Global Food Certification Market 2025–2034

Reports Description

Global Food Certification Market size was valued at USD 6,045.5 Million in 2025 and is expected to reach USD 9,632.7 Million by 2034 at a CAGR of 5.28% during the forecast period 2025- 2034.

Food certifications cover food handling, safety management systems, hazard analysis, critical control points (HACCP), and specialised training for dealing. The food safety certification ensures the food business is followed by healthy practices that ensure safety and quality. The food certification helps in ensuring the food production, storage, and preparation of food are compliant with all legal and regulatory requirements.

Food Certification Market: Growth Factors

Growing Emphasis by Consumers on Food Transparency and Credibility

The growing emphasis by the consumer on the transparency and credibility of food products is mainly driving the market growth. The growing awareness about health and increasingly stringent regulations are propelling consumers to know more about the origins of their food.

The desire of consumers for transparency and traceability has never been stronger. Thus, the growing emphasis by consumers on food transparency and credibility is expected to create the demand for food certification to foster trust, enhance loyalty, and differentiate themselves in a competitive marketplace.

The growing trend of a healthier lifestyle and increasing awareness about health is expected to create a demand for food certifications. The stakeholders operating in the food industry are focusing on providing comprehensive details about production processes, including sourcing, and environmental regulations due to growing demand from consumers for transparency and credibility.

Stringent Government Regulations on Food Safety

The regulating agencies across the globe are implementing various stringent government regulations on food safety and security. To comply with these regulations the stakeholders operating in the market are perusing the food certifications of the respective countries.

The food certifications are becoming necessary to meet regulatory expectations, mitigate risks and affirm their dedication to delivering safe and high-quality food to consumers. For instance, in India the FSSAI license is necessary is the primary certification required for the food businesses in India. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issues this license to ensure that food is safe to eat and meets quality standards. The FSSAI inspects food premises and ensures that food businesses follow regulations and food standards.

In the U.S. the food safety system certification FSSC 22000 is the main authority that regulates the additional food safety requirements. Thus, growing stringent regulations across the globe about food safety and security are mainly driving the food certification market.

Food Certification Market: Restraint

Growing Counterfeiting of the Food Certificates

Food certification fraud is becoming a major concern for many global food certification companies due to growing counterfeiting. Many fraudsters are giving counterfeited food certificates to many food companies, which are altered, misrepresented, mislabelled, and tampered with any original food product certifications. Thus, such factors are creating major concerns for the companies.

Fraud occurs when a food supplier intentionally deceives its customers about the quality and contents of the foods they are purchasing. The food fraud is often motivated by profit, some forms of food fraud can also pose a direct threat to the health of customers and consumers. With the rapidly expanding food and beverages industry the false and altered substituted food certifications are also increasing, which in turn restraining the market.

Lack of Universal Standards

Lack of universal directives pertaining to food certification restraining the market growth. Every country and end use applications have different rules and regulations pertaining to implementation and persuasion of the food certification. Furthermore, every country has different directives pertaining to ingredients, allergen, raw material contents and labelling practices.

The key players operating in the market and other stakeholders involved in the market ecosystem are finding it very difficult to comply with such unharmonized regulations, thereby restraining its adoption in many end use applications, which in turn discouraging the new investment in the market.

Food Certification Market: Opportunities

Rapidly Expanding Food and Beverages Industry Across the Globe 

Various factors such as growing population, increasing disposable income, changing consumer habits and increasing technological advancements are fuelling the growth of the food and beverages industry across the globe. Thus, such rapidly expanding food & beverages industry is creating need for the certification to ensure the food safety and security.

For instance, the India food processing industry is expected to reach at USD 1,100 billion by 2035 due to growing population, availability vast raw material base and increasing disposable income. Various factors such as the growing emergence of the QSR industry model, increasing number of new restaurants and cafes and increasing investment by the major food companies in the developing regions is expected to foster the growth of the food and beverages industry, thereby driving the demand for the food certification.

The food companies are increasingly adopting the various certifications such as halal, kosher, ISO, SQF and IFS to increase the trustworthiness and transparency in production processes, sourcing, and overall product quality. Thus, such rapidly expanding food and beverages industry is expected to create lucrative opportunities for the food industry market.

Food Certification Market: Segmentation Analysis

Global food certification market is segmented by risk, by type, by application, by category, by end user, by region. By risk, the market is segmented into high risk and low risk. Among all of these, high risk segment dominated the market and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period.

The growing stringent regulations pertaining to high-risk foods is expected to drive the market growth of this segment. High risk foods are subject to mandatory risk-based inspections and involves the third- party inspections and certifications.

The growing consumption of the high-risk food products such as dairy products, meat products, eggs products and food containing the high-risk ingredients, such as casseroles, curries, lasagne, pâté, stews, gravy, stock, sauces, and soups are expected to create the demand for high risk food certifications, thereby driving the market growth of this segment.

By type, the ISO 22000 segment dominated the market in 2024 and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period owing to the wider acceptability of the ISO 22000 across the globe. The ISO 22000 involves the in-depth detail about product such as Hazard analysis, critical ingredient analysis, hazard analysis and labelling etc.

Furthermore, the ISO 22000 clearly specifies the requirements for the food safety management systems. It is also based on the principles of the hazard analysis and critical control point system and the codex alimentarius guidelines. The food and beverage manufacturers, which holds ISO 22000 certification are expected to gain a competitive edge in the global market by meeting regulatory requirements and satisfying customer expectations for safe and high-quality food products.

By category, the organic food certification segment held highest market share in 2023 and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period owing to growing demand for the organic food certification among various food products manufacturers.

The growing inclination of the consumers towards organic foods, increasing industry collaborations, technological advancements, and a focus on sustainability have shaped the market.  Furthermore, the growing awareness about the health, sustainability and food safety are mainly driving the market growth.

By end users, the food product manufacturers segment dominated the market and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period. The increasing collaborations of the food product manufacturers and food certifications companies is expected to drive the demand for the food certifications.

The growing investment by the global food companies in the manufacturing of variety of the new products, growing number of the food contract manufactures and supportive government policies are some of the factors expected to create the lucrative opportunities for the market growth of this segment. Food growers segment is expected to grow at fastest CAGR during the forecast period.

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Food Certification Market: Regional Analysis

By Region, Food Certification market is segmented into North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa and Latin America. Among all of these, North America held the largest Market share in 2024 and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period owing to the growing stringent regulations pertaining to food safety and security.

The major countries such as U.S., Canada and Mexico are mainly driving the overall market growth. Various factors such as growing supportive policies, increasing awareness about the food certifications, rapidly expanding food and beverages industry across the region are expected to lucrative opportunities for market during the forecast period.

The U.S. is leading the North America market and is expected to keep its dominance during the forecast period. The increasing stringent regulations in the U.S. pertaining to the food inspection and certification is expected to drive the market growth of this region. Food labelling is becoming more important for the various ready to eat foods and QSR restaurants products, which in turn driving the demand for the various food certifications.

The Asia Pacific region is expected grow at fastest CAGR during the forecast period. The growing focus by the food manufactures and grocery stores on product formulation, quality control, and production capabilities is expected to drive the market growth of this region during the forecast period.

Moreover, increasing presence of global food companies in the region is expected to create the lucrative opportunities for the market during the forecast period. China, India, Japan, South Korea, ASEAN and Australia are mainly driving the market growth of this region.

China is leading the market in this region owing to presence of large number of food certification companies in the region. Rising population, growing household income, growing urbanisation and industrialization are propelling the market growth of the food and beverage industry, thereby driving the demand for the food certification in China.

Food Certification Market: Recent Developments

• In March 2024, the SCS Global services, a pioneer and global leader in third-party food certifications collaborated with the Sustainable Food Group, a branch of the IPM Institute of North America, as an authorized certification body to the Sustainability Standard. Through this collaboration company is enhancing its presence in the North American market.

• In January 2022, the bureau veritas made agreement with the Avena Foods Limited to provide onsite laboratory testing services at their Avena Purity Protocol facility located in Regina, SK, Canada. Through this partnership the bureau veritas is expanding its product outreach and revenues.

List of the prominent players in the Food Certification Market:

• GFSI
• UL LLC
• SCS Global Services
• Lloyd’s Register Group Services Limited
• Eagle Certification Group
• GROUPE ECOCERT
• NSF International
• BRCGS
• Bureau Veritas
• SGS SA
• Intertek Group Plc
• TÜV NORD GROUP
• DNV GL
• DEKRA
• Mérieux NutriSciences
• Eurofins Scientific
• Others

The Food Certification Market is segmented as follows:

By Risk

• High-Risk Foods
• Low-Risk Foods

By Type

• ISO 22000
• BRC
• SQF
• IFS
• HALAL
• KOSHER
• Free-From Certifications
• HACCP
• Vegan
• Others

By Application

• Food
• Beverages
• Others

By Category

• Organic Food Certification
• Sustainable Food Certification

By End User

• Growers
• Manufacturers
• Retailers
• Food Service Organization
• Others

Regional Coverage:

North America

• U.S.
• Canada
• Mexico
• Rest of North America

Europe

• Germany
• France
• U.K.
• Russia
• Italy
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Rest of Europe

Asia Pacific

• China
• Japan
• India
• New Zealand
• Australia
• South Korea
• Taiwan
• Rest of Asia Pacific

The Middle East & Africa

• Saudi Arabia
• UAE
• Egypt
• Kuwait
• South Africa
• Rest of the Middle East & Africa

Latin America

• Brazil
• Argentina
• Rest of Latin America