The market size of tamarind polysaccharide gum (TSP) continues to expand, and the domestic industry is still in its early stages of development.

Tamarind polysaccharide gum (TSP), referred to as tamarind gum, is a neutral polysaccharide extracted from the endosperm of tamarind seeds. It appears as a milky white or light beige powder, odorless, tasteless, easy to agglomerate, and dissolves in water. Insoluble in hot water, insoluble in cold water and most organic solvents.

Tamarind polysaccharide gum not only has many advantages such as stabilization, water retention, film formation, emulsification, thickening, and coagulation, but also has heat resistance, acid and alkali resistance, salt resistance, freezing resistance, fluidity, gelability, and compatibility. It is a type of food glue with excellent performance and is widely used in beverages, dairy products, condiments, health foods, baked goods, frozen foods and other fields.

At the same time, as relevant research continues to deepen and its advantages continue to highlight, the application of tamarind polysaccharide gum has gradually expanded to medicine, feed, cosmetics, daily necessities, industry, petroleum, electronics, tobacco and other fields. With the rapid development of the downstream market, the market size of tamarind polysaccharide gum continues to expand. According to the “China Tamarind Polysaccharide Gum (TSP) Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center shows that the global tamarind polysaccharide gum market size has reached US$186.9 million in 2022, a year-on-year growth of 7.4%.

Globally, the major companies in the tamarind polysaccharide gum market include Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals of Japan, Polygal AG of Switzerland, Dabur India Ltd of India, Mars Food of the United States, Adico of Japan and other international companies, as well as Qingdao Libonda Marine Technology, Sichuan Kangbairui Biotechnology, Hebei Runbu Biotechnology, Shanghai Nain Industrial, Nantong Tianxiang Bioengineering, Guangdong Osman Biotechnology and other local enterprises.

The global tamarind polysaccharide gum industry first started in the 1950s. After continuous research, Japan took the lead in achieving industrialized mass production in the 1960s. Since then, developed countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and France have achieved industrialized mass production. Up to now, the production technology of tamarind polysaccharide gum in developed countries has become mature, and the products have been widely used in health food, daily chemicals, oils and other fields, and the industry is developing well.

From the perspective of the domestic market, due to technical limitations, my country’s tamarind polysaccharide gum industry started relatively late, and only in the early 21st century did companies realize industrial production. At present, the scope of domestic use of tamarind polysaccharide gum is small, and it is only used in frozen foods and some snack foods. In the future, local companies will need to continuously improve their technical level and increase product promotion efforts to continue to expand market development space.

Industry analysts said that tamarind polysaccharide gum is a new type of food gum with excellent performance and can be widely used It is used in many fields such as food, beverage, medicine, chemical industry and so on. At present, the global tamarind polysaccharide gum consumption market is mainly concentrated in developed countries such as Japan, Europe and the United States. my country’s industry is still in its early stages of development, with relatively backward development and limited application space. However, my country is rich in tamarind resources, and the tamarind polysaccharide gum industry has high development potential. In the future, as local companies continue to improve their technical level, the development speed of the domestic tamarind polysaccharide gum industry will continue to accelerate.