Fibers on Health :

• Reduce high cholesterol levels.
• Promote bowel regularity.
• Normalize blood sugar levels.

The increasing health issues such as obesity and cardiac disorders have led to shift focus to consumption of  more fiber-rich food which in turn have given a great impetus to dietary fibers market to grow in recent years. 

The Dietary Fibers Market is segmented into two broad categories based on :

 

Applications:

• Fibers for the Food Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Chemistry, Technical Applications, Industrial Applications, Pet Care, Animal Nutrition etc.

 

Geography : 

The market is dived into major regions like North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Rest of World (ROW).

Source: US-FDA, EFSA, FAO, OECD, MarketsandMarkets Analysis

Market Trends and Forecast :

The  present industries are focusing more on the application of dietary fibers in food industry. The current market trend seems to be influenced by amount of dietary food consumption of the consumers. The food manufacturers in market are shifting gears to produce more fiber-rich food complementary to added fibers food.

The key players in  global dietary Fiber market are ADM (U.S.), Danisco USA Inc. (U.S.), Cargill, Inc. (U.S.), Roquette Freres (France), Tate & Lyle Plc (U.K.), Ingredion Inc. (U.S.), SAS Nexira (France), Sensus B.V. (The Netherlands) and SunOpta Inc. (Canada) amongst many others.

The Global dietary Fiber Market is expected to reach worth worth $3.25 Billion by 2017 at compound annual growth rate of 14 % . The North America leads the market in terms of consumption and market share by revenue followed by Europe. Asia-Pacific is expected to be most promising market in coming years.

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