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Global Functional Starter Cultures Market Analysis and Forecast 2025-2031

Publisher APO Research, Inc.
Published Oct 20, 2025
Length 195 Pages
SKU # APRC20563896

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Summary

According to APO Research, The global Functional Starter Cultures market is projected to grow from US$ million in 2025 to US$ million by 2031, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of % during the forecast period.

The US & Canada market for Functional Starter Cultures is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Functional Starter Cultures is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The China market for Functional Starter Cultures is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

Europe market for Functional Starter Cultures is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2025 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Functional Starter Cultures include DSM, Chr. Hansen, Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies, Danisco, Lallemand, Madison, Sacco System, Sassenage and Dalton Biotecnologie, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

This report presents an overview of global market for Functional Starter Cultures, sales, revenue and price. Analyses of the global market trends, with historic market revenue or sales data for 2020 - 2024, estimates for 2025, and projections of CAGR through 2031.

This report researches the key producers of Functional Starter Cultures, also provides the sales of main regions and countries. Of the upcoming market potential for Functional Starter Cultures, and key regions or countries of focus to forecast this market into various segments and sub-segments. Country specific data and market value analysis for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, Middle East, Africa, and Other Countries.

This report focuses on the Functional Starter Cultures sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking of main manufacturers, data from 2020 to 2025. Identification of the major stakeholders in the global Functional Starter Cultures market, and analysis of their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues. This report will help stakeholders to understand the competitive landscape and gain more insights and position their businesses and market strategies in a better way.

This report analyzes the segments data by Type and by Application, sales, revenue, and price, from 2020 to 2031. Evaluation and forecast the market size for Functional Starter Cultures sales, projected growth trends, production technology, application and end-user industry.

Functional Starter Cultures Segment by Company

DSM
Chr. Hansen
Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies
Danisco
Lallemand
Madison
Sacco System
Sassenage
Dalton Biotecnologie
BDF Ingredients
Lactina
LB Bulgaricum
Functional Starter Cultures Segment by Type

Mesophilic Bacteria
Thermophilic Bacteria
Functional Starter Cultures Segment by Application

Cheese
Yoghourt
Buttermilk
Cream
Others
Functional Starter Cultures Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Study Objectives

1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, sales, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Functional Starter Cultures market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Functional Starter Cultures and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in sales and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Functional Starter Cultures.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the report scope of the report, executive summary of different market segments (by type and by application, etc), including the market size of each market segment, future development potential, and so on. It offers a high-level view of the current state of the market and its likely evolution in the short to mid-term, and long term.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Sales (consumption), revenue of Functional Starter Cultures in global, regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space of each country in the world.
Chapter 4: Detailed analysis of Functional Starter Cultures manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and industry ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the sales, revenue, average price, and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 6: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the sales, revenue, average price, and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 7: Provides profiles of key manufacturers, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product descriptions and specifications, Functional Starter Cultures sales, revenue, price, gross margin, and recent development, etc.
Chapter 8: North America by type, by application and by country, sales, and revenue for each segment.
Chapter 9: Europe by type, by application and by country, sales, and revenue for each segment.
Chapter 10: China type, by application, sales, and revenue for each segment.
Chapter 11: Asia (excluding China) type, by application and by region, sales, and revenue for each segment.
Chapter 12: South America, Middle East and Africa by type, by application and by country, sales, and revenue for each segment.
Chapter 13: Analysis of industrial chain, sales channel, key raw materials, distributors and customers.
Chapter 14: The main concluding insights of the report.

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Table of Contents

195 Pages
1 Market Overview
1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Functional Starter Cultures Market by Type
1.2.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type, 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.2.2 Mesophilic Bacteria
1.2.3 Thermophilic Bacteria
1.3 Functional Starter Cultures Market by Application
1.3.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application, 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
1.3.2 Cheese
1.3.3 Yoghourt
1.3.4 Buttermilk
1.3.5 Cream
1.3.6 Others
1.4 Assumptions and Limitations
1.5 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Functional Starter Cultures Market Dynamics
2.1 Functional Starter Cultures Industry Trends
2.2 Functional Starter Cultures Industry Drivers
2.3 Functional Starter Cultures Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Functional Starter Cultures Industry Restraints
3 Global Market Growth Prospects
3.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
3.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Region
3.2.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.2.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
3.2.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Region (2026-2031)
3.2.4 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Market Share by Region (2020-2031)
3.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Estimates and Forecasts 2020-2031
3.4 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Region
3.4.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
3.4.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Region (2020-2025)
3.4.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Region (2026-2031)
3.4.4 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2031)
3.5 US & Canada & Mexico
3.6 Europe
3.7 China
3.8 Asia (Excluding China)
3.9 South America, Middle East and Africa
4 Market Competitive Landscape by Manufacturers
4.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Manufacturers
4.1.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Market Share by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
4.1.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Manufacturers Revenue Share Top 10 and Top 5 in 2024
4.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Manufacturers
4.2.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Market Share by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Manufacturers Sales Share Top 10 and Top 5 in 2024
4.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Price by Manufacturers (2020-2025)
4.4 Global Functional Starter Cultures Key Manufacturers Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
4.5 Global Functional Starter Cultures Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
4.6 Global Functional Starter Cultures Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
4.7 Global Functional Starter Cultures Manufacturers' Establishment Date
4.8 Market Competitive Analysis
4.8.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Market CR5 and HHI
4.8.2 2024 Functional Starter Cultures Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
5 Functional Starter Cultures Market by Type
5.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type
5.1.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.1.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
5.1.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type
5.2.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
5.2.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031) & (t)
5.2.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2031)
5.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type
6 Functional Starter Cultures Market by Application
6.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application
6.1.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
6.1.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)
6.1.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application
6.2.1 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
6.2.2 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031) & (t)
6.2.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Sales Market Share by Application (2020-2031)
6.3 Global Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application
7 Company Profiles
7.1 DSM
7.1.1 DSM Comapny Information
7.1.2 DSM Business Overview
7.1.3 DSM Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.1.4 DSM Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.1.5 DSM Recent Developments
7.2 Chr. Hansen
7.2.1 Chr. Hansen Comapny Information
7.2.2 Chr. Hansen Business Overview
7.2.3 Chr. Hansen Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.2.4 Chr. Hansen Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.2.5 Chr. Hansen Recent Developments
7.3 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies
7.3.1 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies Comapny Information
7.3.2 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies Business Overview
7.3.3 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.3.4 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.3.5 Orchard Valley Dairy Supplies Recent Developments
7.4 Danisco
7.4.1 Danisco Comapny Information
7.4.2 Danisco Business Overview
7.4.3 Danisco Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.4.4 Danisco Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.4.5 Danisco Recent Developments
7.5 Lallemand
7.5.1 Lallemand Comapny Information
7.5.2 Lallemand Business Overview
7.5.3 Lallemand Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.5.4 Lallemand Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.5.5 Lallemand Recent Developments
7.6 Madison
7.6.1 Madison Comapny Information
7.6.2 Madison Business Overview
7.6.3 Madison Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.6.4 Madison Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.6.5 Madison Recent Developments
7.7 Sacco System
7.7.1 Sacco System Comapny Information
7.7.2 Sacco System Business Overview
7.7.3 Sacco System Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.7.4 Sacco System Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.7.5 Sacco System Recent Developments
7.8 Sassenage
7.8.1 Sassenage Comapny Information
7.8.2 Sassenage Business Overview
7.8.3 Sassenage Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.8.4 Sassenage Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.8.5 Sassenage Recent Developments
7.9 Dalton Biotecnologie
7.9.1 Dalton Biotecnologie Comapny Information
7.9.2 Dalton Biotecnologie Business Overview
7.9.3 Dalton Biotecnologie Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.9.4 Dalton Biotecnologie Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.9.5 Dalton Biotecnologie Recent Developments
7.10 BDF Ingredients
7.10.1 BDF Ingredients Comapny Information
7.10.2 BDF Ingredients Business Overview
7.10.3 BDF Ingredients Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.10.4 BDF Ingredients Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.10.5 BDF Ingredients Recent Developments
7.11 Lactina
7.11.1 Lactina Comapny Information
7.11.2 Lactina Business Overview
7.11.3 Lactina Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.11.4 Lactina Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.11.5 Lactina Recent Developments
7.12 LB Bulgaricum
7.12.1 LB Bulgaricum Comapny Information
7.12.2 LB Bulgaricum Business Overview
7.12.3 LB Bulgaricum Functional Starter Cultures Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
7.12.4 LB Bulgaricum Functional Starter Cultures Product Portfolio
7.12.5 LB Bulgaricum Recent Developments
8 North America
8.1 North America Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type
8.1.1 North America Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
8.1.2 North America Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031)
8.1.3 North America Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type (2020-2031)
8.2 North America Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application
8.2.1 North America Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
8.2.2 North America Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031)
8.2.3 North America Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application (2020-2031)
8.3 North America Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Country
8.3.1 North America Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Grow Rate by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
8.3.2 North America Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
8.3.3 North America Functional Starter Cultures Price by Country (2020-2031)
8.3.4 United States
8.3.5 Canada
8.3.6 Mexico
9 Europe
9.1 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type
9.1.1 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
9.1.2 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031)
9.1.3 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type (2020-2031)
9.2 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application
9.2.1 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
9.2.2 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031)
9.2.3 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application (2020-2031)
9.3 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Country
9.3.1 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Grow Rate by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
9.3.2 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
9.3.3 Europe Functional Starter Cultures Price by Country (2020-2031)
9.3.4 Germany
9.3.5 France
9.3.6 U.K.
9.3.7 Italy
9.3.8 Russia
9.3.9 Spain
9.3.10 Netherlands
10 China
10.1 China Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type
10.1.1 China Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
10.1.2 China Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031)
10.1.3 China Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type (2020-2031)
10.2 China Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application
10.2.1 China Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
10.2.2 China Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031)
10.2.3 China Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application (2020-2031)
11 Asia (Excluding China)
11.1 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type
11.1.1 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
11.1.2 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031)
11.1.3 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type (2020-2031)
11.2 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application
11.2.1 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
11.2.2 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031)
11.2.3 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application (2020-2031)
11.3 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Country
11.3.1 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Grow Rate by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
11.3.2 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
11.3.3 Asia Functional Starter Cultures Price by Country (2020-2031)
11.3.4 Japan
11.3.5 South Korea
11.3.6 India
11.3.7 Australia
11.3.8 Taiwan
11.3.9 Southeast Asia
12 South America, Middle East and Africa
12.1 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Type
12.1.1 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Type (2020-2031)
12.1.2 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Type (2020-2031)
12.1.3 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Price by Type (2020-2031)
12.2 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Application
12.2.1 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Revenue by Application (2020-2031)
12.2.2 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Application (2020-2031)
12.2.3 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Price by Application (2020-2031)
12.3 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Market Size by Country
12.3.1 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Revenue Grow Rate by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
12.3.2 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Sales by Country (2020 VS 2024 VS 2031)
12.3.3 SAMEA Functional Starter Cultures Price by Country (2020-2031)
12.3.4 Brazil
12.3.5 Argentina
12.3.6 Chile
12.3.7 Colombia
12.3.8 Peru
12.3.9 Saudi Arabia
12.3.10 Israel
12.3.11 UAE
12.3.12 Turkey
12.3.13 Iran
12.3.14 Egypt
13 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
13.1 Functional Starter Cultures Value Chain Analysis
13.1.1 Functional Starter Cultures Key Raw Materials
13.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
13.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
13.1.4 Functional Starter Cultures Production Mode & Process
13.2 Functional Starter Cultures Sales Channels Analysis
13.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
13.2.2 Functional Starter Cultures Distributors
13.2.3 Functional Starter Cultures Customers
14 Concluding Insights
15 Appendix
15.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
15.2 Research Methodology
15.3 Research Process
15.4 Authors List of This Report
15.5 Data Source
15.5.1 Secondary Sources
15.5.2 Primary Sources
15.6 Disclaimer
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