Global Infant Formula Market

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1 Global Infant Formula Market

2 Executive Summary The market for infant formula is one of the major and fastest growing segments of the overall baby food industry. Infant form ula is manufactured food, designed and marketed for feeding to babies and infants less than 12 months of age. All over the world parents are becoming more concerned about the nutritional benefit of pediatric foods and breast-milk supplements. The report Global Infant Formula Market provides an in-depth analysis of the infant formula market along with a detailed study of its various segments. The major trends, growth drivers as well as issues being faced by the industry are being presented in this report. The four major players in the industry, Nestlé SA, Danone S.A., Mead Johnson Nutrition and Abbott Laboratories are being prof iled. The key factors driving the growth of the infant formula industry are rapid growth of e-commerce in the Chinese market, growth in urbanization, increasing globalization and growing global GDP. Some of the noteworthy trend and developments of this industry are growth in organized retailing, growing demand of organic baby food and increased penetration of infant formula in China. However, the expansion of global infant formula market is being hindered by rising competition, adverse effect of increases in commodity prices and regulatory issues. The developing world, especially the Asia and Pacific region has provided the headroom for the global market expansion. Among various regions, China is one of the prominent markets for infant formula. By combining SPSS Inc. s data integration and analysis capabilities with our relevant findings, we have predicted the future growth of the industry. We employed various significant variables that have an impact on this industry and created regression models with SPSS Base t o determine the future direction of the industry. Before deploying the regression model, the relationship between several independent or pred ictor variables and the dependent variable was analyzed using standard SPSS output, including charts, tables and tests.

3 US$ Billion US$ Billion US$ Billion The key factors driving the growth of the infant formula market are growing demand of organic baby food, rising penetration of infant formula in China and growing global economy. Global Baby Food/Infant Nutrition Market ( ) As of 2014, the global baby food/inf ant nutrition market was valued at US$... billion, as compared to US$... billion in 2013, representing an incline of %. In 2014, inf ant formula market reached US$... billion, as compared to US$... billion in 2013, representing a growth of %. In 2014, the inf ant formula market was worth US$... billion, as compared to US$... billion in 2013, representing an incline of % and f urther it is estimated to reach US$...billion by Global Infant Formula Market ( ) China s Infant Formula Market by Value ( E) E

4 The key factors driving the growth of the infant formula market are growing demand of organic baby food, rising penetration of infant formula in China and growing global economy. Global Infant Formula Market Share by Region (2014) As of 2014, China accounted for the largest share with % of global inf ant formula market followed by Asia, Europe and North America with %, % and % share respectively. As of 2014, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Af rica) accounted for the largest share with % of global inf ant nutrition market, followed by China and Asia Pacific with % and % share respectively. In 2014, Toddler f ormula (+12 months) contributed the largest share of the infant formula market with %, followed by stand formula (0-6 months) and follow-on (6-12 months) with % and % share respectively. Global Infant Nutrition Market Share by Region (2014) Global Infant Formula Market Segmentation (2014)

5 US$ Billion Economic development, growing demand of organic baby food, rising urbanization, growth of organized retailing are the chief factors that will drive the market Global Infant Formula Market Forecast ( E) E 2016E 2017E 2018E The global inf ant f ormula market is f orecasted to grow at a CAGR of.% and is expected to reach US$... billion by The economic growth of a country leads to an increase in wealth, thereby contributing in the growth of respective market. Growing demand of organic baby food and rising urbanization are expected to be the key f actors driving market growth in coming years. The f uture growth would mainly be driven by the growth of organized retailing, growing inf ant population and global GDP.