The heavy metal testing in food and beverage application market has seen considerable growth due to a variety of factors.
• In recent times, the market size for heavy metal testing in food and beverage applications has shown impressive growth. The value is predicted to expand from $3.69 billion in 2024 to $4 billion in 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6%. The growth in the past years could be linked to issues related to public health, contamination incidents, the globalization of food supply chains, heightened awareness and demand from consumers, industry efforts towards quality assurance, food industry certification schemes, improvements in testing apparatus, and worldwide initiatives for food safety.
The Heavy Metal Testing In Food And Beverage Application market is expected to maintain its strong growth trajectory in upcoming years.
• In the ensuing years, the market size for heavy metal testing in food and beverage applications is projected to exhibit robust growth, escalating to $5.62 billion in 2029 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.8%.
The upswing in the forecasted period can be credited to the emergence of new contaminants, sustained global trade activities, heightened consumer expectations, personalized testing solutions, proliferation of analytical testing services, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and heavy metals, along with an emphasis on risk evaluation. The forecasted period will also see key trends like enhancements in analytical technologies, cooperation within the industry for standardization, the launch of quick testing techniques and kits, effective use of blockchain technology for traceability, amalgamation of data management systems, and constant research on emerging contaminants.
The rise in the prevalence of food allergies is predicted to fuel the expansion of the market for heavy metal testing in the food and beverage sector. The human immune system can react to certain foods, provoking allergies, resulting in digestive issues, hives, and swelling in the airways, even from a minute quantity of allergenic food. Heavy metal testing plays a crucial role in identifying elevated levels of toxic or potentially harmful heavy metals in food and drinks, thereby ensuring food safety. This surge in food allergy cases elevates the need for various heavy metal testing methods. For instance, data from Food Insight, a food information platform established by the non-profit International Food Information Council, showed that around 32 million individuals in the United States suffer from food allergies in May 2022. Furthermore, nearly 200,000 people rush to the emergency every year due to food-related allergies, and one in every 13 children is identified with a food allergy. Hence, the escalating cases of people with food allergies are driving the growth of the heavy metal testing in the food and beverage application market.
The heavy metal testing in food and beverage application market covered in this report is segmented –
1) By Metal Type: Arsenic, Cadmium, Lead, Mercury, Chromium, Other Metal Type
2) By Sample: Food, Water, Blood, Other Samples
3) By Technology: Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) And Optical Emission Spectrometry (OES), Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Other Technology
4) By End-Use Industry: Food, Beverage, Dietary Supplement, Animal Feed, Fat And Oil, Other End-Use Industry
Subsegments:
1) By Arsenic: Inorganic Arsenic, Organic Arsenic
2) By Cadmium: Cadmium In Food, Cadmium In Beverages
3) By Lead: Lead In Food, Lead In Beverages
4) By Mercury: Methylmercury, Elemental Mercury
5) By Chromium: Chromium VI, Chromium III
6) By Other Metal Types: Nickel, Zinc, Copper, Iron
Key players in the heavy metal testing market for food and beverage applications are prioritizing innovative methods like soil-to-spoon transparency to boost testing precision and trustworthiness, thereby guaranteeing safer consumer products and enhanced supply chain traceability. The soil-to-spoon transparency is a comprehensive method that monitors food from its source to the end-user, ensuring safety and quality at all levels. For example, Babylife Organics, a Canadian company specializing in organic products for infants and young children, introduced a new baby food range in October 2024. Babylife Organics conducts heavy metal tests at four essential stages of the supply chain, providing thorough safety measures.
Major companies operating in the heavy metal testing in food and beverage application market include:
• Société Générale de Surveillance S.A.
• Eurofins Scientific SE
• Intertek Group PLC
• Bureau Veritas
• Analytical Laboratory Services Limited
• Mérieux NutriSciences
• Neogen Corporation
• AsureQuality Limited
• AES Laboratories Private Limited
• EnviroLogix Inc.
• EMSL Analytical Inc.
• CIS Laboratory
• Cotecna SA
• Activation Laboratories Limited
• AGQ Labs USA
• Microbac Laboratories Inc.
• TÜV SÜD AG
• Symbio Laboratories
• LGC Limited
• Romer Labs Division Holding GmbH
• TÜV Rheinland AG
• Maxxam Analytics
• ALS Scandinavia AB
• Silliker Inc.
• SCS Global Services
North America was the largest region in the heavy metal testing in food and beverage application market in 2024. The regions covered in the heavy metal testing in food and beverage application market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.