The global Food Additive N-hexane market was valued at US$ 407 million in 2023 and is anticipated to reach US$ 522 million by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 3.7% during the forecast period 2024-2030.
n-Hexane is a colorless, flammable liquid alkane with the chemical formula CāHāā. It is a straight-chain hydrocarbon and one of the components of gasoline. As a food addtive, n-Hexane mainly acts as a solvent, and is used in such field like plant oil extraction.
Applications of n-Hexane in the Food Industry
Vegetable Oil Extraction: One of the primary applications of n-Hexane in the food industry is in the extraction of vegetable oils from oilseeds such as soybeans, corn, and canola. n-Hexane is favored for its efficiency in dissolving oils, leading to high yields during extraction processes. After extraction, the n-Hexane is typically removed and recycled, ensuring minimal residue in the final oil product.
Food Flavoring and Additives: n-Hexane is used in the extraction of flavor compounds and essential oils from various plants and spices. This application is crucial for producing flavorings used in beverages, snacks, and processed foods, helping to enhance taste and aroma.
Solvent in Food Processing: In some cases, n-Hexane serves as a solvent for food additives and ingredients, aiding in the formulation of products such as sauces, dressings, and condiments. Its low boiling point allows for quick evaporation, making it suitable for processes requiring rapid solvent removal.
Market Drivers for food additive n-Hexane:
Rising Demand for Edible Oils: The global increase in the consumption of vegetable oilsādriven by health trends and culinary preferencesāhas significantly boosted the demand for n-hexane in oil extraction processes. As consumers seek healthier cooking options, the extraction efficiency of n-hexane becomes a key factor in meeting this demand.
Growth in Processed Food Industry: The expanding processed food sector, including snacks, sauces, and ready-to-eat meals, relies heavily on the use of n-hexane for extracting flavors and oils. As the processed food market grows, so does the need for effective extraction methods that n-hexane provides.
Increased Focus on Quality Control: As consumers become more conscious of food quality and safety, the food industry is investing in better extraction methods to ensure purity and flavor integrity. N-Hexane's effectiveness in extracting high-quality oils and flavors supports this trend, driving its continued use.
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Practices: The food industry is increasingly adopting practices that ensure compliance with safety regulations. While n-hexane use is regulated, advancements in production methods and technology for removing residual solvents can enhance safety, encouraging its use in food applications.
Report Scope
This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Food Additive N-hexane, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Food Additive N-hexane.
The Food Additive N-hexane market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of output/shipments (Tons) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2023 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2019 to 2030. This report segments the global Food Additive N-hexane market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided.
For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.
The report will help the Food Additive N-hexane manufacturers, new entrants, and industry chain related companies in this market with information on the revenues, production, and average price for the overall market and the sub-segments across the different segments, by company, by Type, by Application, and by regions.
Market Segmentation
By Company
Phillips 66
Exxon Mobil
Shell
Bharat Petroleum
SK Chem
Sumitomo Chemical
Sinopec
CNPC
Junyuan Petroleum Group
Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil
Liaoning Yufeng Chemical
Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical
by Type
Purity < 60%
60% Purity
80% Purity
Purity > 80%
by Application
Vegetable Oil Extraction
Food Flavoring
Food Processing
Other
Production by Region
North America
Europe
China
Japan
Consumption by Region
North America
U.S.
Canada
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
China Taiwan
Southeast Asia
India
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Rest of Europe
Latin America, Middle East & Africa
Mexico
Brazil
Turkey
GCC Countries
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by region, by Type, by Application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Detailed analysis of Food Additive N-hexane manufacturers competitive landscape, price, production and value market share, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 3: Production/output, value of Food Additive N-hexane by region/country. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 4: Consumption of Food Additive N-hexane in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 6: Provides the analysis of various market segments by Application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 9: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 10: The main points and conclusions of the report.
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1 Food Additive N-hexane Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Food Additive N-hexane by Type
1.2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Market Value Growth Rate Analysis by Type: 2023 VS 2030
1.2.2 Purity < 60%
1.2.3 60% Purity
1.2.4 80% Purity
1.2.5 Purity > 80%
1.3 Food Additive N-hexane by Application
1.3.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Market Value Growth Rate Analysis by Application: 2023 VS 2030
1.3.2 Vegetable Oil Extraction
1.3.3 Food Flavoring
1.3.4 Food Processing
1.3.5 Other
1.4 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.4.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
1.4.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
1.4.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
1.4.4 Global Food Additive N-hexane Market Average Price Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
1.5 Assumptions and Limitations
2 Market Competition by Manufacturers
2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Market Share by Manufacturers (2019-2024)
2.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Market Share by Manufacturers (2019-2024)
2.3 Global Key Players of Food Additive N-hexane, Industry Ranking, 2022 VS 2023
2.4 Global Food Additive N-hexane Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3)
2.5 Global Food Additive N-hexane Average Price by Manufacturers (2019-2024)
2.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Food Additive N-hexane, Manufacturing Base Distribution and Headquarters
2.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Food Additive N-hexane, Product Offered and Application
2.8 Global Key Manufacturers of Food Additive N-hexane, Date of Enter into This Industry
2.9 Food Additive N-hexane Market Competitive Situation and Trends
2.9.1 Food Additive N-hexane Market Concentration Rate
2.9.2 Global 5 and 10 Largest Food Additive N-hexane Players Market Share by Revenue
2.10 Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion
3 Food Additive N-hexane Production by Region
3.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
3.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Region (2019-2030)
3.2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Market Share by Region (2019-2024)
3.2.2 Global Forecasted Production Value of Food Additive N-hexane by Region (2025-2030)
3.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
3.4 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Region (2019-2030)
3.4.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Market Share by Region (2019-2024)
3.4.2 Global Forecasted Production of Food Additive N-hexane by Region (2025-2030)
3.5 Global Food Additive N-hexane Market Price Analysis by Region (2019-2024)
3.6 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production and Value, Year-over-Year Growth
3.6.1 North America Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
3.6.2 Europe Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
3.6.3 China Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
3.6.4 Japan Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2019-2030)
4 Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Region
4.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Consumption Estimates and Forecasts by Region: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
4.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Region (2019-2030)
4.2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Region (2019-2030)
4.2.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Forecasted Consumption by Region (2025-2030)
4.3 North America
4.3.1 North America Food Additive N-hexane Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
4.3.2 North America Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Country (2019-2030)
4.3.3 U.S.
4.3.4 Canada
4.4 Europe
4.4.1 Europe Food Additive N-hexane Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
4.4.2 Europe Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Country (2019-2030)
4.4.3 Germany
4.4.4 France
4.4.5 U.K.
4.4.6 Italy
4.4.7 Russia
4.5 Asia Pacific
4.5.1 Asia Pacific Food Additive N-hexane Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
4.5.2 Asia Pacific Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Region (2019-2030)
4.5.3 China
4.5.4 Japan
4.5.5 South Korea
4.5.6 China Taiwan
4.5.7 Southeast Asia
4.5.8 India
4.6 Latin America, Middle East & Africa
4.6.1 Latin America, Middle East & Africa Food Additive N-hexane Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2019 VS 2023 VS 2030
4.6.2 Latin America, Middle East & Africa Food Additive N-hexane Consumption by Country (2019-2030)
4.6.3 Mexico
4.6.4 Brazil
4.6.5 Turkey
4.6.6 GCC Countries
5 Segment by Type
5.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Type (2019-2030)
5.1.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Type (2019-2024)
5.1.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Type (2025-2030)
5.1.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Market Share by Type (2019-2030)
5.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Type (2019-2030)
5.2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Type (2019-2024)
5.2.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Type (2025-2030)
5.2.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Market Share by Type (2019-2030)
5.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Price by Type (2019-2030)
6 Segment by Application
6.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Application (2019-2030)
6.1.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Application (2019-2024)
6.1.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production by Application (2025-2030)
6.1.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Market Share by Application (2019-2030)
6.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Application (2019-2030)
6.2.1 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Application (2019-2024)
6.2.2 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value by Application (2025-2030)
6.2.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Production Value Market Share by Application (2019-2030)
6.3 Global Food Additive N-hexane Price by Application (2019-2030)
7 Key Companies Profiled
7.1 Phillips 66
7.1.1 Phillips 66 Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.1.2 Phillips 66 Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.1.3 Phillips 66 Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.1.4 Phillips 66 Main Business and Markets Served
7.1.5 Phillips 66 Recent Developments/Updates
7.2 Exxon Mobil
7.2.1 Exxon Mobil Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.2.2 Exxon Mobil Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.2.3 Exxon Mobil Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.2.4 Exxon Mobil Main Business and Markets Served
7.2.5 Exxon Mobil Recent Developments/Updates
7.3 Shell
7.3.1 Shell Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.3.2 Shell Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.3.3 Shell Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.3.4 Shell Main Business and Markets Served
7.3.5 Shell Recent Developments/Updates
7.4 Bharat Petroleum
7.4.1 Bharat Petroleum Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.4.2 Bharat Petroleum Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.4.3 Bharat Petroleum Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.4.4 Bharat Petroleum Main Business and Markets Served
7.4.5 Bharat Petroleum Recent Developments/Updates
7.5 SK Chem
7.5.1 SK Chem Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.5.2 SK Chem Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.5.3 SK Chem Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.5.4 SK Chem Main Business and Markets Served
7.5.5 SK Chem Recent Developments/Updates
7.6 Sumitomo Chemical
7.6.1 Sumitomo Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.6.2 Sumitomo Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.6.3 Sumitomo Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.6.4 Sumitomo Chemical Main Business and Markets Served
7.6.5 Sumitomo Chemical Recent Developments/Updates
7.7 Sinopec
7.7.1 Sinopec Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.7.2 Sinopec Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.7.3 Sinopec Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.7.4 Sinopec Main Business and Markets Served
7.7.5 Sinopec Recent Developments/Updates
7.8 CNPC
7.8.1 CNPC Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.8.2 CNPC Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.8.3 CNPC Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.8.4 CNPC Main Business and Markets Served
7.8.5 CNPC Recent Developments/Updates
7.9 Junyuan Petroleum Group
7.9.1 Junyuan Petroleum Group Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.9.2 Junyuan Petroleum Group Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.9.3 Junyuan Petroleum Group Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.9.4 Junyuan Petroleum Group Main Business and Markets Served
7.9.5 Junyuan Petroleum Group Recent Developments/Updates
7.10 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil
7.10.1 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.10.2 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.10.3 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.10.4 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil Main Business and Markets Served
7.10.5 Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil Recent Developments/Updates
7.11 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical
7.11.1 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.11.2 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.11.3 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.11.4 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical Main Business and Markets Served
7.11.5 Liaoning Yufeng Chemical Recent Developments/Updates
7.12 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical
7.12.1 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Food Additive N-hexane Company Information
7.12.2 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Food Additive N-hexane Product Portfolio
7.12.3 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Food Additive N-hexane Production, Value, Price and Gross Margin (2019-2024)
7.12.4 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Main Business and Markets Served
7.12.5 Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical Recent Developments/Updates
8 Industry Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
8.1 Food Additive N-hexane Industry Chain Analysis
8.2 Food Additive N-hexane Key Raw Materials
8.2.1 Key Raw Materials
8.2.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
8.3 Food Additive N-hexane Production Mode & Process
8.4 Food Additive N-hexane Sales and Marketing
8.4.1 Food Additive N-hexane Sales Channels
8.4.2 Food Additive N-hexane Distributors
8.5 Food Additive N-hexane Customers
9 Food Additive N-hexane Market Dynamics
9.1 Food Additive N-hexane Industry Trends
9.2 Food Additive N-hexane Market Drivers
9.3 Food Additive N-hexane Market Challenges
9.4 Food Additive N-hexane Market Restraints
10 Research Findings and Conclusion
11 Methodology and Data Source
11.1 Methodology/Research Approach
11.1.1 Research Programs/Design
11.1.2 Market Size Estimation
11.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation
11.2 Data Source
11.2.1 Secondary Sources
11.2.2 Primary Sources
11.3 Author List
11.4 Disclaimer
Phillips 66
Exxon Mobil
Shell
Bharat Petroleum
SK Chem
Sumitomo Chemical
Sinopec
CNPC
Junyuan Petroleum Group
Haishunde(Zhangzhou) Special Oil
Liaoning Yufeng Chemical
Luoyang Jinda Petrochemical
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