The U.S. market for food and agricultural products is one of the largest in the world with 328 million consumers. Exports of Danish agriculture and food products to the United States are rapidly growing with enzymes, pork, aquaculture and machinery among the largest export categories.
The U.S. food and agriculture market is a well-developed and highly competitive market. Clean and healthy products, traceability of production and food of high quality are some of the trends that U.S. consumers demand. The sale of organic products has exponentially increased during the last 20 years, especially the use of food products labelled Non-GMO, No-antibiotics, Gluten Free and Natural. Furthermore, there is a big demand for enzymes and other ingredients in the U.S. food industry. This poses unique opportunities for Danish companies and organizations within areas such as food and agriculture production.
The Danish food cluster is well-known worldwide for its strongholds in areas like food quality and safety, organic food production, gastronomy and health. Danish companies are also frontrunners in innovative, sustainable and efficient food and agriculture production. They have the advantage of taking part in the development of innovative technologies that effectively contribute to the green transition of the food and agriculture sector.
The food and agriculture team works to facilitate commercial opportunities and solutions sharing between Danish companies and their American counterparts.
The Trade Council of Denmark in North America's Food & Agriculture team has established the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Platform, which is designed for Danish companies that wish to start or continue their export journey on the Californian market.
Learn more about the platform here
Jesper Vibe-Hansen
Minister Counsellor - Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
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+1 202 256 0793
Anna Sørensen Trillingsgaard
Senior Commercial Advisor – GPA and Climate Smart Agriculture
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+1 202 704 1225
Jens Lehmann Christensen
Commercial Advisor – Biosolutions and Plant Based Food Tech
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+1 312 731 1572
Jonas Ladefoged
Commercial Advisor – AgTech, Dairy, and Pig Production
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+1 312 774 0516
On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rambøll has conducted an in-depth study of the market potential for Danish biosolutions providers on the US market.
This area of green potential is remarkable because of the broad applicability of existing and new solutions across the food and agricultural sectors. Denmark is particularly strong in this area with both private and public institutions focused on innovative solutions.
Rambøll’s report found that “The U.S. plant-based food market is expected to grow nearly seven-folded, to ~47 billion USD between 2020 and 2035, with an average growth rate of ~13% each year.” These findings are promising, given that the plant-based food category is a strong market indicator, even if it is not exhaustive of applications of biosolutions. Plant-based foods are in many cases produced with facilitation of biosolutions and can therefore be indicative of market trends.
As outlined by the government’s Green Initiative Action Plan of 2021, it is a key priority for the Trade Council in North America to support Danish stakeholders’ in the growing market, as well as to promote the Danish biosolutions-hub in the U.S. by facilitating public, private, and academic collaboration.
Download the full report here.
What are biosolutions?
Biosolutions are the use of biotechnology to solve resource efficiency challenges in the food- and agricultural sector.
Examples of biosolutions:
Enzymes, functional ingredients, biological pesticides, bio-fertilizers, alternative proteins, probiotics, shelf-life enhancing products and techniques, food waste reduction or regeneration.
