India Food Flavor and Enhancer Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)
India Food Flavor and Enhancer Market is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of 3.5% during the forecast period (2020-2025).
Key HighlightsIndian food has a huge application of herbs and spices, like chilies, asfoetida, and cinnamon, amongst others, which are used as food flavors and enhancers. Recently, food flavors, like coriander, ginger, and garlic powder, have ben noted to have huge demand from the Indian kitchen. With the increase of the working population, need for processed and ready-made food products, associated with interesting flavors and enhanced taste, is on the rise. Companies producing snack food items, like chips, instant noodles, biscuits, and others, are demanding food flavors and enhancers to differentiate their product from the competitors. Further, chocolate is also being used as a flavor in various products, like ice-creams, cakes, and Indian sweets, amongst others, by sweet and snack shops, confectionaries, and restaurants.
Increased Consumers Willingness to Experiment with New FlavorsThis trend has led to an increase in the sales where the consumers have higher disposable incomes, and thus are willing to spend on non-essential sophisticated products across food categories. For instance, in chocolates, dark chocolate and unusual flavour combinations, such as chili chocolate, are increasingly being used. Also, with an increase in the regulations towards organic and herbal food flavors and enhancers, the companies are observed to be shifting towards the production of natural food flavors and enhancers. This has led to an increase in the revenues of the Indian companies engaged in food flavors and enhancers.
Competitive LandscapeLeading manufacturers in the food flavor and enhancer market focus to leverage opportunities to expand their revenue base. The companies are reinvigorating the category toward the development of innovative and interesting product combinations of natural flavor and color.The key brands are embarking on mergers and acquisitions as one of their key strategies to achieve consolidation and optimize their offerings. Some of the major players in the market are: Givaudan, Firmenich SA, Dupont- Danisco, NILON'S and Flavaroma amongnst others.
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