Market Trends of Indonesia Food Sweetener Industry
This section covers the major market trends shaping the Indonesia Food Sweetener Market according to our research experts:
Increased Demand For Non-Caloric Sweeteners
Growing obese population and increasing health awareness have boosted the demand for natural, non-caloric sweeteners. Although caloric sugar still holds the major share of the food sweeteners market, health-consciousness among consumers is driving the demand for safer options like natural, non-caloric products. Non-caloric or low-caloric sweeteners are healthy food choices. The advantages rendered by the non-caloric sweeteners have led to an increased consumer demand. The major non-caloric sweeteners are acesulfame-K, aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin, sucralose, and stevia. Though some sweeteners are banned owing to their health effects, there are various sweeteners prevalent in the market. Companies are innovating food products, especially from the beverages industry.
Sucrose Is The Mostly Sugar Type
The significant amount of imported sugar into Indonesia serves the highlight the scale of demand for the commodity, which places Indonesia among the world’s largest buyers, by volume, particularly for the country’s food & beverage manufacturing sector. Indonesia produces white plantation sugar from sugarcane, which is primarily produced for direct human consumption. Indonesia also produces refined sugar from imported raw sugar which is used for processing by the food & beverage industries. Indonesian regulations prohibit the distribution of refined sugar produced from imported raw sugar to retail markets for direct human consumption.
