Feed Mycotoxin Detoxifiers Market Trends

Growth Drivers

• Rising feed consumption: Following a slack in 2023, the world's feed production increased from 1.380 billion metric tons (mt) (+1.2%) to 1.396 billion mt in 2024 by all livestock species, reacting to increasing demand from growth in meat and dairy consumption. With feed producers focusing on feed quality and contamination, feed producers are adopting feed detoxifiers to ensure animal health, animal productivity, compliance with trade standards in the livestock industry, and long-term demand growth.
• Increasing mycotoxin contamination due to climate change: Increasing temperatures and humidity will influence the global prevalence of mycotoxins. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) research stated that global crop products had a mycotoxin contamination percentage that reached up to 25%, with nearly 2% resulting in a total impairment of nutritional and economic characteristics. Mycotoxin contamination could signify economic loss of tens of billions of U.S. dollars in agriculture and industry around the world. With the economic losses associated with contaminated feed slightly fueled, the relatively consistent market demand.
• Rising global livestock production: The increased demand for livestock products such as meat, milk, and eggs has increased global production of livestock, and as per FAO projections, global meat production will exceed 377 million tons by 2031, requiring safe inputs of feed. The greater the density of livestock production, the potential risk of feed contamination. Therefore, mycotoxin detoxifiers are considered an essential feed additive to maintain animal health and productivity. The pressure to ensure quality animal protein for human consumption is what drives the implementation of mycotoxin binders and biodegrades in intensive farming systems and the continued reduction of losses associated with feed spoilage.

Exports of Bentonite

Exports of bentonite play a key role in driving the feed mycotoxin detoxifiers market by supplying a critical raw material used in toxin-binding additives. Bentonite’s high adsorption capacity makes it effective in neutralizing harmful mycotoxins in animal feed, improving livestock health and productivity. As global demand for safer, high-quality feed rises, bentonite exports support the expansion of detoxifier manufacturing. This trade flow strengthens supply chains and enables broader adoption of mycotoxin control solutions across regions.

Top Exporters of Bentonite (2023)

Source: WITS

Growing Pig and Poultry Fat Demand

Top Exporters of Pig and Poultry Fat (2023)

Source: WITS

Challenges

• High regulatory compliance costs: Excessively stringent safety standards from agencies like the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the FDA (U.S.) increase approval time and costs. EFSA, for example, instituted new regulations specific to feed additives that increased compliance costs for detoxifier manufacturers by 16-21%.  Increased regulation delays product launches and market agility, weakening smaller companies' ability to compete for innovation and market access (the resource pools of multi-national companies help them meet extensive dossier, residue studies, and produce more if necessary).
• Ineffectiveness against multiple mycotoxins: Most single-action detoxifiers are typically not effective against the toxicity of mycotoxins that occur together. Current products only focus on aflatoxins, while fumonisin and DON, and ochratoxins are often of limited effectiveness. This limits the confidence of users in the product, and the market needs evidence of efficacy, in the form of multi-mycotoxin solutions, from development and in vivo trial work, which is time-consuming and difficult to develop.