What Has Been the Growth of the Food Glazing Agents Market So Far?
The food glazing agents market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• The market size of food glazing agents has witnessed robust growth in the past few years. A rise is expected from $4.81 billion in 2024 to $5.19 billion in 2025, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%. The expansion during the previous period can be associated with necessities for food preservation, heightened production in the sectors of bakery and confectioneries, changing customer tastes, global expansion of food commerce, and adherence to regulatory standards.
What Are the Future Growth Projections for the Food Glazing Agents Market Size?
The Food Glazing Agents market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• The market size for food glazing agents is slated for a robust expansion in the upcoming years, rising to $6.95 billion by 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%.
The surge in this period is linked to the increased popularity of organic and natural foods, a higher demand for plant-based items, innovations in sugar substitutes, growth of the premium chocolate market, and a focus on sustainability and environment-friendly practices. Notable trends for the same period encompass innovations in natural glazing components, advancements in technology, the production of transparent and glossy finishes, progress in sprayable glazing technologies, and strategic alliances for innovating products.
What Are The Core Factors Supporting Growth In The Food Glazing Agents Market?
Expectations for a rise in bakery and confectionery consumption could boost the food glazing agents sector's growth. Bakery items, which include bread, cookies, cakes, pastries, and pies, collectively prepared from flour, and confectionery products that consist of sweet foods and goods, are experiencing a surge in popularity, as a shift in consumers' preferences and eating habits for gourmet goods are observed. Glazing agents play a critical role in such foods by sealing the surface of the bakery items, to give them a shiny appearance when not fully covered with icing, and also by acting as a shield between the baked product with high moisture content and the icing with considerably lower moisture. For example, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), a US-based federal executive department responsible for food, farming and forestry, in January 2022 showed that retail sales for baked goods (both packaged and unpackaged) in China were $34 billion in 2022, making up 9% of the world's total retail sales. This figure is expected to surge to $53 billion by 2025, an increase of 53% from the present level. Sales of cakes alone constituted 41% of China's total bakery retail sales, equating to an annual value of $14 billion. Hence, a rise in consumption of bakery and confectionery items is fuelling the growth of the food glazing agents market.
What Are The Major Segments Within The Global Food Glazing Agents Market?
The food glazing agents market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Ingredient Type: Stearic Acid, Carnauba Wax, Candelilla Wax, Shellac, Paraffin Wax, Other Ingredients
2) By Ingredient Function: Coating Agents, Surface Finishing Agents, Firming Agents, Film Agents, Other Ingredient Functions
3) By Application: Bakery, Confectionery, Processed Meat, Poultry And Fish, Fruits And Vegetables, Functional Foods, Other Applications
Subsegments:
1) By Stearic Acid: Animal-Derived Stearic Acid, Vegetable-Derived Stearic Acid
2) By Carnauba Wax: Refined Carnauba Wax, Unrefined Carnauba Wax
3) By Candelilla Wax: Candelilla Wax Pellets, Candelilla Wax Flakes
4) By Shellac: Food-Grade Shellac, Natural Shellac
5) By Paraffin Wax: Food-Grade Paraffin Wax, Liquid Paraffin
6) By Other Ingredients: Beeswax, Lecithin, Glycerol Esters
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Which Trends Are Expected To Transform The Food Glazing Agents Market?
Leading the food glazing agents market are product innovations, a trend increasingly favored by major companies in this market space. In an ongoing effort to maintain their market share, these businesses are introducing innovative products boasting unique features like organic, auxiliary anti-sticking agents, and personalized glazing agents. For instance, Norevo GmbH, a German company specializing in prime natural ingredients and specialty products for the food, drink, and nutraceutical industries, released an affordable yet highly proficient glazing agent in March 2023. Named Norevo Quick Gloss DF, this game-changing glaze for chocolate-covered items not only guarantees consistent gloss performance but is also quick-drying, requires a low dosage, and is suited for both soft chocolate and compound surfaces. This multifunctional, label-friendly solution enhances the look of products and increases production efficiency, effectively solving gloss-related challenges for confectioners dealing with pan-coated offerings. Confectionery coatings made from rapeseed and sunflower oil benefit from the formulation's lengthy shelf life. The newly patented CAPOL formulation, based on sunflower oil, comes with a customized anti-oxidation system for prolonged stability, and also provides striking gloss appeal and exceptional anti-adherence properties.
Who Are the Key Players In The Food Glazing Agents Market?
Major companies operating in the food glazing agents market include:
• Mantrose-Haeuser Co. Inc.
• Capol GmbH
• Strahl & Pitsch Inc.
• Masterol Foods Pty. Ltd.
• The British Wax Refining Company Ltd.
• Stearinerie Dubois
• Poth Hille & Co. Ltd.
• Koster Keunen Inc.
• BJ AGRICOM Pvt. Ltd.
• Avatar Corporation
• Archer Daniels Midland Company
• Colorcon Inc.
• Freudenberg Chemical Specialities SE & Co. KG
• Macphie Ltd.
• Puratos Group NV
• Döhler Group SE
• Agrana Beteiligungs AG
• Ningbo J&S Botanics Inc.
• Kerry Group PLC
• Royal Zeelandia Group BV
• Wuhu Deli Foods Co. Ltd.
• Carnaúba do Brasil
• Zeelandia International BV
• Parker Ingredients LLC
• Stroever GmbH & Co. KG
• DuPont de Nemours Inc.
• Cargill Inc.
• Sensient Technologies Corporation
• Bowman Ingredients Ltd.
• Kancor Ingredients Limited
What Is The Most Dominant Region In The Food Glazing Agents Market?
Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the food glazing agents market share in 2024. The regions covered in the food glazing agents market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
