According to a Persistence Market Research report, the market for the products used in emergency nutrition programmes by the likes of UN's children charity UNICEF was worth $249.2m (€234.85m) in 2015. By the end of 2016, this is expected to have climbed to $276m (€260.1m).
Looking forward to 2024, the market analyst forecast a year-on year growth rate of 10.7% and a “healthy” Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.6% from 2016 to 2024.
The report said the market was growing in response to "increasing global disasters and emergencies".