DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Bakery Ingredients - Patent Overview in the years 2011 - 2016" report to their offering.
The Bakery Ingredients segment witnesses a high consumption rate in the categories of cakes, pastries, pies, scones, bread, biscuits, and cereals in the developed markets of North America and Western Europe.
The growing demand for healthier and innovative products & ingredients are driving the growth of this segment in the emerging markets of Asia, Latin America, and Middle-East & Africa. The ingredients used in the bakery products are termed as bakery ingredients and are essential to ensure high quality standards and longer shelf life of these bakery products.
Baking ingredients are used in a wide range of baking applications that include bread, cookies & biscuits, cakes & pastries, rolls & pies, pizzas, and donuts. In 2014, the bread segment dominated the global market. The most common bakery ingredients include flour, butter, honey, yeast, eggs, fruits, flavor enhancers, and color additives.
There is a growing consumer demand for nutritional content in baked foods with low sugar, whole grain, and zero Trans-fat per serving. Increasing obesity rates and aging population have put the usage of healthy ingredients in the U.S. on a national front. The shift in the conventional home cooked food to convenience foods has also increased the demand of these bakery ingredients in the emerging trends. Adoption of westernized lifestyle, double income families, emphasis on healthier lifestyles, greater nutrition awareness, and increase in disposable income are the major factors that are responsible for the growth in baked foods industry, which in turn will drive the demand for the bakery ingredients manufacturers.
The focus would be on innovation in sweeteners, dry ingredients, starches and derivatives, oil and shortenings ingredients to meet the consumer demand for low trans fats and gluten free products, without modifying the quality, texture, and taste of these products.
The leading players are Cargill Inc, DSM, Associated British Foods, Kerry group, and DuPont. They have been focusing on mergers and acquisitions to grow in the global bakery ingredients market.
Key Topics Covered:
1. Objective
2. Overview
3. Search Strategy
4. Patent set segmentation
5. Categorization Tree
6. IP Publication Trend
7. Top 10 Assignees Graph
8. Research Breadth across various jurisdictions : Key Statistics
9. White Space Matrix (Technology)
10. Legal Status Graph
11. Summary
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Related Topics: Baked Goods, Food Ingredients
