Buckwheat Seed Market

Report Highlights

Buckwheat Seed Market Outlook

Buckwheat seed is produced for its grain-like seed and as a cover crop (planted to manage soil erosion, soil fertility). Buckwheat seed is high in complex carbohydrate, also known as pseudo cereals. Due to the high content of complex carbohydrate with gluten-free nature, buckwheat seeds are highly used in the food industry to make products for consumers allergic to gluten. Buckwheat seed is rich in lysine and arginine, two essential amino acids which major cereal crops are deficient. Buckwheat seed helps in weight loss management by suppressing the appetite. Buckwheat seed has good magnesium content that regulates the blood pressure. Along with the food, buckwheat seeds are also used in the beverage industry to prepare beer, whiskey and other alcoholic beverages, sourced as a substitute to wheat and barley.

Buckwheat Seed Market Increases Due to Its Diversified Applications

Buckwheat seed is used as an essential ingredient in various industry such as food and beverage industry, feed industry, and cosmetics and personal care industry. Buckwheat seed has increasing demand in cosmetic and personal care industry, due to consumers are facing skin problems and hair loss problems due to various effects such as growing age, improper diet, also because of environmental factors like pollution and increasing temperature are affecting consumers, who are driving the interest for consumers in buckwheat seed leading to increase the business profit for manufacturers operating in buckwheat seed market. According to WHO (World health organization) 31% of death all over the world is due to cardiovascular disease.

This states that there is a high risk of cardiovascular disease in consumers, due to which consumers are moving towards low fat food and also consumers are attracted towards other healthy source of food such as buckwheat seed rich in fibers, complex carbohydrates, and less fat. Buckwheat seed is also used in weight loss management nowadays, due to consumer’s awareness for healthy food and consciousness towards protein, carbohydrate, and fat consumption are owing to increase buckwheat seed consumption leading to better business profit for the manufacturers. Buckwheat seed is pseudo cereals containing high antioxidant and the phenolic compound which are necessary to fight against cancer. Buckwheat seed is also used in making beverages to reduce liver fattening, also they are used in animal feed to give proper nutrition to animals, other than animal feed it is also used in making supplements for weight loss. Hence the diversified application of buckwheat seed is expected to drive the market over the forecast period.

Buckwheat Seed Market Segmentation

On the basis of type of Source, the Buckwheat Seed market has been segmented as –

• Organic buckwheat seed
• Conventional buckwheat seed 

On the basis of type, the Buckwheat Seed market has been segmented as –

• Roasted buckwheat seed
• Non-roasted buckwheat seed 

On the basis of end users, the Buckwheat Seed market has been segmented as –

• Food and beverage Industry
• Cosmetics and personal care industry
• Supplement Industry
• Animal feed Industry
• Others

On the basis of distribution channel, the Buckwheat Seed market has been segmented as –

• B2B
• B2C
  • Store-Based Retailing
  • Grocery Retailers
  • Modern Grocery Retailers
  • Convenience Stores
  • Discounters
  • Traditional Grocery Retailers
  • Independent Small Grocers
  • Other Grocery Retailers
  • Non-grocery Retailers
  • Mixed Retailers
  • Other Non-grocery Retailers
  • Online Retailing

Buckwheat Seed Market: Key Players

Some of the top manufacturers and suppliers of buckwheat seed are Agrotrade Group, High Mowing Seed Company, Seed .Co. Limited, Kaveri Seed Company Limited, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., AB Company Seeds Ltd.,Kingherbs Limited, Qingdao Sunrise Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Gansu Zhanhua Import & Export Co., Ltd. Ningxia Original Crops Co., Limited and others. 

Opportunities for Market Participants for Buckwheat Seed

As there is increasing competition among the manufacturers, so they should try to sell buckwheat seed at an affordable price.

Manufacturers should provide unpolished and organic buckwheat seed to attract consumers those are health conscious. They could also provide the polished buckwheat seed to attract few new consumers for whom appearance of product matters.

Other than price the manufacturers could also provide the product in lose as well as in packed conditions. Manufacturers operating in this field could bribe the consumers by offering them complimentary gifts with the product. They could even set up their own factory outlet to reach consumers directly. The manufacturers could also do provide attractive offers with the discounted rate of buckwheat seed to attract more consumers and that could gain good business profit for manufacturers.

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