emerging markets in Latin America and Asia. The most used food additive in 2020 were food thickeners and stabilizers, counting for a turnover of 8.6 billion U.S. dollars or 33 percent of all additives. Colorants and modified starches together, with each accounting for 12 percent, almost account for one quarter of used food additives in 2020.
In 2020, the global market size of food additives reached 26 billion U.S. dollars. The growth in market size was driven not only by countries like the United States but also by Worldwide market size of food additives in 2020, by type (in billion U.S. dollars)
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