Raw material supply and price concerns restricted the growth of the global botanical extracts market in previous years, but consumer shift to healthier products has been shoring up the industry in recent months. The health and wellness trend, which picked up pace even more this pandemic, is also reshaping consumption patterns as more users veer away from synthetic products (amid greater awareness about their negative effects) toward natural alternatives that deliver more nutritional benefits.
The Asia Pacific is expected to post the fastest growth in the global botanical extracts market, which itself is forecast to continue expanding despite the economic slowdown in many countries. Projections from MarketsandMarkets place the global botanical extracts industry at USD6.03 billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 9.0% mostly on the back of increasing demand for natural flavours in food applications. While sustained market growth will push the market to USD1006 billion by 2028, according to Meticulous Research, at a CAGR of 9.2% from 2021.
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PT Indesso Aroma, a world leader in clove oil and essential oils and their derivatives, believes Indonesia with its rich biodiversity can play a key role in the global botanical extracts segment. Asia, after all, remains one of the largest markets, if not the largest, for botanical extracts worldwide. The region’s rich supply of raw materials and the growing number of manufacturers of plant extracts have been crucial in fuelling the industry. The rise of functional foods and vegan F&B products is also spurring manufacturers to invest in more natural ingredients.
Arianto Mulyadi, Indesso’s corporate communications and sustainability director, sees steady evolution in this market. “People across the different countries have been adding botanical ingredients to foods and beverages for their health benefits. This has been a practice for so many years, except that in the past the technology was not as sophisticated. As the food and beverage industry evolves and manufacturers have access to better technologies and methods, there will be more innovative ways to develop products based on botanical extracts and with even better benefits for a wider array of applications,” he said.
Double-encapsulated botanical extracts for F&B
Indesso’s range of double-encapsulated products from botanical extracts and essential oils under the Naturarte family, a portmanteau of Natural, Art and Technology, can be used for many applications such as nutritional goods, bakery items, snacks, and powdered and RTD beverages.
With its expertise in food ingredient manufacturing, Indesso adopts advanced extraction and spray drying technologies to encapsulate the natural extracts of herbs, spices, flowers and fruits from natural sources such as ginger, turmeric, lemongrass, rose, lavender, orange, guava, apple, yuzu and bergamot. Because the Naturarte range uses natural ingredients, it has high nutritional values and boosts the aroma and taste of the product it is applied to.
The range comprises Floralarte, which offers extracts from chamomile, geranium and lavender; and Fruitarte, which consists of products from extracts of apple, bergamot, kaffir lime, lemon, lemongrass, orange, pink guava, strawberry and yuzu. The Spicearte family includes products made from extracts of black pepper, cassia, coffee, ginger, nutmeg, pandan, red ginger, salam leaf, temulawak and turmeric.
Naturarte uses Indesso’s double encapsulation technology to protect delicate and volatile molecules from oxidation and other factors such as temperature, light and humidity. The products, which come in powder form, are water-soluble and shelf-stable at room temperature.
“Spray drying produces high-quality products and maintains micro biosafety without losing active ingredients. This has enabled us to achieve a shelf life of up to two years for the Naturarte product line,” said Mulyadi.
Gingerarte, one of the popular categories in the Naturarte line, is an encapsulated form of ginger and based on red or fresh ginger extracts and oil.
“Gingerarte provides the benefits of ginger in a form that is easy to use for different applications. We all know that ginger is widely used for cooking and medicinal purposes. Besides its anti-inflammatory benefits, It reduces blood sugar, boosts immunity, treats nausea and digestive problems, and even prevents cardiovascular diseases,” Mulyadi shared.
Ginger is among the top medicinal plants produced in Indonesia, and remains a strong focus for many, according to Mulyadi. But he said the list of rhizomes produced in the country continues to grow and includes turmeric, Java cardamom and galanga.
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