Malted barley flour Market

Market Overview

Market Outlook

The demand for flavoring agents has been increasing among the consumers over the decades as it completes even the simple dishes into delicious and tasty succulent. Malted barley flour is one such flavoring agent which has vital applications as a delicious condiment and texturing agent in household and baking industries. Malted barley flour is the processed form of barley. The barley is allowed to germinate which then dried and grounded to form malted barley flour. During germination, the enzymes are induced to grow which enables the soft texture of malted barley flour. Along with flavoring and texturing, malted barley flour adds exotic taste to various foods including muffins, cookies, soups, breadcrumbs, etc. Due to this, malted barley flour finds its application in food and food processing industries all over the world.  The malted barley flour has an important role in bakeries and confectionaries as leaving and texturing agent. There are two types of malted barley flour which includes diastatic and non-diastatic variants. The diastatic malted flour is generally enzyme activated thus used for texturing purpose by providing soft crumbs and crust to the bread. The Non-diastatic malted barley flour is used as a flavorant by providing tempting sweet flavor to the confectioneries and bakery products.

Malted Barley Flour as a sweetener

Non-diastatic malted barley flour replaces sugar needed for feeding yeast at a ratio of three-fourth in bakery products; 12 oz of malted barley flour replaces 16 oz of sugar. Health conscious consumers prefer sugar-free or less sugary food products, and this is a factor expected to fuel demand for malted barley flour sugar for application in the food processing sectors. As malted barley flour is majorly used in bakeries, a large number of players in the bakery sector are offering traditional bakery products of malted barley flour. Populations in the majority of countries across the globe are increasingly preferring foods with natural ingredients such as malted barley flour, owing to increasing health awareness which is a major trend is creating high potential opportunities for companies offering malted barley flour products. This also creates opportunities for domestic players to enter into the malted barley flour market to leverage growing demand for gluten-free, cholesterol-free, high nutritional value, and clean label products from bakeries, and food and beverage industries. Bound to these factors, it is anticipated, the global malted barley flour would remain positive during the forecast period.

Malted Barley Flour Market: Key Players

Some of the key players in the global malted barley flour market include Cargill, Incorporated, GrainCorp, Malteurop Group, Soufflet Group, Crisp Malting Group, Global Malt Gmbh & Co. KG, IREKS Gmbh, Muntons Plc, Mirfak Pty Ltd, Delco Foods, etc. More food processors are showing keen interests in the malted barley flour the demand is amplifying every year.

Opportunities for Market Participants:

As flavoring agents and malted food products have escalating demand among the consumers, it is expected that there will be stronger revenue generation for the market participants of global malted barley flour. In addition, malted barley flour is being used as a major ingredient in all-purpose flour for household baking which has growing demands every year. Increasing number of bakeries and food processing industries also drives the demand for malted barley flour across the world. Bound to these factors, it is anticipated that there will be higher returns for the industrialists and manufacturers of malted barley flour.

Global Malted barley flour: A Regional outlook

Malted barley flour is highly produced and consumed in North America, as a traditional practice and developed a modern lifestyle. Increased number of bakeries and food processing industries also accounts for its high production. In North America, malted barley flour is consumed in higher frequencies in household baking. In the regions of Latin America, the malted barley flour is highly utilized in the alcoholic beverage processing industries such as fermenting yeast in wineries. Malted barley flour is widely utilized in bakeries and confectionaries in the Asia Pacific due to increased restaurants and other food services. In the region of the Middle East and Africa, malted barley flour is being used for flavoring in minimal quantities as it has recently germinated, however malted barley has spurring demand among the consumers and food industrialists. It is expected that the Malted barley flour will proliferate in terms of value and volume in the future.

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