Sorbitol Market

1   Preface
2   Scope and Methodology
    2.1    Objectives of the Study
    2.2    Stakeholders
    2.3    Data Sources
        2.3.1    Primary Sources
        2.3.2    Secondary Sources
    2.4    Market Estimation
        2.4.1    Bottom-Up Approach
        2.4.2    Top-Down Approach
    2.5    Forecasting Methodology
3   Executive Summary
4   Introduction
    4.1    Overview
    4.2    Key Industry Trends
5    Global Sorbitol Industry: Market Landscape
    5.1    Market Trends
        5.1.1    Production Capacity
        5.1.2    Consumption
        5.1.3    Prices
    5.2    Imports/Exports
    5.3    Impact of COVID-19
    5.4    Price Analysis
        5.4.1    Key Price Indicators
        5.4.2    Price Structure
        5.4.3    Price Trends
    5.5    Market Forecast
        5.5.1    Production Capacity
        5.5.2    Consumption
        5.5.3    Prices
6   Sorbitol Market Breakup by Application
    6.1    Cosmetics and Toiletries
        6.1.1 Market Trends
        6.1.2 Market Forecast
    6.2    Food and Beverage
        6.2.1 Market Trends
        6.2.2 Market Forecast
    6.3    Pharmaceuticals
        6.3.1 Market Trends
        6.3.2 Market Forecast
    6.4    Toothpaste
        6.4.1 Market Trends
        6.4.2 Market Forecast
    6.5    Industrial Surfactants
        6.5.1 Market Trends
        6.5.2 Market Forecast
    6.6    Others 
        6.6.1 Market Trends
        6.6.2 Market Forecast
7   Sorbitol Market Breakup by Type
    7.1    Liquid Sorbitol 
        7.1.1 Market Trends
        7.1.2 Market Forecast
    7.2    Powder Sorbitol
        7.2.1 Market Trends
        7.2.2 Market Forecast
8   Sorbitol Market Breakup by Feedstock
    8.1    Corn
        8.1.1 Market Trends
        8.1.2 Market Forecast
    8.2    Wheat
        8.2.1 Market Trends
        8.2.2 Market Forecast
    8.3    Cassava
        8.3.1 Market Trends
        8.3.2 Market Forecast
    8.4    Others
        8.4.1 Market Trends
        8.4.2 Market Forecast
9   Global Sorbitol Industry: Regional Analysis
    9.1    Production Capacity by Region
    9.2    Production by Region
    9.3    Consumption by Region
    9.4    Analysis of Key Regions
        9.4.1    China
           9.4.1.1 Sorbitol Production Capacity and Production
           9.4.1.2 Sorbitol Consumption
           9.4.1.3 Sorbitol Production Statistics from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.1.4 Historical and Future Price Trends of Various Feedstocks
           9.4.1.5 Historical and Future Cost of Manufacturing Sorbitol from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.1.6 Competitive Landscape
        9.4.2    United States
           9.4.2.1 Sorbitol Production Capacity and Production
           9.4.2.2 Sorbitol Consumption
           9.4.2.3 Sorbitol Production Statistics from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.2.4 Historical and Future Price Trends of Various Feedstocks
           9.4.2.5 Historical and Future Cost of Manufacturing Sorbitol from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.2.6 Competitive Landscape
        9.4.3    Europe
           9.4.3.1 Sorbitol Production Capacity and Production
           9.4.3.2 Sorbitol Consumption
           9.4.3.3 Sorbitol Production Statistics from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.3.4 Historical and Future Price Trends of Various Feedstocks
           9.4.3.5 Historical and Future Cost of Manufacturing Sorbitol from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.3.6 Competitive Landscape
        9.4.4    Indonesia
           9.4.4.1 Sorbitol Production Capacity and Production
           9.4.4.2 Sorbitol Consumption
           9.4.4.3 Sorbitol Production Statistics from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.4.4 Historical and Future Price Trends of Various Feedstocks
           9.4.4.5 Historical and Future Cost of Manufacturing Sorbitol from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.4.6 Competitive Landscape
        9.4.5    India
           9.4.5.1 Sorbitol Production Capacity and Production
           9.4.5.2 Sorbitol Consumption
           9.4.5.3 Sorbitol Production Statistics from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.5.4 Historical and Future Price Trends of Various Feedstocks
           9.4.5.5 Historical and Future Cost of Manufacturing Sorbitol from Various Feedstocks
           9.4.5.6 Competitive Landscape
10  Global Sorbitol Market: Value Chain
11  Global Sorbitol Market: Margin Analysis
    11.1    Farmers Margins
    11.2    Collectors Margins
    11.3    Starch Manufacturer Margins
    11.4    Sorbitol Manufacturer Margins
    11.5    Distributor Margins
    11.6    Exporters Margins
12  Global Sorbitol Market: SWOT Analysis
    12.1    Overview
    12.2    Strengths
    12.3    Weaknesses
    12.4    Opportunities
    12.5    Threats
13  Global Sorbitol Market: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
    13.1    Overview
    13.2    Bargaining Power of Buyers
    13.3    Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    13.4    Degree of Rivalry
    13.5    Threat of New Entrants
    13.6    Threat of Substitutes
14  Competitive Landscape
    14.1    Competitive Structure
    14.2    Market Breakup by Key Players
15  Sorbitol Market: Feedstock and Manufacturing Analysis
    15.1    Corn
        15.1.1    Production Trends
        15.1.2    Sorbitol Manufacturing from Corn
           15.1.2.1 Manufacturing Process
           15.1.2.2 Process Flow
           15.1.2.3 Mass Balance and Feedstock Requirements
           15.1.2.4 Land and Construction Requirements
           15.1.2.5 Machinery Requirements
           15.1.2.6 Machinery Suppliers
           15.1.2.7 Utility Requirements
           15.1.2.8 Manpower Requirements
           15.1.2.9 Capital Costs
           15.1.2.10 Raw Material Costs
           15.1.2.11 Final Product and By-Product Prices
           15.1.2.12 Total Cost per Ton
    15.2    Cassava
        15.2.1    Production Trends
        15.2.2    Sorbitol Manufacturing from Cassava
           15.2.2.1 Manufacturing Process
           15.2.2.2 Process Flow
           15.2.2.3 Mass Balance and Feedstock Requirements
           15.2.2.4 Land and Construction Requirements
           15.2.2.5 Machinery Requirements
           15.2.2.6 Machinery Suppliers
           15.2.2.7 Utility Requirements
           15.2.2.8 Manpower Requirements
           15.2.2.9 Capital Costs
           15.2.2.10 Raw Material Costs
           15.2.2.11 Final Product and By-Product Prices
           15.2.2.12 Total Cost per Ton
    15.3    Corn Starch
        15.3.1    Sorbitol Manufacturing from Corn Starch
           15.3.1.1 Manufacturing Process
           15.3.1.2 Process Flow
           15.3.1.3 Mass Balance and Feedstock Requirements
           15.3.1.4 Specifications of Corn Starch and Sorbitol
           15.3.1.5 Land and Construction Requirements
           15.3.1.6 Machinery Requirements
           15.3.1.7 Machinery Suppliers
           15.3.1.8 Major Distributors
           15.3.1.9 Utility Requirements
           15.3.1.10 Manpower Requirements
           15.3.1.11 Capital Costs
           15.3.1.12 Raw Material Costs
           15.3.1.13 Final Product Prices
           15.3.1.14 Total Cost per Ton

16  Key Player Profiles

List of Figures

Figure 1: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 2: Global: Sorbitol Average Prices (in USD/Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 3: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 4: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Value (in Million USD), 2019-2024
Figure 5: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Breakup by Application (in %), 2024
Figure 6: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Key Producer Countries (in %), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 7: Global: Sorbitol Production Volume Breakup by Key Producer Countries (in %), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 8: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Breakup by Region (in %), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 9: Global: Sorbitol Production Volume Breakup by Feedstock (in %), 2024
Figure 10: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Manufacturers (in %)
Figure 11: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 12: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 13: Global: Sorbitol Average Prices Forecast (in USD/Metric Ton), 2025-2033
Figure 14: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Value Forecast (in Million USD), 2025-2033
Figure 15: China: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 16: China: Sorbitol Production Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 17: China: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 18: China: Sorbitol Production Breakup by Feedstock (in %), 2024
Figure 19: China: Corn Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 20: China: Wheat Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 21: China: Corn and Wheat Prices (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 22: China: Sorbitol Production Costs from Various Feedstocks (in USD Per Mt)
Figure 23: China: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Manufacturers (in %)
Figure 24: United States: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 25: United States: Sorbitol Production Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 26: United States: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 27: United States: Corn Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 28: United States: Corn Prices (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 29: United States: Sorbitol Production Costs from Corn (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 30: United States: Sorbitol Production Capacity by Manufacturers (in %) 
Figure 31: Western Europe: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 32: Western Europe: Sorbitol Production Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 33: Western Europe: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 34: Western Europe: Sorbitol Production Breakup by Feedstock (in %), 2024
Figure 35: France: Wheat Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 36: France: Corn Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 37: France: Corn & Wheat Prices (in USD Per Mt). 2019-2024
Figure 38: France: Sorbitol Production Costs from Corn & Wheat (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 39: Western Europe: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Key Manufacturers (in %)
Figure 40: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 41: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 42: Indonesia: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 43: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Breakup by Feedstock (in %), 2024
Figure 44: Indonesia: Cassava Prices (in USD/Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 45: Indonesia: Corn Prices (in USD/Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 46: Indonesia: Corn & Cassava Prices (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 47: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Costs from Corn & Cassava (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 48: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Breakup by Key Manufacturers (in %) 
Figure 49: India: Sorbitol Production Capacity (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 50: India: Sorbitol Production Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 51: India: Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Figure 52: India: Sorbitol Production Breakup by Feedstock (in %), 2024
Figure 53: India: Wheat Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 54: India: Corn Prices (in USD /Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 55: India: Corn and Wheat Prices (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 56: India: Sorbitol Production Costs from Corn and Wheat (in USD Per Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 57: India: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Key Manufacturers (in %)
Figure 58: Global: Sorbitol Application in Cosmetics and Toiletries: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 59: Global: Sorbitol Application in Cosmetics and Toiletries: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 60: Global: Sorbitol Application in Food and Beverage: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 61: Global: Sorbitol Application in Food and Beverage: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 62: Global: Sorbitol Application in Pharmaceuticals: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 63: Global: Sorbitol Application in Pharmaceuticals: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 64: Global: Sorbitol Application in Toothpaste: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 65: Global: Sorbitol Application in Toothpaste: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 66: Global: Sorbitol Application in Industrial Surfactants: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 67: Global: Sorbitol Application in Industrial Surfactants: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 68: Global: Sorbitol Other Applications: Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 69: Global: Sorbitol Other Applications: Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 70: Global: Liquid Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 71: Global: Liquid Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 72: Global: Powder Sorbitol Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 73: Global: Powder Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 74: Global: Sorbitol (From Corn) Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 75: Global: Sorbitol (From Corn) Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 76: Global: Sorbitol (From Wheat) Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 77: Global: Sorbitol (From Wheat) Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 78: Global: Sorbitol (From Cassava) Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 79: Global: Sorbitol (From Cassava) Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 80: Global: Sorbitol (From Other Feedstocks) Consumption Volume (in ‘000 Mt), 2019 & 2024
Figure 81: Global: Sorbitol (From Other Feedstocks) Consumption Volume Forecast (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Figure 82: Sorbitol and By-Product Conversion Rates from Corn, Wheat and Cassava 
Figure 83: Global: Corn Production & Consumption Volume (in Million Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 84: Global: Corn Production by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 85: Global: Wheat Production & Consumption Volume (in Million Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 86: Global: Wheat Production by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 87: Global: Cassava Production (in Million Mt), 2019-2024
Figure 88: Global: Cassava Production by Country (in %), 2024
Figure 89: Sorbitol Manufacturing Process
Figure 90: Production of Starch Slurry Using Wheat
Figure 91: Production of Starch Slurry Using Cassava
Figure 92: Production of Glucose Syrup from Starch Slurry
Figure 93: Conversion of Glucose Syrup to Sorbitol
Figure 94: Interchanging Sorbitol Feedstocks
Figure 95: Roquette Frères SA: Production Breakup by Product
Figure 96: Shandong Tianli Pharmaceutical Co Limited: Capacity Breakup by Product (in %)
Figure 97: Kasyap Sweetners: Production Capacity Breakup by Product (in %)

List of Tables

Table 1: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity by Key Producer Countries (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Table 2: Global: Sorbitol Production by Key Producer Countries (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Table 3: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume by Region (in ‘000 Mt), 2019, 2024 & 2033
Table 4: Global: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in ‘000 Mt), 2024
Table 5: Global: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Manufacturers (in Mt)
Table 6: Characteristics of Various Polyols
Table 7: China: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in ‘000 Mt)
Table 8: China: Sorbitol Production Capacity Breakup by Manufacturers (in Mt)
Table 9: United States: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in Mt)
Table 10: United States: Sorbitol Production Capacity by Manufacturers (in Mt)
Table 11: Western Europe: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in Mt)
Table 12: Western Europe: Sorbitol Production Capacity Statistics by Key Producers (in Mt)
Table 13: Indonesia: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in Mt)
Table 14: Indonesia: Sorbitol Production Statistics by Key Producers (in Mt)
Table 15: India: Sorbitol Feedstock Statistics (in Mt)
Table 16: India: Sorbitol Production Statistics by Key Producers (in Mt)
Table 17: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast: Breakup by Application (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Table 18: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast: Breakup by Type (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Table 19: Global: Sorbitol Consumption Volume Forecast: Breakup by Feedstock (in ‘000 Mt), 2025-2033
Table 20: Prices of Various Sorbitol By-products