Global Lipid Testing Market for Food & Beverages - Insights

 

Lipid Testing

Lipids are major dietary component in food and it is important in routine diet. Lipids are major source of energy, as they provide essential lipid nutrients. They consist of naturally occurring molecules such as sterols, fats, fat-soluble vitamins, and phospholipids. Furthermore, Lipids have applications in cosmetics and food industries. However, excessive consumption of lipid components such as saturated fats and cholesterol results in to various health complications.

 

Stringent government regulations on safety of food is propelling demand for global Lipid Testing Market in food & beverages industry. For instance, Food & Drug Administration (FDA) in 2014, proposed regulations on the nutrition labeling for prepackaged food products, an act governing food safety and sanitation and needs the nutrition labelling for packaged food such as content of fat, carbohydrates, and others.

 

Recent technology is the most widely used type with a market share of 67.09% in 2016, and is expected to lead the market throughout the forecast period. Recent technology has numerous applications in food & beverage industry that are used to check the count, metabolites, and type of microorganisms related to preservation, safety, food spoilage, foodborne pathogens, and others. For instance, in 2018, Certus Corporation, a company that provides innovators in food safety technologies, is manufacturing CERTUS System Detection Unit, which is based on Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy nanoparticle technology through a license agreement with Becton, Dickinson, and Company, a medical technology company. This system allows cost-effective and easy way to detect pathogens.

 

Food & beverages industry was the dominant application segment of Lipid Testing Market in 2016 and is expected to retain market dominance throughout the forecast period. Lipid play a major role in many foods for determining the physical characteristics such as texture, appearance, flavor and others. Hence, testing of lipid in the food & beverages industry is important to determine the amount of specific content present in the foods. The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) is a joint intergovernmental body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and WHO, which coordinates food standards with the main objective to protect the health of consumers.

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