The global  edible cutlery market size is expected to reach USD 39.5 million by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc., expanding at a CAGR of 8.3% over the forecast period. Growing popularity of edible cutlery as a plastic alternative in airlines, restaurants, and households is expected to have a positive impact on the market growth. Over the past few years, the regulatory bodies have implemented numerous regulations, which are aimed at reducing carbon emissions. For instance, in March 2019, the European Union announced plans to impose a ban on plastic cutleries by 2021. These initiatives are expected to increase the R&D on eco-friendly cutleries as alternatives to conventional plastic utensils over the next few years.

Edible utensil manufacturers have been using fruits, berries, and vegetables as an ingredient for the product, thereby making them nutritional, along with giving them a great taste. Popular ingredients include apples, currants, carrots, chokeberries, strawberries, plums, pumpkins, green beans, and blueberries. The cutlery firms have designed these products in such a way that they can withstand boiling water or freezing ice cream.

Product innovation is expected to remain a key strategy among the industry participants over the next few years. For instance, in June 2018, Gajamukha Foods Company launched consumable cutleries under the brand name, Edible Pro. They offer a wide range of products including plates, bowls, and cups of various sizes, along with ladles and spoons. These products are available in various flavors, including vanilla, beetroot, pineapple, spinach, carrot, and sweet lime. Additionally, the companies from Europe are introducing the edible utensils by utilizing potato starch and areca leaves.

North America dominated the market, accounting for exceeding 35.0% share of global revenue in 2018. High awareness regarding carbon emissions reduction and environmental protection in the food and beverage industry of U.S. and Canada is expected to play a key role in promoting the use of eco-friendly cutleries including edible utensils. Additionally, improvement of the travel retail industry in U.S. is projected to open new avenues for eco-friendly utensil manufacturers to establish tie-ups with food service vendors operating in flights.

Key manufacturers include Biotrem, Edibles by Jack, UniCrave Technologies, Mede Cutlery Company, Candy Cutlery, and Unreasonable Group. Establishment of alliances with the distributors in developing economies including China and India, which have high concentration of middle-income groups, is expected to remain a prominent strategy in order to increase their sales volumes over the next few years.

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Further key findings from the report suggest:

• By product, spoon accounted for more than 35.0% share in 2018owing to the wide popularity of the flatware across the globe for having all kinds of food. Sporks are expected to expand at the fastest CAGR of 9.2% from 2019 to 2025

• Based on raw material, rice-bran based edible cutleries are expected to expand at the fastest CAGR of 8.7% from 2019 to 2025

• The commercial application segment is expected to account more than 80.0% share by 2025 owing to growing adoption of the product by airlines to reduce their carbon footprint

• Asia Pacific is expected to register the fastest CAGR of 9.6% from 2019 to 2025.

Grand View Research has segmented the global edible cutlery market on the basis of product, raw material, application, distribution channel, and region:

Edible Cutlery Product Outlook (Revenue, USD’000, 2015 - 2025)

• Spoon

• Fork

• Knife

• Spork 

• Chopstick

Edible Cutlery Raw Material Outlook (Revenue, USD’000, 2015 - 2025)

• Corn

• Wheat Bran

• Rice Bran

• Others

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