Potato Starch Market stood at USD 4.3 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% from 2022 to 2027 to reach USD 5.2 billion by the end of 2027.
Potato starch is derived from a tuber-producing plant ‘potatoes’, which is a crop cultivated at a large scale worldwide. Potato starch contains less lipid, protein, and ash contents compared to starch derived from tapioca and corn. The granule size of potato starch is larger and pure, with long amylose and amylopectin chain length, compared to starched cereals, such as wheat, corn, and rice. However, certain properties, such as low thermal decomposition, thermal and shear resistance, and the high tendency of retrogradation, limit the use of potato starch in industrial applications. Potato starch is preferred over other starches, such as corn starch, due to its high consistency on pasting, excellent and flexible file formation, binding power, and low gelatinization temperature.
Potato Starch In Pet Foods And Animal Nutrition
Native potato starch is used for a wide range of practical purposes in food products. Its high water-binding capacity is helpful in noodles, soups and sauces, canned vegetables, meat and bakery products, snacks and confectionaries, dry mixes, and a variety of extruded food products. It provides high viscosity and heightens the taste, odor, and color of the food in which it is used due to the low protein and fat/lipid content. It is a flexible ingredient in various foods, providing good organoleptic properties.
Native potato starch is also suitable for use in pet foods and animal nutrition. It serves as a digestible energy source for animals and allows adapting and/or improving the texture of the finished product during palletization and extrusion processes. Among the major industrially produced native starches, potato starch stands out with distinct characteristics that make it a choice ingredient in food manufacturing, which is driving the global potato starch market, Native potato starch also has the highest viscosity among all the major native starches. It reaches a peak viscosity of 3000 BU at 60 degrees Celsius–65 degrees Celsius. It also exhibits the highest swelling power and solubility at 95 degrees Celsius compared to other native starches.
Increased Production In Lesser Time Boosting The Industrial Usage Of Microbial Enzymes
Microbial enzymes play a major role in the industrial enzymes market because they are more stable than plant and animal enzymes. They can be produced through fermentation techniques in a cost-effective manner with less time and space requirement, and because of their high consistency, process modification and optimization are easily done. Novel enzymes that cannot be extracted from plants and animals are derived from microorganisms and can be easily used. Enzymes are biocatalysts that play an important role in metabolic and biochemical reactions.
Microbial enzymes are mainly produced by submerged fermentation and solid-state fermentation. The enormous diversity of microbial enzymes makes them an important source of raw materials for industrial applications, such as bioethanol, Paper & pulp, textile & leather, detergents, feed, and wastewater treatment. For example, the use of microbial enzymes in the Paper & pulp industry allows the secondary fiber structure to loosen up, releasing the embedded ink with reduced usage of alkali, chemicals, and detergents.
The Post Use Material Of Biodegradable Plastics Can Be Treated Biologically
A unique feature of biodegradable plastics is that, unlike most conventional plastics, the post-use materials may be treated biologically, for instance, via aerobic composting, to generate carbon and nutrient-rich compost as a soil improver. Compost can be used as soil enhancer to enhance water retention and increase the availability of water to plants. This has led to the establishment of different standards and certification systems to regulate composting practices.
Kompuestos, one of the leading producers of sustainable compounds in Europe, have developed bioplastic based on potato starch industry that will degrade within four weeks. They joined Biokomp’s range of biodegradable resins made from different starches derived from corn, potato, and various types of cereals.
Potato Starch Industry: Regional Landscape
Europe potato starch market analysis
Today Europe is the world’s leading producer of potato starch, with European potato starch being exported to all corners of the globe. Europe accounted for a market share of 60.7% in the global modified starch market, in 2021. The European starch industry has a range of starch offerings, ranging from native to modified (chemically and physically) and liquid and solid sweeteners. The versatility of potato starches enables their application as ingredients and functional supplements in the food, non-food, and feed industries.
In terms of the end-use application industry, there is no stand-out trend. However, the food industry is projected to witness the fastest growth with the newer variations of modified starch, new products, and a range of applications.
Potato Starch Market Key Players
Top potato starch compnaies include
- Pepees S.A. (Poland)
- Agrana Beteiligungs-AS (Austria)
- KMC (Denmark)
- Tate & Lyle (UK)
- VIMAL PPCE (Ukraine)
- Avebe (The Netherlands)
- Tereos (France)
- Lyckeby (Sweden)
- Rädchen USA (US)
- Royal Ingredients Group (The Netherlands)
- Roquette Frères (France)
- Emsland (Germany)
- Südstärke GmbH (Germany)
- Ingredion Incorporated (US)
- AKV Langholt (Denmark)
