Global Digestive Biscuits Market – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030

Global Digestive Biscuits Market, By Micronutrients (Vitamin E, Manganese, Fibre/Fiber, Phosphorous, Copper, Iron), End Users (Children, Youth, Adults, Seniors), Packaging (Box, Pouch, Others), Distribution Channel (Supermarkets/Hypermarkets, Convenience Stores, Specialist Retailers, Online, Others) – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2030.

Digestive Biscuits Market Analysis and Size

Increasing awareness regarding wellness and health has encouraged consumers to shift towards healthy biscuits that are sugar-free, gluten-free, low in calories and high in fiber. This trend of consuming healthy snacks such as digestive biscuit is most widespread in developed countries. The demand for healthy biscuits is growing due to hectic lifestyles of consumers, who are always looking for healthy and convenient and food products. The “fiber based digestive biscuits” is expected to be the fastest growing micronutrients segment owing to immediate consumption, low prices, easy availability, and high nutritional content.

Data Bridge Market Research analyses that the digestive biscuits market is expected to reach USD 5.72 billion by 2030, which is USD 3.23 billion in 2022, registering a CAGR of 7.40% 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.     

Digestive Biscuits Market Scope and Segmentation

Market Definition

Biscuits are most popular packaged foods all around the globe. Biscuits are produced with sugar or salt, butter, flour and a leavening agent such as baking powder. Digestive biscuits are flour-based baked food products that are eaten as a snack. Wholemeal flour is mainly used in the making of digestive biscuits. Common ingredients of digestive biscuits are vegetable oil, wheat flour, malt extract, whole meal, salt and sugar. These biscuits are healthier than normal biscuits because they are high in vitamin E, iron, copper, and fiber.

Digestive Biscuits Market Dynamics

Drivers

• Rising demand for healthy snacks

Increasing demand for healthy snacks such as digestive biscuits with a high source of dietary fiber increases the demand for these biscuits. Digestive biscuits are made of different nutrition rich ingredients such as wheat, oats and multi-grains. For instance, India is expected to witness significant growth in digestive biscuits market. The Britannia Nutrichoice range in India mainly dominates the digestive biscuits market. Therefore, rising demand for healthy snacks is projected to propel the market growth during the forecast period.

• Increasing incidences of lifestyle-related diseases

Growing incidences of lifestyle-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and obesity among consumers is the major factor which increases the demand for healthy or digestive biscuits, which, in turn, is expected to propel the market growth during forecast period. Obesity is a serious health problem among people in most countries all around the globe, as it considerably surges the risk of chronic ailments such as type-2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases. According to World Health Organization (WHO), obesity affects 10 percent to 30 percent of adults in European countries. Therefore, to control this condition, many people are shifting towards digestive biscuits, sugar-free drinks, and other confectionery.

Opportunities

• Rising investment by major market players

The rising investment by major market players provides numerous growth opportunities in this region. For instance, Kellogg’s has announced a USD 68 million (BRL 215 million) investment to develop Parati Group’s factory in Brazil. The Parati Group has two factories in Santa Catarina, Brazil, and its brands include Hot Crackers, Parati, Padua and Minueto, Zoo Cartoon which produce biscuits, stocks, pasta, crackers and powdered drinks.

• Surging acquisitions and mergers between major market players

The surging acquisition and mergers between major market players further offer numerous growth opportunities within the market. For instance, Leading Food and Beverage Manufacturers, Nestle, Mars Saudi Arabia and Kellogg’s Arabia, signed a voluntary pledge with Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) to decrease Salt, Sugar, and Fat Content in their products in September 2018. The companies also promised to place proper nutritional labels on their products.

Restraints/ Challenges

• High cost of raw materials and shortage of food ingredients and labour

High raw material costs and growing tax burden on the digestive biscuits market are some of the major factors that will become the biggest and foremost challenge for the market growth during the forecast period. Furthermore, the shortage of labour and food ingredients are some of the major factors which hamper the market growth rate during the forecast period.

This digestive biscuits 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 growth  application niches and dominance, product approvals, product launches, geographic expansions, technological innovations in the market. To gain more info on the digestive biscuits 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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Expected Impact of Economic Slowdown on the Pricing and Availability of Products

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Global Digestive Biscuits Market Scope

The digestive biscuits market is segmented on the basis micronutrients, end users, packaging and distribution channel. 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.

Micronutrients

• Vitamin E
• Manganese
• Fibre/Fiber
• Phosphorous
• Copper
• Iron

 End Users

• Children
• Youth
• Adults
• Seniors

Packaging

• Box
• Pouch
• Others

 Distribution Channel

• Supermarkets/Hypermarkets
• Convenience Stores
• Specialist Retailers
• Online
• Others

 Digestive Biscuits Market Regional Analysis/Insights

The digestive biscuits market is analyzed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, micronutrients, end users, packaging and distribution channel as referenced above.

The countries covered in the digestive biscuits market report are U.S., Canada, Mexico in North America, Germany, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Italy, U.K., France, Spain, Netherland, Belgium, Switzerland, Turkey, Russia, Rest of Europe in Europe, Japan, China, India, South Korea, New Zealand, Vietnam, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in Asia-Pacific (APAC), Brazil, Argentina, Rest of South America as a part of South America, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA).

North America dominates the digestive biscuits market in terms of market share and revenue owing to the growing consumption of digestive biscuits and the presence of large number of major market players within the region.

Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest developing region during the forecast period of 2023-2030 owing to the high disposable income and increasing middle-class population in this region.

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 Digestive Biscuits Market Share Analysis

The digestive biscuits 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 digestive biscuits market.

Some of the major players operating in the digestive biscuits market are:

• pladis (U.K.)
• ITC Limited (India)
• Bakewell Biscuits Pvt. Ltd. (India)
• Sunderbiscuit (India)
• Nestle (Switzerland)
• Abisco (Saudi Arabia)
• Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. (India)
• Kambly SA (Switzerland)
• Mondelez International (U.S.)
• The Kraft Heinz Company (U.S.)
• Annie's Homegrown, Inc. (U.S.)
• Patanjali Ayurved (India)
• Britannia (India)
• Kellogg Co (U.S.)
• Walkers Shortbread Ltd (U.K.)
• Lotus Bakeries NV (Belgium)
• Burton’s Foods Ltd. (U.K.)
• Bonn Nutrients Pvt. Ltd. (India)