Milk Alternatives Market to Observe Strong Development by 2025
An
alternative to milk from mammals, is often termed as milk substitute or
milk alternative. These are generally derived from plant sources such
as rice, almond, and coconut among others. The substitute is used for
direct replacement of drinking milk as well as a substitute of milk
beverages such as tea and coffee. Initially the products were simply
targeted towards lactose intolerant people, however now it has become a
popular trend in the western countries. The advantages of consuming milk
alternatives have attracted both vegans and consumers looking for a
healthy low calories alternatives, for instance almond milk is a good
source of minerals and is low in calories. Hemp milk contains high
amount of Omega-3 (useful for heart health), rice milk also provides a
low fat alternative, soy milk contains high amount of protein and is
more popularly consumed in the Western Europe.
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Milk
alternative have a rising acceptance not only among vegans but also
among health conscious consumers. Products such as rice milk which are
soy, nut and gluten free have caught eyes of consumers. Rice milk
constitutes one part of the bigger segment of milk alternatives and the
thus is segmented based on product type which includes; almond milk, soy
milk, oat milk, rice milk, coconut milk, flax milk, hemp milk and rice
milk.
Numerous
products have flooded the market and are available at major supermarket
chains and certain supermarkets have a dedicated area devoted to
alternative dairy products. Based on distribution channel milk
derivatives market is segmented as, hypermarkets/supermarkets, online
stores, convenience stores and other retail formats
The
health trend is now on an exponential growth, consumers want food to be
healthy and have thus become more demanding. Manufacturers are also
looking to innovate and provide a healthy food alternative, products
diversifications from major players in the market, aimed at
health-conscious consumers. This is well synergized with the organic
trend where consumers are willing to pay more for organic and healthy
food. With small and medium scale enterprises (SME’s) having witnessed
double digit growth, food and beverages giant have focused their
investment in such produces of organic and healthy food, acquisition and
mergers have become common in order gain substantial market
capitalization.
Dairy
products have steady growth as well but are now being challenged by
dairy free producers on the backdrop of popular demands from consumer on
low calorie, low cholesterol and gluten free. This might not be a very
significant threat to the dairy producers as dairy has a sheer volume
dominance in sales. However, the growth for dairy alternatives have high
growth prospect and is estimated to gain popularity as well as market
share in not so distant future.
Western
Europe and North America among one of the most attractive markets for
milk alternatives. Plant based milk have different product favorite by
countries which can be observed through the increase in sales of the
dedicated product. The U.S. has a high sale of almond milk and has
ranked up to become the favorite milk alternative, oat milk in Sweden,
chilled soy milk in the U.K. among other.
Although
the use of milk alternatives dates ages, but the popularity has risen
in the recent years with both branded and private label brands now
having a greater penetration throughout European stores. The EU with its
regulations on the use of label “milk” in non-dairy/dairy free is not
likely to affect the rise in the popularity at a significantly scale.
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Variety
of milk alternatives products have been introduced by the manufacturers
and some of the global market players participating in milk
alternatives market include; Oatly AB, Danone SA, Alpina Productos
Alimenticios SA , Hain Celestial Group, Vitasoy International, Blue
Diamond Growers, Pureharvest, Good Karma Foods, Inc., McCormick &
Company, Alpro among others
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