Global Food Grade Bentonite Market Outlook 2022

Bentonite is a clay mineral with montmorillonite as the main component. The clay has good cohesiveness, swelling, adsorption, plasticity, dispersibility, lubricity, and cation exchange. After being exchanged with other bases and lithium bases, it has quite strong suspensibility, and has excellent decolorization after acidification. Therefore, it can be made into various suspending agents, adsorbents, decolorizing agents, and purifying agents, which are widely used in the food industry.
US is the largest producer of food grade bentonite. Key players in US include Minerals Technologies (Amcol) and Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC (BPM). Minerals Technologies (Amcol) is the largest manufacturer of Bentonite and the food grade bentonite in the world.In the food grade bentonite, this company has a share about nearly 30 % of global market. Other key players include Clariant, Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC (BPM), Bentonite Company LLC, Laviosa Minerals SpA, Wyo-Ben Inc, Xinjiang Nonmetallic Minerals Xiazijie Bentonite. China is also an important player, with several small companies in this industry. Chinese players hold a share about 10% of all food grade bentonite market.
Europe is the largest consumer of food grade bentonite, with a share about 35%, followed by Asia-Pacific and North America, with 33% 19 % share, respectively.
The key applications of food grade bentonite are wine and juice clarification agent, edible oil purification agent, food desiccant and other applications, Other areas include white vinegar, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, etc. The share of food-grade bentonite as a wine and juice clarifier has a share over 60 percent in 2019.

The global Food Grade Bentonite market was valued at US$ 64 million in 2020 and is expected to reach US$ 101.6 million by the end of 2027, growing at a CAGR of 6.9% during 2021-2027.
This report focuses on Food Grade Bentonite volume and value at the global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Food Grade Bentonite market size by analysing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report focuses on several key regions: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Middle East & Africa.

Global Food Grade Bentonite Market: Segment Analysis
The research report includes specific segments by region (country), by company, by Type and by Application. This study provides information about the sales and revenue during the historic and forecasted period of 2016 to 2027. Understanding the segments helps in identifying the importance of different factors that aid the market growth.

Segment by Type
Sodium Bentonite
Calcium Bentonite

Segment by Application
Wine and Juice
Edible Oil Purification
Food Desiccant
Others

By Region
North America
U.S.
Canada
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Indonesia
Thailand
Malaysia
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE

By Company
Minerals Technologies
Bentonite Performance Minerals LLC (BPM)
Clariant
Wyo-Ben Inc
Bentonite Company LLC (Russia)
Laviosa Minerals Srl
G & W Mineral Resources
Hojun
Ningcheng Tianyu
Huawei Bentonite
China Jianping Cuican
Xinjiang Nonmetallic Minerals Xiazijie Bentonite