Global Food Extrusion Market

The global food extrusion market size was valued at US$ 62.5 Billion in 2020. and projected to reach US$ 83.1 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.8% during the forecast period, 2021-2027. The growth of the food extrusion market is being driven by factors such as increased customer preference for convenience foods, which indirectly favors the increasing demand for extruded food items.

 Furthermore, the rise of the processed food industry in developing economies’ fast-growing urban households is expected to fuel demand for extruded food items. Food manufacturers’ demand for food extruders is increasing due to these reasons, boosting market demand. Moreover, the food extrusion market is expected to increase over the projected period, owing to changes in processed foods, changing lifestyles, higher disposable incomes, and advancements in food extrusion technology. Furthermore, the increasing adoption of healthy snacking habits and nutritional intake contribute to the market’s growth.

What is the Global Food Extrusion Market?

Extrusion is a food processing technique that involves forcing soft mixed ingredients through a hole in a perforated plate or die to generate the desired form. Blades then cut the extruded food to a precise size. The extruder is the machine that drives the mixture through the die, and the mixture is known as the extrudate. The die is usually at the end of a big, revolving screw snugly fitted within a stationary barrel.

Extrusion allows for the mass manufacture of food in a continuous, efficient technique that ensures product homogeneity. Extruded food products typically have a high starch content. Some pasta, bread (croutons, breadsticks, and flatbreads), many morning kinds of cereal and ready-to-eat snacks, confectionary, pre-made cookie dough, various baby meals, full-fat soy, textured vegetable protein, some beverages, and dry and semi-moist pet foods are all examples of these.

Growth Driver

Increasing Need of Ready to Eat Product

As a result of increased urbanization, the vast majority of the population now lives in a fast-paced environment. Because most people find it difficult to eat properly due to their long working hours, they rely on ready-to-eat food products such as extruded snack foods. Extruded snack food demand will rise in emerging regions due to increasing young people and mounting disposable incomes. Furthermore, the food extrusion market is likely to grow over the forecast period due to changes in processed foods, changing lifestyles, increased disposable incomes, and developments in food extrusion technology. Furthermore, the market’s growth is assisted by the increased acceptance of healthy snacking habits and nutritional intake.

Pre Covid-19 impact on global Food Extrusion market

Before covid things were normal, innovations were at the peak, every industry in food extrusion was busy in carrying out a more and more innovative design, everyone was getting funding for try out a design which can be efficient and low maintenance, logistics was working to the peak as there was no restriction of government such as social distancing. Engineers and laborers can come to the factory and carry out their activities.

Covid-19 impact on global Food Extrusion market

The shutdown of the whole earth impeded the demand for food extrusions. The basic requirement for innovating the extruders was not there; logistics was not present because of the market shut down, and orders could get delivered.

 Furthermore, Manufacturers were not getting raw material on time due to the lockdown and restrictions on transport activities hampering the production and distribution. The majority of businesses saw poor demand for food products as well as supply chain delays.

Post Covid-19 Impact on Global Food Extrusion Market

The pandemic and lockdown situation has boosted the basic demand for food products, bakery items, and packed hygienic food during the early stage of the pandemic. Consumers increasingly purchase food through online food stores and meal delivery apps, a new development in the food extrusion market supply chain.

 Customers’ desire for healthful, convenient, and premium products has increased due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which is projected to fuel the expansion of nutritious, high-fiber extruded foods and functional additives.

Type Segmental Analysis

Based on the types, the global food extrusion market is segregated into single-screw extruders, twin-screw extruders, and contra twin-screw extruders. The Twin-screw extruders segment is expected to lead the market by 2027. Because twin-screw extruders typically use a more complex electronic control system, such as a PLC extrusion computer or cabinet. The extrusion computer or cabinet can quickly display all of the extruder’s essential parameters, such as current, voltage, temperature, torque, and rotating speed. Apart from that, a twin-screw extruder can more efficiently modify the screw element combination and use a mixed precise metered feeding hopper for different plastic material compounding.

Process Segmental Analysis

Based on the process, the global food extrusion market is bifurcated into the cold and hot extrusion. The hot extrusion segment currently holds the account for the largest share.   The increasing demand for the hot extrusion method can be ascribed to reasons such as rapid high energy transfers into the mass with high-temperature short-time benefits and increasing consumption of convenience food products.

Food Products Segmental analysis

Based on the product, the global food extrusion market is segmented into savory snacks, breakfast cereals, bread, flour and starches, textured protein, others. The savory snacks segment will hold the largest share in the food extrusion market by 2027. The easy availability of raw materials and good functional features drive this segment’s growth. The food extrusion market is expected to benefit from advancements in production technology, which will create new shapes, sizes, and textures utilizing various raw materials.

Region Segmental Analysis

The global food extrusion market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, and Middle East & Africa. Europe will dominate the food extrusion market in the forecasted period. A developed snack food sector provides a significant consumer base for the European food extrusion market, promising growth potential. Increased consumption of processed product categories in Eastern and Southeastern European countries is expected to expand the food sector. Increased snack product consumption in this region has pushed producers to import extruded snack goods from other regions of the world to provide a steady supply of raw materials, as domestic output is insufficient to meet demand from Europe’s food industry.

Competitor Analysis

Companies include American Extrusion International, Baker Perkins, Akron Tool & Die, Kahl Group, Lindquist Machine, Flexicon, Triott Group, The Bonnot Company, Groupe Legris Industries are the key players in the global food extrusion market.

key stakeholders

• Market research and consulting firms
• Industry Associations
• Research Organizations 
• Organizations, associations, and alliances related to food extrusion manufacturing
• Suppliers
• Retailers

Recent Developments

• Givaudan and Bühler will open the APAC Protein Innovation Centre in April 2021. It is located in Singapore in the Givaudan Woodlands complex. Experts from both companies support the Protein Innovation Centre, which is administered cooperatively. It is linked to a huge network of R&D innovation centers in Switzerland and other major hubs throughout the area, which aids in the creation of plant-based products on a global scale. This contributes to the company’s aim of a collaborative and sustainable food future.
• Flexicon Corporation Pty Ltd increased its manufacturing and sales activities in July 2021. It will help the corporation expand across Asia.