Burgeoning Opportunities in Animal Feed Leads Demand Growth for Amino Acids to Reach 11 Million Metric Tons by 2022
Industry Experts added the new market research report " Amino Acids - A Global Market Overview " to their Food & Beverages segment. The report reveals that the Global volume consumption of Amino Acids is estimated at 8.5 million metric tons in 2017 and is projected to reach 11 million metric tons by 2022 at a CAGR of 5.3% between the two years. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and play an important role as intermediates in metabolism. The 20 core amino acids that are found within proteins include essential amino acids (arginine, histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine) and non-essential amino acids (alanine, asparagine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and tyrosine). These 20 core amino acids are commercially available on the market today and are used in wide range of applications including food & beverages, animal feed, pharmaceuticals, nutraceuti...