Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Report, Competitive Analysis and Regional Opportunities 2025-2031

Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market

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α-lactalbumin is a small molecule whey protein with a molecular weight of about 14.2 kDa and a compact structure. It is widely present in the milk of mammals, especially in human milk and cow milk. It is a regulatory subunit in the lactose synthase complex, directly involved in the synthesis of lactose, and plays a key role in the physiological function of the mammary gland. α-lactalbumin is rich in essential amino acids for the human body, especially tryptophan and cysteine. It has excellent nutritional value and multiple biological activities, such as promoting neurotransmitter synthesis, enhancing immune function, regulating sleep and mood, and anti-oxidation. Therefore, it is widely used in infant formula milk powder, sports nutrition products, clinical nutritional support and functional foods. Compared with other whey proteins, α-lactalbumin is closer to the natural protein composition in human milk, and is particularly suitable for groups with higher nutritional needs or incompletely developed gastrointestinal functions. In recent years, with the growing demand for high-quality protein, α-lactalbumin has also become the research and development focus of high-end dairy products and protein supplements.

As the core representative of functional whey protein, α-lactalbumin is rapidly rising in the global nutritional food market due to its excellent nutritional composition and physiological activity. From the application end, α-lactalbumin is mainly divided into two categories: one is bovine α-lactalbumin extracted from nature, which has a mature industrial chain and controllable costs. It is the main source of raw materials for infant formula milk powder and clinical nutritional foods; the other is "artificial α-lactalbumin" obtained by enzymatic modification, recombinant expression or precise proportioning. The goal is to simulate the amino acid spectrum and biological characteristics of human milk protein, which is more in line with the physiological needs of infants and special nutrition groups. In terms of application areas, α-lactalbumin not only shows a supporting role in the immune system, neural development and intestinal health in infant nutritional supplements, but also has important potential in clinical nutrition, postoperative recovery, and muscle protection for the elderly. In the future, as consumers' demand for "precision nutrition", "breast milk formula" and "high-quality protein" continues to increase, α-lactalbumin products will further develop in the direction of high purity, low denaturation and functional orientation. Especially in the field of infant formula, the trend of formula upgrade will drive companies to improve the proportion of α-lactalbumin and functional research. On the technical level, technologies such as recombinant microbial fermentation, precise separation and purification, and deep processing of whey will become the key to improving product competitiveness. For manufacturers, they should focus on the layout of efficient separation and purification technology, protein functional structure analysis, and bioactivity evaluation platform, and at the same time, cooperate deeply with downstream brand companies in clinical and infant formula applications to create a new protein solution with "high-end protein" as the core, and seize the high value of the global functional protein market.

The global Alpha-lactalbumin market is strategically segmented by company, region (country), by Type, and by Application. This report empowers stakeholders to capitalize on emerging opportunities, optimize product strategies, and outperform competitors through data-driven insights on sales, revenue, and forecasts across regions, by Type, and by Application for 2020-2031.

Market Segmentation

Scope of Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Report

Chapter Outline

1.1 Alpha-lactalbumin Product Scope

1.2 Alpha-lactalbumin by Type

1.2.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

1.2.2 Human Alpha-Lactalbumin

1.2.3 Cattle Alpha-Lactalbumin

1.3 Alpha-lactalbumin by Application

1.3.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Comparison by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

1.3.2 Baby Nutrition

1.3.3 Hospital Patients

1.4 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)

1.4.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size in Value Growth Rate (2020-2031)

1.4.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size in Volume Growth Rate (2020-2031)

1.4.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price Trends (2020-2031)

1.5 Assumptions and Limitations

2.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031

2.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Retrospective Market Scenario by Region (2020-2025)

2.2.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2025)

2.2.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Market Share by Region (2020-2025)

2.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)

2.3.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Estimates and Forecasts by Region (2026-2031)

2.3.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)

2.4 Major Region and Emerging Market Analysis

2.4.1 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)

2.4.2 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size and Prospective (2020-2031)

3.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Historic Market Review by Type (2020-2025)

3.1.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (2020-2025)

3.1.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Type (2020-2025)

3.1.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Type (2020-2025)

3.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Estimates and Forecasts by Type (2026-2031)

3.2.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Forecast by Type (2026-2031)

3.2.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Forecast by Type (2026-2031)

3.2.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price Forecast by Type (2026-2031)

3.3 Different Types Alpha-lactalbumin Representative Players

4.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Historic Market Review by Application (2020-2025)

4.1.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Application (2020-2025)

4.1.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Application (2020-2025)

4.1.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Application (2020-2025)

4.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Estimates and Forecasts by Application (2026-2031)

4.2.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Forecast by Application (2026-2031)

4.2.2 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Forecast by Application (2026-2031)

4.2.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price Forecast by Application (2026-2031)

4.3 New Sources of Growth in Alpha-lactalbumin Application

5.1 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Players (2020-2025)

5.2 Global Top Alpha-lactalbumin Players by Revenue (2020-2025)

5.3 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Alpha-lactalbumin as of 2024)

5.4 Global Alpha-lactalbumin Average Price by Company (2020-2025)

5.5 Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters

5.6 Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Product Type & Application

5.7 Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Date of Enter into This Industry

5.8 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans

6.1 North America Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers

6.1.1 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company

6.1.1.1 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company (2020-2025)

6.1.1.2 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Company (2020-2025)

6.1.2 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)

6.1.3 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)

6.1.4 North America Alpha-lactalbumin Major Customer

6.1.5 North America Market Trend and Opportunities

6.2 Europe Market: Players, Segments, Downstream and Major Customers

6.2.1 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company

6.2.1.1 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company (2020-2025)

6.2.1.2 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Company (2020-2025)

6.2.2 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)

6.2.3 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)

6.2.4 Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Major Customer

6.2.5 Europe Market Trend and Opportunities

7.1 Agropur

7.1.1 Agropur Company Information

7.1.2 Agropur Business Overview

7.1.3 Agropur Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.1.4 Agropur Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.1.5 Agropur Recent Development

7.2 Arla Foods Ingredients

7.2.1 Arla Foods Ingredients Company Information

7.2.2 Arla Foods Ingredients Business Overview

7.2.3 Arla Foods Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.2.4 Arla Foods Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.2.5 Arla Foods Ingredients Recent Development

7.3 Hilmar Cheese Company

7.3.1 Hilmar Cheese Company Company Information

7.3.2 Hilmar Cheese Company Business Overview

7.3.3 Hilmar Cheese Company Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.3.4 Hilmar Cheese Company Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.3.5 Hilmar Cheese Company Recent Development

7.4 FrieslandCampina Ingredients

7.4.1 FrieslandCampina Ingredients Company Information

7.4.2 FrieslandCampina Ingredients Business Overview

7.4.3 FrieslandCampina Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.4.4 FrieslandCampina Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.4.5 FrieslandCampina Ingredients Recent Development

7.5 Armor Proteines

7.5.1 Armor Proteines Company Information

7.5.2 Armor Proteines Business Overview

7.5.3 Armor Proteines Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.5.4 Armor Proteines Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.5.5 Armor Proteines Recent Development

7.6 Fonterra

7.6.1 Fonterra Company Information

7.6.2 Fonterra Business Overview

7.6.3 Fonterra Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

7.6.4 Fonterra Alpha-lactalbumin Products Offered

7.6.5 Fonterra Recent Development

8.1 Alpha-lactalbumin Key Raw Materials Analysis

8.1.1 Key Raw Materials

8.1.2 Key Suppliers of Raw Materials

8.2 Proportion of Manufacturing Cost Structure

8.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Alpha-lactalbumin

8.4 Alpha-lactalbumin Industrial Chain Analysis

9.1 Marketing Channel

9.2 Alpha-lactalbumin Distributors List

9.3 Alpha-lactalbumin Customers

10.1 Alpha-lactalbumin Industry Trends

10.2 Alpha-lactalbumin Market Drivers

10.3 Alpha-lactalbumin Market Challenges

10.4 Alpha-lactalbumin Market Restraints

12.1 Research Methodology

12.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach

12.1.1.1 Research Programs/Design

12.1.1.2 Market Size Estimation

12.1.1.3 Market Breakdown and Data Triangulation

12.1.2 Data Source

12.1.2.1 Secondary Sources

12.1.2.2 Primary Sources

12.2 Author Details

12.3 Disclaimer

List of Tables

 Table 1. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (US$ Million) Growth Rate by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

 Table 2. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (US$ Million) Comparison by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

 Table 3. Global Market Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size (US$ Million) by Region:2020 VS 2024 VS 2031

 Table 4. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton) by Region (2020-2025)

 Table 5. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Region (2020-2025)

 Table 6. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue (US$ Million) Market Share by Region (2020-2025)

 Table 7. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Region (2020-2025)

 Table 8. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)

 Table 9. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share Forecast by Region (2026-2031)

 Table 10. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue (US$ Million) Forecast by Region (2026-2031)

 Table 11. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share Forecast by Region (2026-2031)

 Table 12. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 13. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Type (2020-2025)

 Table 14. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Type (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)

 Table 15. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Type (US$/Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 16. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (Ton) & (2026-2031)

 Table 17. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Type (US$ Million) & (2026-2031)

 Table 18. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Type (US$/Ton) & (2026-2031)

 Table 19. Representative Players of Each Type

 Table 20. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Application (Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 21. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Application (2020-2025)

 Table 22. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Application (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)

 Table 23. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Application (US$/Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 24. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Application (Ton) & (2026-2031)

 Table 25. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Market Share by Application (US$ Million) & (2026-2031)

 Table 26. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price by Application (US$/Ton) & (2026-2031)

 Table 27. New Sources of Growth in Alpha-lactalbumin Application

 Table 28. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company (Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 29. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 30. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Company (US$ Million) & (2020-2025)

 Table 31. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 32. Global Alpha-lactalbumin by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3) & (based on the Revenue in Alpha-lactalbumin as of 2024)

 Table 33. Global Market Alpha-lactalbumin Average Price by Company (US$/Ton) & (2020-2025)

 Table 34. Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters

 Table 35. Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Product Type & Application

 Table 36. Global Key Manufacturers of Alpha-lactalbumin, Date of Enter into This Industry

 Table 37. Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans

 Table 38. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 39. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 40. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Company (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)

 Table 41. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 42. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 43. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)

 Table 44. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Application (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 45. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Application (2020-2025)

 Table 46. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Company (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 47. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 48. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue by Company (2020-2025) & (US$ Million)

 Table 49. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)

 Table 50. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Type (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 51. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)

 Table 52. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales by Application (2020-2025) & (Ton)

 Table 53. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Application (2020-2025)

 Table 54. Agropur Company Information

 Table 55. Agropur Description and Business Overview

 Table 56. Agropur Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 57. Agropur Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 58. Agropur Recent Development

 Table 59. Arla Foods Ingredients Company Information

 Table 60. Arla Foods Ingredients Description and Business Overview

 Table 61. Arla Foods Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 62. Arla Foods Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 63. Arla Foods Ingredients Recent Development

 Table 64. Hilmar Cheese Company Company Information

 Table 65. Hilmar Cheese Company Description and Business Overview

 Table 66. Hilmar Cheese Company Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 67. Hilmar Cheese Company Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 68. Hilmar Cheese Company Recent Development

 Table 69. FrieslandCampina Ingredients Company Information

 Table 70. FrieslandCampina Ingredients Description and Business Overview

 Table 71. FrieslandCampina Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 72. FrieslandCampina Ingredients Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 73. FrieslandCampina Ingredients Recent Development

 Table 74. Armor Proteines Company Information

 Table 75. Armor Proteines Description and Business Overview

 Table 76. Armor Proteines Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 77. Armor Proteines Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 78. Armor Proteines Recent Development

 Table 79. Fonterra Company Information

 Table 80. Fonterra Description and Business Overview

 Table 81. Fonterra Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton), Revenue (US$ Million), Price (US$/Ton) and Gross Margin (2020-2025)

 Table 82. Fonterra Alpha-lactalbumin Product

 Table 83. Fonterra Recent Development

 Table 84. Production Base and Market Concentration Rate of Raw Material

 Table 85. Key Suppliers of Raw Materials

 Table 86. Alpha-lactalbumin Distributors List

 Table 87. Alpha-lactalbumin Customers List

 Table 88. Alpha-lactalbumin Market Trends

 Table 89. Alpha-lactalbumin Market Drivers

 Table 90. Alpha-lactalbumin Market Challenges

 Table 91. Alpha-lactalbumin Market Restraints

 Table 92. Research Programs/Design for This Report

 Table 93. Key Data Information from Secondary Sources

 Table 94. Key Data Information from Primary Sources

List of Figures

 Figure 1. Alpha-lactalbumin Product Picture

 Figure 2. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (US$ Million) by Type (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

 Figure 3. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Type in 2024 & 2031

 Figure 4. Human Alpha-Lactalbumin Product Picture

 Figure 5. Cattle Alpha-Lactalbumin Product Picture

 Figure 6. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (US$ Million) by Application (2020 & 2024 & 2031)

 Figure 7. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Market Share by Application in 2024 & 2031

 Figure 8. Baby Nutrition Examples

 Figure 9. Hospital Patients Examples

 Figure 10. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales, (US$ Million), 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031

 Figure 11. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Growth Rate (2020-2031) & (US$ Million)

 Figure 12. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton) Growth Rate (2020-2031)

 Figure 13. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Price Trends Growth Rate (2020-2031) & (US$/Ton)

 Figure 14. Alpha-lactalbumin Report Years Considered

 Figure 15. Global Market Alpha-lactalbumin Market Size (US$ Million) by Region:2020 VS 2024 VS 2031

 Figure 16. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Market Share by Region: 2020 VS 2024

 Figure 17. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue (US$ Million) Growth Rate (2020-2031)

 Figure 18. North America Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton) Growth Rate (2020-2031)

 Figure 19. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue (US$ Million) Growth Rate (2020-2031)

 Figure 20. Europe Alpha-lactalbumin Sales (Ton) Growth Rate (2020-2031)

 Figure 21. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Type (2020-2025)

 Figure 22. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Type (2026-2031)

 Figure 23. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Type (2026-2031)

 Figure 24. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Application (2020-2025)

 Figure 25. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Growth Rate by Application in 2020 & 2024

 Figure 26. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Application (2026-2031)

 Figure 27. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Application (2026-2031)

 Figure 28. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Sales Share by Company (2024)

 Figure 29. Global Alpha-lactalbumin Revenue Share by Company (2024)

 Figure 30. Global 5 Largest Alpha-lactalbumin Players Market Share by Revenue in Alpha-lactalbumin: 2020 & 2024

 Figure 31. Alpha-lactalbumin Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3): 2020 VS 2024

 Figure 32. Manufacturing Cost Structure of Alpha-lactalbumin

 Figure 33. Manufacturing Process Analysis of Alpha-lactalbumin

 Figure 34. Alpha-lactalbumin Industrial Chain

 Figure 35. Channels of Distribution (Direct Vs Distribution)

 Figure 36. Distributors Profiles

 Figure 37. Bottom-up and Top-down Approaches for This Report

 Figure 38. Data Triangulation

 Figure 39. Key Executives Interviewed