

The global Cultures market size is predicted to grow from US$ 1333 million in 2025 to US$ 2031 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.3% from 2025 to 2031.
Microbial food cultures include yeasts, bacteria, moulds used in the production of various food products including food including dairy products, fermented food products, probiotic food products and processed food products. In the recent years, probiotic cultures have gained popularity in dairy products due to the health benefits offered by these cultures. Probiotic cultures are being used on a large scale in food products as it helps in improving digestive system and protects the immune system.
The top players cover Kerry, DSM, DuPont, Chr. Hansen, CSK, Lallemand, Sacco System, Soyuzsnab, Frutarom, Biochem SRL, LB Bulgaricum, Bioprox, Wecare-Bio, Anhui Jinlac Biotech, etc. The Top 3 players in Global Cultures market sales was 57.83% in 2019, while the share of top 5 players was 64.79%. Chr. Hansen is the leading supplier of Cultures, the production of which reached 1233 MT in 2019, accounting for about 34.60% of the Global market. The market is fragmented, also each company owns a broad product portfolio. Except policy affect, downstream demand is the key influence factor to the market.
The “Cultures Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Cultures sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Cultures sales for 2025 through 2031. With Cultures sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Cultures industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Cultures landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Cultures portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Cultures market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Cultures and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Cultures.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Cultures market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Starter Cultures
Adjunct Cultures
Other Probiotic
Segmentation by Application:
Dairy and Dairy-based Products
Meat Product
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Kerry
DSM
DuPont
Chr. Hansen
CSK
Lallemand
Sacco System
Soyuzsnab
Frutarom
Biochem SRL
LB Bulgaricum
Bioprox
Wecare-Bio
Anhui Jinlac Biotech
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Cultures market?
What factors are driving Cultures market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Cultures market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Cultures break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Cultures Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Cultures by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Cultures by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Cultures Segment by Type
2.2.1 Starter Cultures
2.2.2 Adjunct Cultures
2.2.3 Other Probiotic
2.3 Cultures Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Cultures Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Cultures Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Cultures Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Cultures Segment by Application
2.4.1 Dairy and Dairy-based Products
2.4.2 Meat Product
2.4.3 Others
2.5 Cultures Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Cultures Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Cultures Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Cultures Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Cultures Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Cultures Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Cultures Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Cultures Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Cultures Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Cultures Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Cultures Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Cultures Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Cultures Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Cultures Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Cultures by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Cultures Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Cultures Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Cultures Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Cultures Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Cultures Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Cultures Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Cultures Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Cultures Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Cultures Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Cultures Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Cultures Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Cultures Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Cultures Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Cultures Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Cultures Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Cultures Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Cultures by Country
7.1.1 Europe Cultures Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Cultures Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Cultures by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Cultures Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Cultures Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Cultures
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Cultures
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Cultures
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Cultures Distributors
11.3 Cultures Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Cultures by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Cultures Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Cultures Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Cultures Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Cultures Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Cultures Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Kerry
13.1.1 Kerry Company Information
13.1.2 Kerry Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Kerry Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 Kerry Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Kerry Latest Developments
13.2 DSM
13.2.1 DSM Company Information
13.2.2 DSM Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 DSM Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 DSM Main Business Overview
13.2.5 DSM Latest Developments
13.3 DuPont
13.3.1 DuPont Company Information
13.3.2 DuPont Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 DuPont Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 DuPont Main Business Overview
13.3.5 DuPont Latest Developments
13.4 Chr. Hansen
13.4.1 Chr. Hansen Company Information
13.4.2 Chr. Hansen Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Chr. Hansen Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 Chr. Hansen Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Chr. Hansen Latest Developments
13.5 CSK
13.5.1 CSK Company Information
13.5.2 CSK Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 CSK Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 CSK Main Business Overview
13.5.5 CSK Latest Developments
13.6 Lallemand
13.6.1 Lallemand Company Information
13.6.2 Lallemand Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Lallemand Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 Lallemand Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Lallemand Latest Developments
13.7 Sacco System
13.7.1 Sacco System Company Information
13.7.2 Sacco System Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Sacco System Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Sacco System Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Sacco System Latest Developments
13.8 Soyuzsnab
13.8.1 Soyuzsnab Company Information
13.8.2 Soyuzsnab Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Soyuzsnab Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Soyuzsnab Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Soyuzsnab Latest Developments
13.9 Frutarom
13.9.1 Frutarom Company Information
13.9.2 Frutarom Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Frutarom Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Frutarom Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Frutarom Latest Developments
13.10 Biochem SRL
13.10.1 Biochem SRL Company Information
13.10.2 Biochem SRL Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 Biochem SRL Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 Biochem SRL Main Business Overview
13.10.5 Biochem SRL Latest Developments
13.11 LB Bulgaricum
13.11.1 LB Bulgaricum Company Information
13.11.2 LB Bulgaricum Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 LB Bulgaricum Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 LB Bulgaricum Main Business Overview
13.11.5 LB Bulgaricum Latest Developments
13.12 Bioprox
13.12.1 Bioprox Company Information
13.12.2 Bioprox Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Bioprox Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Bioprox Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Bioprox Latest Developments
13.13 Wecare-Bio
13.13.1 Wecare-Bio Company Information
13.13.2 Wecare-Bio Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Wecare-Bio Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Wecare-Bio Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Wecare-Bio Latest Developments
13.14 Anhui Jinlac Biotech
13.14.1 Anhui Jinlac Biotech Company Information
13.14.2 Anhui Jinlac Biotech Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Anhui Jinlac Biotech Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Anhui Jinlac Biotech Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Anhui Jinlac Biotech Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.