Global Ancient Grains Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Ancient Grains Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Ancient Grains are used to describe whole grains and pseudo grains that have never been hybridized or selectively processed. In general Ancient Grains are generally considered more nutritious than modern grains. Mainly include quinoa, flax seeds, chia seeds, amaranth, etc.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Ancient Grains market finds that the global Ancient Grains market reached a value of USD 5194.6 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 12732.0 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 16.12% during the forecast period.

Health Benefits of Ancient Grains

Generally, ancient grains are whole grains. Whole grains are any grains and false grains that contain endosperm, germ, and bran compared to refined grains that retain only the endosperm. As such, they tend to be higher in protein, omega-3 fatty acids, B vitamins, and zinc. Therefore, Ancient Grains are generally used as part of a healthy diet and are a source of carbohydrates, various nutrients and dietary fiber. According to related research, people who eat more Ancient Grains may have a lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and certain cancers. Ancient grains often include amaranth, millet, quinoa, sorghum, etc. Take sorghum as an example, a serving of sorghum contains nearly half of the daily recommended dietary fiber intake by nutritionists. Therefore, sorghum is one of the most effective grains for digestive health. It also helps regulate blood sugar and increase blood circulation. Take millet again, which contains high levels of starch, B vitamins, calcium, iron, potassium, zinc, magnesium and fat. The health benefits of millet include its potential to protect the heart, improve the digestive system, detoxify, improve respiratory health and control diabetes. Millets are a rich source of magnesium, an important mineral that lowers blood pressure and may help reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke, especially in cases of atherosclerosis. Many of the antioxidants that may also be present in millet can remove toxins from the body.

Product homogenization

The Ancient Grains industry has a low threshold, simple production process and many market participants. With the development of the market scale of the Ancient Grains industry, the market demand continues to expand, the industry development is relatively complete, and the market price transparency is high. The market is prone to imitating or even gradually converging in the characteristics and marketing methods of products of different brands. Therefore, the homogeneity of Ancient Grains products is serious. In this case, the company's products can be replaced by other similar companies' products. In this case, the main purchase basis of customers is price. Companies in the Ancient Grains industry mainly use price and discount as a means of differentiation. The industry market is prone to low-price competition, which is not conducive to the development of industry companies.

Region Overview:

In 2022, the share of the Ancient Grains market in Europe stood at 30.84%.

Company Overview:

Ardent Mills is one of the major players operating in the Ancient Grains market, holding a share of 9.35% in 2023.

Ardent Mills

Ardent Mills is a premier flour processing and ingredient company. Annex has a broad product portfolio that includes quinoa, ancient and heirloom grains, gluten-free, organic grains and flours, chickpeas, and innovative products such as Sustagrain® high-fiber barley, White Sonora and heirloom wheat.

Bunge Inc.

Bunge Inc. is an American agricultural and grain company, one of the world's four largest grain merchants. Bunge Inc. provides the world with basic food, feed and fuel. Bunge Inc. brings food and feed products from production to where they are needed. Products include oilseeds, soybeans, corn, wheat, food ingredients, etc.

Segmentation Overview:

By type, Gluten-Free Grains segment accounted for the largest share of market in 2022.

Heirloom Grains

Heirloom grains are grown from seeds that have been passed down from generation to generation and have not been processed or genetically modified. Can include black barley, red and black rice, emmer, etc.

Gluten-Free Grains

Gluten-free grains are designed to exclude any grains that contain gluten and the protein found in several other grains. Gluten-free grains can include quinoa, oats, etc.

Application Overview:

The market's largest segment by application is the segment Bakery and Confectionery Products, with a market share of 42.69% in 2022.

Key Companies in the global Ancient Grains market covered in Chapter 3:

FutureCeuticals Inc.
The J.M. Smucker Co.
Bunge Inc.
Ardent Mills
ADM
Nature’s Path Foods
Kellogg
Urbane Grain Inc.
Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC.
Sunnyland Mills
Manini’s and LLC

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Ancient Grains market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Heirloom Grains
Gluten-Free Grains

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Ancient Grains market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Bakery and Confectionery Products
Snacks
Direct Eating
Other

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)