Owing to benefits of cheese color such as good texture catching consumer’s attention, attractive, consumer acceptability, consumer liking and flavor perception, cheese color is experiencing rapid adoption as opposed to originally colored cheese, thus fostering the growth of global cheese color market.

The global Cheese Color market size is expected to reach close to US$ 691.5 Million by 2029 with an annualized growth rate of 10.4% through the projected period.

Covid-19 Impact & Market Status

Covid crisis heavily affected the global dried honey market economy decimating the industries producing products dependent on dried honey. Lack of use of modern equipment due to pandemic led mobility restrictions as well as gaps in knowledge on how to brand, reduced sell of products locally and globally impacted the economic state of the global cheese color market.

However, the producers are coming with new colorants making the cheese more attractive and preferable. The companies are identifying and targeting new set of priorities, extending their product lines, and targeting new markets for leveraging company profits and emerge from the pandemic. They are targeting multiple distribution channels including retail, wholesale, direct stores, direct to consumer, e-commerce, and foodservice.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global cheese color market, approved colors, technologies, processes regarding cheese colorants, as well as other market related information crucial for participants for making informed investment decisions. The report provides new solutions to incorporate color into cheese, and other strategies to satisfy demands and needs of both consumers and dairy companies. Furthermore, the report gives thoughtful insights on the global cheese color market, facts, historical data, and validated information. The report contains segment-wise growth projections and forecast figures.

Cheese Color Type E 160b Annatto to Emerge as the Most Lucrative Segment

Global Cheese Color Market is classified into E 160b Annatto, E 120 Cochineal, E 160a Carotene, E 160c Paprika extract, E 153 Vegetable carbon, E 140 Chlorophylls, E 120 Cochinea, E 163 Anthocyanins on the basis of color type. Among these, the Color Type E 160b Annatto is poised to incur the highest revenue streams owing to its increasing usage in making colored cheese.

Mozzarella Cheese to Remain Atop

Global Cheese Color Market is classified into roquefort cheese, parmesan cheese, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese on the basis of application. Among these, mozzarella cheese accounted for maximum sales growth and may experience substantial growth in future. The key factors such as functionality, flavor, versatility, and application, flavor and taste are driving the demand for mozzarella cheese.

Offline Cheese Color Segment to Ensure Revenue Maximization

Global Cheese Color Market is classified into online and offline on the basis of distribution channel. Among these the offline distribution channel experienced highest revenue growth owing to multiple factors such as convenience, increasing production of cheese due to growing heath awareness leading to daily cheese consumption, and other.

North American Region to Render Ample Investment Avenues

North America has contributed majorly to the global cheese color market as the consumption and preferences of colored cheese is growing in the region. Moreover, the rapidly growing food markets, on-the-go lifestyle of consumers, health awareness, growing consumption of fermented food owing to various flavors and colors. The APAC and Europe is also the next important regions for growth of cheese color market due to growing use of cheese in diverse culinary applications, nutritional benefits, and westernization of diet.

The need for increasing consumer acceptability, improving food characteristics, consumer preferences, taste perception, and purchasing choice of cheese, and food freshness and quality have increased the reliance on cheese color.

Rapid end-use applications of cheese color in roquefort cheese, parmesan cheese, feta cheese, cheddar cheese, mozzarella cheese, and other types of cheese are fostering remarkable progress in the global cheese color market.

Advantages such as improvement in food freshness and quality, consumer acceptability, improved purchasing choice are encouraging further adoption of cheese color.

Cheese color is the most widely used food additive in the food industry for making colored cheese. Taste and color of cheese are important for increasing its market reach. And if the taste of the cheese is no appealing the cheese color is that which overpowers it by making the food attractive making consumers avoid the taste. Cheese color makes the cheese attractive as well as consumers can correlate the taste with color. Hence cheese color plays an important role driving the global cheese color market.

Growing use of cheese in diverse culinary applications, nutritional benefits, and westernization of diet have made a superlative growth of global cheese color market.

However, the loss of color pigment making users changes their choices, lack in vibrancy of color, and most importantly the covid-19 led supply chain disruptions and closed cheese manufacturing plants many cheese brands struggle for growth and profitability. Furthermore, businesses gaining momentum, Growing use of cheese in diverse culinary applications, nutritional benefits, and westernization of diet are key factors leading to emergence of diverse varieties and colors of cheese anticipated to be growth opportunity for the global cheese color market.

The global cheese color market players dominating the domestic as well as international markets are Almarai Co. Ltd, GebrderWoerleGes.m.b, Mother Dairy, Kraft Heinz, Fonterra Food, Bel Group, Vindijadd, Saputo Inc, Bletsoe Cheese Inc, and Arla Foods among all the well-established and emerging players. The producers are coming with new colorants making the cheese more attractive and preferable. The companies are identifying and targeting new set of priorities, extending their product lines, and targeting new markets for leveraging company profits and emerge from the pandemic. Their common channels of distribution range from retail, wholesale, direct stores, direct to consumer, e-commerce, and foodservice. This is strengthening their market position.

Latest Innovations in the Global Cheese Color Market: a Snapshot

• Kraft Heinz Company has announced the complete take over of Assan Foods from Kibar Holding. The development is a milestone in the cheese industry and is also expected to fuel cheese color market.

Cheese Color Market Scope

Key Segments of the Global Cheese Color Market

Color Type, Overview, (USD Billion)

• E 160b Annatto
• E 120 Cochineal
• E 160a Carotene
• E 160c Paprika extract
• E 153 Vegetable carbon
• E 140 Chlorophylls
• E 120 Cochinea
• E 163 Anthocyanins 

Application Overview, (USD Billion)

• Roquefort cheese
• Parmesan cheese
• Feta cheese
• Cheddar cheese
• Mozzarella cheese

Distribution Channel Overview, (USD Billion)

• Online
• Offline

Regional Overview, (USD Billion)

North America

• U.S
• Canada

Europe

• Germany
• France
• UK
• Rest of Europe

Asia Pacific

• China
• India
• Japan
• Rest of Asia Pacific

South America

• Mexico
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and South Africa