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Objective
The purpose of this market study was to assist our client to better understand the market for brewer‘s dried yeast and grain distillers dried yeast.
The client produced dried yeast as a by-product from its ethanol business and wanted additional information about the market, global size (but with a focus on the US), value, prices, how these yeasts are used, which products it competes against (can customers switch away from yeast if the price rises), and what IP exists that allows value to be added (e.g. as pre-mixes or similar to add flavour and allow salt reduction).
The objective was to understand the market dynamics of the dried yeast business, so that our client could better plan the development and further exploitation of its in-house dried yeast product.
Method
CPL identified 297 fuel ethanol plants either presently producing or about to come on-stream. Of these, 208 were in the United States and Canada, 84 were in Europe and 5 were in China.
During the course of this study, ~70 direct contacts were made with individuals in companies participating in the yeast business including producers, traders and users. In addition, through a fairly extensive use of professional networking groups, additional contacts were made with around 30 producers of products related or similar to Grain Distillers Dried Yeast (GDDY), end-users including animal nutrition specialists and with North American traders.
We contacted yeast traders and producers of other by-product yeast from outside the US bioethanol co-products industry either directly or through networking groups. We prioritized the major bioethanol-producing countries including Brazil, India, Germany and the UK.
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Table of Contents
Summary
Objective
Method
Principal findings
- Sales
- Price and value
Conclusions
Recommendations
Yeast and bioethanol co-product definitions
- Grain distillers dried yeast – GDDY
- Non-grain derived dried yeast by-products from wines and alcohol distilleries
- Yeast culture
Linkage of GDDY supply to global bioethanol market
- Europe
- Brazil and India (CSDDY)
- USA and China
Product history
GDDY sales – US domestic and global
Price and value
- End user demand drivers for GDDY
- Historical pricing
- Value proposition to the customer for using the product
External dynamics – risks assessment
Producers
- Modelling of GDDY related production volumes
- 8 GDDY-related producers
- 7 sugar cane distillers dried yeast SCDDY producers & processors
- 10 dried brewery yeast producers and processors
- Active dried yeasts (direct fed microbials) for animal nutrition
- 8 suppliers
Product substitution
- 14 yeast products somewhat similar to GDDY
- 5 special purpose yeast products
- Vegetable proteins
Overview of 8 major brewery yeast players
Contact reports
- 18 producers of inactive yeast related products
- 13 potential end users
- 7 suppliers and traders
Patents
- 9 patents and 12 technology innovations
News
- 12 general news articles
- 4 DDGS & added value processing articles
- 8 yeast and its co-products in animal feed articles
- 3 biodiesel and other competing product substrates articles
- 5 fermentation end product butanol as alternative to ethanol articles
- 9 technology innovations relating to bioethanol production
- 18 2nd generation bioethanol articles
Appendix
Tables
- 4 Tables
Figures
- 2 Figures