The push for healthy living is the primary factor poised to drive the demand for health ingredients, like blueberries. Consumers today, prefer nutritional food to enhance overall health and wellbeing. Blueberries are also known for preventing cancer, as they contain vitamin C and vitamin A. Moreover, the various phytonutrients in blueberries function as powerful antioxidants that may help protect cells against damage from disease-linked free radicals. Thus, food and beverage manufacturers are increasingly incorporating healthy ingredients, like blueberry, in the form of powder, pieces in on-the-go snacks. However, increasing demand for snacks made using real fruits and vegetables is on the rise. Thus products, like blueberry fruit-based snacks, are gaining popularity among consumers across the world.

Biosolids provide an eco-friendly way of reducing the dependence on hazardous chemical fertilizers in agricultural applications. The application of these biosolids not only reduces the need for chemical fertilizers, but also enhances the agricultural output. Biosolids are a valuable source of nutrients, although they contain lower N (2–8%), P (1.5–3%), and K (0.1–0.6%), compared to commercial fertilizers, especially the high- grade ones. Biosolids provide micronutrients, including copper (Cu), boron (B), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), and molybdenum (Mo), which are essential plant nutrients that are not available in most conventional chemical fertilizers. As more wastewater plants become capable of producing high-quality biosolids, there is greater opportunity to make use of this valuable resource to improve soil fertility and increase crop yield.

Biopsy is a sample collection process to identify the presence of disease-causing agents in a particular organ. Variety of biopsy procedures are available in the commercial disease diagnosis market, including conventional and advanced biopsy procedures. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the global biopsy devices market based on product, application, guiding technology, and end user. The report includes popularly used products in the market such as needle-based biopsy devices, biopsy forceps, localization wires, and other products. However, the report excludes the drugs used in the process of biopsy and any other device used during the cancer treatment process. Moreover, it does not include liquid biopsy products in the study.

Biometrics-as-a-Service facilitates cloud-based identification and authentication for an enterprise to identify an individual through their biological and behavioral characteristics. The technology offers multiple advantages such as easy implementation at any endpoint on the network, accessible from anywhere across the globe and reduced subscription costs. Rise in complex IoT landscape, growing number of cyber-attacks, and increase in demand for cost-efficient biometric solutions among different industry verticals and increase in the adoption of cloud-based biometrics are the factors that mainly drive the biometrics-as-a-service (BaaS) market growth. However, privacy concerns and security issues pertaining to the data stored on the cloud hinder the biometrics- as-a-service market growth. Moreover, advanced technology integrations in cloud-based biometric solutions and growing cloud industry in developing economies are expected to offer lucrative opportunities for the biometrics-as-a-service industry during the forecast period.

There has been a considerable shift in the lifestyles and diet habits of people, over the past two decades. Urbanization and consumerism drove this shift, leading to a rapid rise in the consumption of artificial and synthetic food products, which has resulted in increased incidence of lifestyle diseases. Consumers are aware of the ingredients used in food and beverage and they are gradually moving toward functional foods and beverages, which is promoted as beneficial basic nutrition. These products are purported to provide optimal nutrition and reduce the risk of disease occurrence.

Crude oil and natural gas are the major sources of energy for the automotive industries since many decades. Due to the negative environmental impact by the increasing consumption of crude oil and natural gas worldwide, and high crude oil prices, biofuels, such as bioethanol, are considered as a successful alternative for crude oil and natural gas as a fuel for automotive industries. • Ethanol is the lowest cost octane with octane rating of 113, providing strategies to save lots of money for both manufacturers and consumers. The bioethanol market is directly affected by the consumption of fuel. Since past four decades, ethanol remains as an effective tool to reduce harmful emissions from the automotive. As ethanol is a pure compound with 35% oxygen, it burns more cleanly and completely than petroleum products. Ethanol helps to reduce emissions of air toxics, carbon monoxide, particulate matter, nitrous oxides, and exhaust hydrocarbons, by displacing aromatics in petroleum products.

The demand for various sizes of beer, and benefits, like one-time consumption, have made beer a preferred option for a wide range of consumers, thereby, driving the growth of the beer packaging industry. Beer remained a unique beverage and has poised several packaging challenges, due to which the manufacturers have not swayed away from traditional packaging methods. The usage of PET bottles has been one area where the packaging companies have tried to offer the beer manufacturers. But the solution was considered only for exceptional cases. Heineken had first attempted to use PET bottles during the Olympic games in 2012, held in London, but this solution was driven by safety concerns over rioting, during the games. The company is experimenting again with pet bottles in 2019. The company plans to launch two new PET beer bottle designs, which are created using PET Engineering’s interchangeable insert system.

Consumers are increasingly demanding ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook meat products with better taste and quality. The increase in consumer awareness and acceptance, regarding the convenience of meat products, is an important factor driving the growth of the market studied. The US production of pork hit considerable margins in recent years. Additionally, in the United States, the US Department of Agriculture estimates the pork production to increase by 1.4% in 2019, as compared to that in 2018. This, in turn, is expected to allow manufacturers to produce more products, like bacon, due to the abundance of raw materials, such as pork. The pork industry witnessed increased demand for pork belly, especially from foodservice outlets.

Ease of mobility, innovation in functionality and style, and the demand for ergonomically designed carriers are the key reasons for the popularity of the baby carriers around the world. Unlike prams and strollers, baby carriers are preferred, as they increase the physical and psychological connection between the infant and the parent. Apart from providing ease of mobility and hands-free convenience, baby carriers have reduced the number of products that need to be carried while parents are out with their babies, majorly driving the demand for baby carriers. The industry’s growth has also been supported by an increasing number of certified babywearing consultants (people who are trained to teach others about the safe and comfortable use of baby carriers) and organizations, like Babywearing International, that seek to educate parents and other caregivers about how to use wraps and slings.

According to Eurostat, over 75% of inland cargo transports within the European Union, i.e., about 1,750 billion metric ton-kilometer (tkm), travel by road. In some European countries, this percentage goes as high as 90%, or more. ■ As a result, the demand for commercial vehicles has been continually increasing in the region, owing to the growing logistics industry and increasing usage of light commercial vehicles, such as vans (for ride hailing services). The underlying factor driving the growth of the light commercial vehicle market in Europe is the increased preference for pickup trucks and small vans, over heavy-duty trucks and railways, for logistics. Thus, the demand for lightweight vehicle components to integrate into light commercial vehicles is expected to grow significantly, during the forecast period. This, in turn, is expected to augment the demand for high-pressure die casted products, like fuel filters.