Consumer’s preference shifting toward the healthy diet and healthier lifestyles across the globe is boosting the global food thickeners market growth in a positive way. In addition, rapid urbanization coupled with an increased disposable income of middle-class population in emerging economies such as India and China are booming the demand for food thickeners. However, fluctuation in prices of food thickeners and high R&D cost associated with their production, which is estimated to restrain the global food thickeners market growth in the forecast period.