Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030

Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market Analysis and Size

The climate crisis and nutritional and food security concerns have placed alternative proteins as an important solution. At the beginning, alternative proteins are less resource-intensive as compared to their conventional animal protein options. Alternative proteins can and should play an important role in mitigating the ecological impacts of the demand for protein. Moreover, the growing market for alternative proteins has coincided with the augmented development of food technology. The direct investment in alternative protein technology such as cell-culture based and plant-based is at an all-time high. More than $3.1billion has been invested across cell- culture and plant-based technologies between January to December 2020.

Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the alternative proteins market was valued at USD 80,597.31 million in 2022 and is expected to reach USD 248787.52 million by 2030, registering a CAGR of 15.13% during the forecast period of 2023 to 2030. In addition to the insights on market scenarios such as market value, growth rate, segmentation, geographical coverage, and major players, the market reports curated by the Data Bridge Market Research also include in-depth expert analysis, geographically represented company-wise production and capacity, network layouts of distributors and partners, detailed and updated price trend analysis and deficit analysis of supply chain and demand.     

Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market Scope and Segmentation

Market Definition

Alternative proteins are non-meat proteins which are acquired from several sources such as fungi, plants, and insects. Proteins sourced from plants, insects, and microbials are extensively used to replace conventional animal-based proteins. These proteins are used in meat-free and dairy-free diets such as meat analogs and several animal feed products.

Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market Dynamics

Drivers  

• Growing health consciousness

The rising health consciousness among consumers related to growing adoption of active and healthy lifestyles. The growing risk of lifestyle diseases increases the demand for healthy food options and significantly surging the growth of the alternative protein market industry for several food applications during the forecast period. 

• Increasing consumption of healthy food ingredients

The growing demand for protein food products and healthy food ingredients has led manufacturers to integrate proteins from alternative sources. According to the report of Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), edible insects improve livelihood, food & security livelihood, diversify diets, and have a lower ecological footprint compared to other protein sources. Thus, the increasing demand and consumption of healthy food ingredients is likely to boost the market growth.

Opportunities

• Increasing demand for clean protein

Consumers are becoming more aware of the importance of clean protein for weight and energy management in their daily diet which is expected to positively impact the growth of the alternative protein market. Increase in consumption of clean protein along with augmented awareness and adoption of sustainably sourced proteins by customers is expected to fuel product demand and will create immense opportunities for the growth of the alternative proteins market. The alternative protein provides numerous health benefits such as strengthening the immune system and increasing the body's nutritional constitution, which should flourish alternative protein market for food application and favor market growth.

Moreover, traditional meat production are dangerous for environment but alternative proteins production does not emit any greenhouse gases and do not cause any harm to the environment due to which it will create an  opportunity for producers of alternative protein in the alternative proteins market in future. 

Restraints/ Challenges

• Disadvantages associated with alternative proteins

Allergies related with different alternative protein such as plant and insect and based protein are the major challenging factor for the alternative protein market growth during the forecast period. Edible insects comprise lack of regulatory clearness in the applications of the food sector which is restricting the growth of insect-based protein. Furthermore, significant performance for animal-based products and high cost of alternative protein markets hinder market growth to some extent during the forecast period.

This alternative proteins market report provides details of new recent developments, trade regulations, import-export analysis, production analysis, value chain optimization, market share, impact of domestic and localized market players, analyses opportunities in terms of emerging revenue pockets, changes in market regulations, strategic market growth analysis, market size, category market growths, application niches and dominance, product approvals, product launches, geographic expansions, technological innovations in the market. To gain more info on the alternative proteins market contact Data Bridge Market Research for an Analyst Brief, our team will help you take an informed market decision to achieve market growth.

Impact and Current Market Scenario of Raw Material Shortage and Shipping Delays

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Covid-19 Impact on Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic considerably boosted the growth of the alternative protein industry. The pandemic augmented awareness of zoonotic viral infection, the risk of this viral infection can also be associated with livestock. An alternative protein-based diet can aid to decrease the effects of viral infections due to the abundance of micronutrients, macronutrients and antioxidants in alternative Protein. From a distributing and manufacturing point of view, this industry has faced high demand from consumers and manufacturers, mainly for some products, such as plant-based milk and meat analog. Thus, the covid-19 left positive impact on the growth of the alternative protein market.

Expected Impact of Economic Slowdown on the Pricing and Availability of Products

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Recent Development

• In June 2021, Green Rebel Foods revealed Asia’s plant-based whole cut steak to meet the increasing demand for vegan meat in this region. These steaks contain less saturated fat and are cholesterol-free, making it healthy.
• In December 2021, Royal DSM NV completed the acquisition of Vestkorn Miling, a leading manufacturer of bean and pea derived ingredients. Through this acquisition, the company is highly focusing on increasing its alternative protein portfolio.
• In January 2021, Entomo Farms (Canada) raised Canadian Dollar (C$) 3.7 million ($2.9 million) in a funding round by Investors in Canada and Asia to support the company's expansion and growth.

Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market Scope

The alternative proteins market is segmented on the basis of source, category, product type, form and application. The growth amongst these segments will help you analyze meagre growth segments in the industries and provide the users with a valuable market overview and market insights to help them make strategic decisions for identifying core market applications.

Source

• Insect-based Alternative Protein
• Crickets
• Black Soldier Fly
• Microbial-based Alternative Protein
• Bacteria
• Yeast
• Algae
• Fungi
• Others
• Plant-based Alternative Protein
• Soy Protein Isolates
• Soy Protein Concentrates
• Fermented Soy Protein
• Duckweed Protein
• Others

Category

• Organic
• Inorganic

Product type

• Alternative Proteins
• Insect Protein
• Mycoprotein
• Cultured Meat
• Others

Form

• Dry
• Liquid

Application

• Food and Beverages
• Animal Feed
• Pharmaceuticals
• Personal Care
• Cosmetics
• Others

Alternative Proteins Market Regional Analysis/Insights

The alternative proteins market is analyzed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, source, category, product type, form and application as referenced above.

The countries covered in the alternative proteins market report are Japan, China, India, South Korea, New Zealand, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in Asia-Pacific (APAC).

China is anticipated to grow with the most likely growth rate in the Asia-Pacific alternative proteins market during the forecast period of 2023 to 2029 because the major industrialists are focusing on producing food and beverages products consisting of alternative proteins. Consuming a wide range of processed form of alternative proteins for bakery, confectioneries, and flavored drinks in the food service sector will likely boost the market growth rate.

The country section of the report also provides individual market impacting factors and changes in market regulation that impact the current and future trends of the market. Data points like down-stream and upstream value chain analysis, technical trends and porter's five forces analysis, case studies are some of the pointers used to forecast the market scenario for individual countries. Also, the presence and availability of global brands and their challenges faced due to large or scarce competition from local and domestic brands, impact of domestic tariffs and trade routes are considered while providing forecast analysis of the country data.   

Competitive Landscape and Alternative Proteins Market Share Analysis

The alternative proteins market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, global presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to alternative proteins market.

Some of the major players operating in the alternative proteins market are:

• Glanbia plc. (Ireland)
• Now Health Group, Inc. (U.S.)
• Nutiva Inc (U.S.)
• The Simply Good Food Co (U.S.)
• Iovate Health Sciences International Inc. (Canada)
• MusclePharm Corporation (U.S.)
• Kerry Group Plc (Ireland)
• CytoSport, Inc. (U.S.)
• The Nature's Bounty Co. (U.S.)
• Reliance Vitamin Company, Inc. (U.S.)
• Herbalife Nutrition, Inc. (U.S.)
• Danone SA (France)
• General Nutrition Centers (GNC) Holdings, Inc. (U.S.)
• Orgain Inc. (U.S.)
• True Nutrition (U.S.)
• Unibio Group (Denmark)
• String Bio (India)
• Calysta, Inc. (U.S.)
• Angel Yeast Co., Ltd (China)
• Lesaffre (France)

 Research Methodology: Asia-Pacific Alternative Proteins Market

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