

The microbial cultures include microbes such as yeasts, bacteria, molds that are utilized for the production of dairy products, fermented food products, probiotic food products and processed food products. Microbes used in testing and detection are also considered in the scope of microbial cultures market.
The global Microbial Cultures market size is projected to grow from US$ 1381.4 million in 2023 to US$ 1724 million in 2030; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.2% from 2024 to 2030.
The “Microbial Cultures Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Microbial Cultures sales in 2023, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Microbial Cultures sales for 2024 through 2030. With Microbial Cultures sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Microbial Cultures industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Microbial 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 Microbial Cultures portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Microbial Cultures market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Microbial 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 Microbial Cultures.
Microbial cultures confer special properties to certain food products that are also inherent to their organoleptic profiles. They invariably contribute to consistency and mouth-feel of dairy products, they also influence flavour development in cheese.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Microbial Cultures market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by type
Starter Cultures
Adjunct & Aroma Cultures
Probiotics
Others
Segmentation by application
Bakery & Confectionery
Dairy
Fruits and Vegetables
Beverages
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 analyzing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
Chr. Hansen
DuPont
DSM
Evonik
HiMedia
Ingredion
Kerry Group
Naturex
Neogen
NCIMB
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Microbial Cultures market?
What factors are driving Microbial Cultures market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Microbial Cultures market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Microbial Cultures break out type, 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 Microbial Cultures Annual Sales 2019-2030
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Microbial Cultures by Geographic Region, 2019, 2023 & 2030
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Microbial Cultures by Country/Region, 2019, 2023 & 2030
2.2 Microbial Cultures Segment by Type
2.2.1 Starter Cultures
2.2.2 Adjunct & Aroma Cultures
2.2.3 Probiotics
2.2.4 Others
2.3 Microbial Cultures Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Microbial Cultures Sales Market Share by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.2 Global Microbial Cultures Revenue and Market Share by Type (2019-2024)
2.3.3 Global Microbial Cultures Sale Price by Type (2019-2024)
2.4 Microbial Cultures Segment by Application
2.4.1 Bakery & Confectionery
2.4.2 Dairy
2.4.3 Fruits and Vegetables
2.4.4 Beverages
2.4.5 Others
2.5 Microbial Cultures Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Microbial Cultures Sale Market Share by Application (2019-2024)
2.5.2 Global Microbial Cultures Revenue and Market Share by Application (2019-2024)
2.5.3 Global Microbial Cultures Sale Price by Application (2019-2024)
3 Global Microbial Cultures by Company
3.1 Global Microbial Cultures Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Sales by Company (2019-2024)
3.1.2 Global Microbial Cultures Sales Market Share by Company (2019-2024)
3.2 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Revenue by Company (2019-2024)
3.2.1 Global Microbial Cultures Revenue by Company (2019-2024)
3.2.2 Global Microbial Cultures Revenue Market Share by Company (2019-2024)
3.3 Global Microbial Cultures Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Microbial Cultures Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Microbial Cultures Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Microbial Cultures Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2019-2024)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
4 World Historic Review for Microbial Cultures by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Microbial Cultures Market Size by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.1.1 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.1.2 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2019-2024)
4.2 World Historic Microbial Cultures Market Size by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.2.1 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Sales by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.2.2 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2019-2024)
4.3 Americas Microbial Cultures Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Microbial Cultures Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Microbial Cultures Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Microbial Cultures Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Microbial Cultures Sales by Country (2019-2024)
5.1.2 Americas Microbial Cultures Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
5.2 Americas Microbial Cultures Sales by Type
5.3 Americas Microbial Cultures Sales by Application
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Microbial Cultures Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Microbial Cultures Sales by Region (2019-2024)
6.1.2 APAC Microbial Cultures Revenue by Region (2019-2024)
6.2 APAC Microbial Cultures Sales by Type
6.3 APAC Microbial Cultures Sales by Application
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 Microbial Cultures by Country
7.1.1 Europe Microbial Cultures Sales by Country (2019-2024)
7.1.2 Europe Microbial Cultures Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
7.2 Europe Microbial Cultures Sales by Type
7.3 Europe Microbial Cultures Sales by Application
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures Sales by Country (2019-2024)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures Revenue by Country (2019-2024)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures Sales by Type
8.3 Middle East & Africa Microbial Cultures Sales by Application
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 Microbial Cultures
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Microbial Cultures
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Microbial Cultures
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Microbial Cultures Distributors
11.3 Microbial Cultures Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Microbial Cultures by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Microbial Cultures Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Microbial Cultures Forecast by Region (2025-2030)
12.1.2 Global Microbial Cultures Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2025-2030)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country
12.6 Global Microbial Cultures Forecast by Type
12.7 Global Microbial Cultures Forecast by Application
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 Chr. Hansen
13.1.1 Chr. Hansen Company Information
13.1.2 Chr. Hansen Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 Chr. Hansen Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.1.4 Chr. Hansen Main Business Overview
13.1.5 Chr. Hansen Latest Developments
13.2 DuPont
13.2.1 DuPont Company Information
13.2.2 DuPont Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 DuPont Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.2.4 DuPont Main Business Overview
13.2.5 DuPont Latest Developments
13.3 DSM
13.3.1 DSM Company Information
13.3.2 DSM Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 DSM Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.3.4 DSM Main Business Overview
13.3.5 DSM Latest Developments
13.4 Evonik
13.4.1 Evonik Company Information
13.4.2 Evonik Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 Evonik Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.4.4 Evonik Main Business Overview
13.4.5 Evonik Latest Developments
13.5 HiMedia
13.5.1 HiMedia Company Information
13.5.2 HiMedia Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 HiMedia Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.5.4 HiMedia Main Business Overview
13.5.5 HiMedia Latest Developments
13.6 Ingredion
13.6.1 Ingredion Company Information
13.6.2 Ingredion Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 Ingredion Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.6.4 Ingredion Main Business Overview
13.6.5 Ingredion Latest Developments
13.7 Kerry Group
13.7.1 Kerry Group Company Information
13.7.2 Kerry Group Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Kerry Group Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.7.4 Kerry Group Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Kerry Group Latest Developments
13.8 Naturex
13.8.1 Naturex Company Information
13.8.2 Naturex Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Naturex Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.8.4 Naturex Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Naturex Latest Developments
13.9 Neogen
13.9.1 Neogen Company Information
13.9.2 Neogen Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Neogen Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.9.4 Neogen Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Neogen Latest Developments
13.10 NCIMB
13.10.1 NCIMB Company Information
13.10.2 NCIMB Microbial Cultures Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 NCIMB Microbial Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
13.10.4 NCIMB Main Business Overview
13.10.5 NCIMB Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
*If Applicable.