Consumers, biotechnology expectations

Amino acids continue to be very important biotechnological compounds, as evident by the predicted rise of the global amino acids market from US 20 billion in 2014 to US 22.1 billion by 2018 [15]. The market size for amino acids is expected to continue to increase, which is partially due to a greater emphasis on health and therefore higher consumer demand for healthy and nutritious foods. More importantly, the world meat consumption is forecast to rise to 52 kg per person... 

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