Global Amino Acids Market Projected to Grow at a Healthy 6.8% Annually to 2013

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90591) has announced the
addition of Amino Acids to their offering.

The Amino Acids report analyzes the market by Type and Application
at global level and for each of the geographic regions - North
America, Europe, China, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and Rest of World.
The Amino Acids market is segmented by Type into Glutamate, Lysine,
Methionine, Branched Chain Amino Acids and Phenylanine; and by
Application into Feed Additives, Food Ingredients, and
Nutraceuticals/Pharmaceutical. Business profiles of 11 major companies
and 79 competitor companies are discussed in the report. The report
serves as a guide to the Amino Acids industry, covering 405 companies
that are engaged in Amino Acids R&D, processing, production, and
distribution. Information related to recent product releases, product
developments, partnerships, collaborations, mergers and acquisitions,
ethical issues, regulatory affairs, and other areas of concern is also
covered in the report. Projections and estimates are graphically
illustrated by geographic region with exclusive graphical
representations provided for 271 exhibits.

Amino acids can be described as a group of organic molecules that
comprise of an organic R group or a side chain, which presents a
solitary characteristic to the amino acid, an acidic carboxyl group
represented as -COOH and a basic amino group represented as -NH2. If
two or more amino acids combine, the combination is known as a
peptide.

Today amino acids can be taken as a supplement that is available
commercially. Amino acid supplements are usually made from animal
protein, vegetable protein, or yeast. While almost all amino acids can
be produced in two forms - the L and D form, it is not so in the case
of glycine. L and D basically refer to the manner in which the amino
acid is wound up. L is the left winding amino acid and D is the right
winding amino acid. Human amino acids have been found to be the L type
and this is usually the preferred supplement as well.

Global Amino Acids market is projected to grow at 6.8% annually
through 2013. China, the leading market (25% of global market share in
2006) for Amino Acids presently is projected to manage the leading
position during the analysis period with its share dropping to 23.4%
by 2013. North America is the fastest growing (almost 8% during
2000-2013) market for Amino Acids, and is projected to gain dominance
over China by the end of the analysis period.

Increase in competition of prices of Amino Acids has resulted in
the increase in prices of raw materials. Thus the collective work of
different fields of science and technology is the cause for the
successful and flourishing production of amino acids.

Mergers and consolidations within the industry will drive the
industry further. China, the largest producer of amino acids, has
several production companies which are increasingly entering into
alliances with producers of western countries. Such alliances are
paving way to more production facilities and more production of amino
acids at the global level.

Countries Covered:

North America

US

Canada

Europe

Germany

United Kingdom

Switzerland

The Netherlands

Rest of Europe

China

Asia-Pacific

Japan

South Korea

India

Rest of Asia-Pacific

Latin America

Brazil

Mexico

Rest of Latin America

Rest of World

Companies Mentioned:

Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (Japan)

Archer Daniels Midland Co. (USA)

CJ Corporation (South Korea)

Daesang Corporation (South Korea)

Daiichi Pure Chemicals Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Evonik Degussa GmbH (Germany)

Global Biochem Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China)

Koninklijke DSM NV (The Netherlands)

Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (Japan)

Novus International, Inc. (USA)

Vedan (Vietnam) Enterprise Corp. Ltd. (Vietnam)

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http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c90591

Research and Markets
Laura Wood, Senior Manager
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