The Plant Based Thickener Market: Overview
The Plant Based Thickener Market is expected to grow at a considerable rate by 2030, with a growing CAGR over the forecast period. A plant-based thickener is a substance that is added to food to increase viscosity without changing the dish's flavour or other qualities. Typically, plant-based thickeners are used to thicken culinary items like soups, puddings, and various sauces without altering their flavour. The other class of non-food grade thickeners, in addition to the edible thickeners, is utilised in paints, inks, and cosmetics. The two types of food thickeners that are typically utilised are polysaccharides and proteins. Among the polysaccharides are pectin, vegetable gums, and starches.
The Plant Based Thickener Market - Growth Factor

The demand for vegan products has recently increased, necessitating the use of plant-based ingredients as thickeners. The many kinds of plant-based thickeners are regarded as functional additives since they assist improve the texture and look of the meal while also enhancing its nutritional content by substituting high-fat ingredients in a range of food products. Different functional starches and gums that are utilised in soups, sauces, salad dressings, gravies, and other foods make up plant-based thickeners. The market for plant-based thickeners is primarily driven by the rising trend of using functional food ingredients that have a positive impact on human health, increased demand for vegan ingredients due to the increasing popularity of vegan cuisine worldwide, growing demand for food products with an improved and supple mouthfeel, and rising preference for food ingredients with a natural origin.

The Plant Based Thickener Market – Market Trends
1)The demand for vegan and healthy diet options is growing due to the quickly shifting consumer taste preferences, which has led to a fragmentation of the global market for plant-based thickeners.
2)To gain market share, the players should concentrate on creating products with clean labels and adding diverse textures to foods.
3)Additionally, there are several culinary uses for plant-based thickeners. For example, agar is used as a vegetarian gelatin since it can replace gelatin in a range of food preparations and has stronger setting properties than gelatin.
4)The majority of businesses have been impacted by the rapidly proliferating coronavirus, and the food and beverage sector are no exception. Most nations issued an emergency notice, imposed stringent lockdowns, and restricted movement to stop the sickness from spreading. As a result, the food sector was forced to temporarily stop all of its operations.
5)Additionally, the supply chain disruption caused a shortage of raw supplies. All of these elements together finally led to a decline in the demand for plant-based thickeners, which in turn had an impact on the expansion of the global market for plant-based thickeners during the pandemic.

The Plant Based Thickener Market – Segmentation
The Plant Based Thickener Market fragrance concentrates market has been sub-classified into type, application.
On the basis of ingredient type, the Plant Based Thickener Market is bifurcated into:
• Organic
• Conventional
• others

On the basis of purchaser type, the market is segmented into:
• jams and marmalades
• baked goods
• yogurt
• seasoning
• cheese cream
• canned soups and sauces
• others


The Plant Based Thickener Market –Regional Analysis
North America dominated the global Plant Based Thickener Market, Consumer desire for low-calorie and gluten-free foods is on the rise in this region. Veganism is also becoming more popular, and key businesses are coming up with creative new products to draw in customers.
The Plant Based Thickener Market – Key Market players
Global key players of Plant Based Thickener Market include Emsland Starke GmbH (Germany), Tate & Lyle Plc (United Kingdom), Cargill Inc. (United States), Ingredion (United States), Novidon (United States), Sudstarke GmbH (Germany), Avebe (Netherlands), Agrana (Austria) and Tereos (France).

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Global Plant Based Thickener Market: Historical Years- 2018-2021
Global Plant Based Thickener Market: Forecast Years- 2022-2030