How Mustard Seed Farming Impacts the Global Spice Trade
When you’re enjoying your lunch with your favorite condiment, you may not think about all that goes into getting it on your table. The mustard seed has positively increased the global spice trade and continues to trend upward. In fact, the mustard seed market projected growth between 2022 and 2032 is projected to be 4.2%. Let’s take a closer look at why this may be the trend.
Why the Mustard Seed Market is Thriving
There are several possible contributors to why the mustard seed market is thriving and will continue for the foreseeable future.
Health Benefits of Mustard
Mustard plants are entirely edible – from the seeds to the leaves, and even the flowers. Every part of the mustard plant provides different health benefits, vitamins and nutrients. For example, seeds are rich in Vitamin A, Vitamin C, and Vitamin K, as well as fiber, selenium, magnesium, and manganese. What does all of this mean? Well, there are preliminary scientific studies pointing toward the power of mustard as being anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial. This can potentially even assist in fighting cancer and arthritis, amongst other ailments.
Because of these early studies, the mustard seed will continue to grow in popularity and exploration of the benefits.
Growing Fast Food Trend & Worldwide Contributors
Fast food isn’t new by any means, but it does continue to grow. With the added convenience, more stores continue to open. Because of this, many of these restaurants stock and use several different types of mustard. More than 40 different plant species exist which allows for many different varieties of mustards. We see this in product offerings as we see growing offerings from Germany, France, Asia, as well as America. As varieties expands, there will be more shelves full of mustard in grocery stores and markets.
Longer Shelf Life, More Storage
With technological advances, we have learned how to expand the shelf life for condiments. With this, there is a higher demand for high volume purchases. Since restaurants and grocery stores can stock up, there will be more large orders than we’ve seen before. In addition, more companies are creating unique mustard products. For example, even the oil extracted from mustard seeds are starting to be sold. These spikes demand even more and will contribute to the increase demand of mustard globally.
As the global market expands its mustard offerings, we’ll see many products from around the world. This includes, but is not limited to USA, Germany, India, Canada, South Africa, Spain, France, and Brazil. We will see many other countries involved as the market continues to expand to match the projected growth percentage.
Morehouse Quality Products
Since 1989, Morehouse has been crafting the highest-quality mustard for our consumers near and far. We have been family owned for five generations and care about customer satisfaction and quality products over all else. Our varieties of mustards and horseradish satisfy both classic and innovative dishes. Find us in your local supermarket or proudly displayed at restaurants in your area.