Global X-ray Food Inspection EquipmentMarket Overview

According to Global Market Monitor, the global X-ray food inspection equipment market size is $499.15 million in 2024 and is expected to grow to $585.13 million by 2029.

Application Fields

X-ray food inspection equipment generates X-rays through the equipment and applies X-ray penetration capabilities to detect metal foreign objects mixed in products and dense non-metal foreign objects. In addition, the X-ray food foreign body detector can also perform product missing detection, damaged packaging detection, and weight detection. X-ray inspection equipment for packaged products offers maximum contamination detection sensitivity at high throughputs for a diverse range of food applications. Typical packaged applications include the inspection of foil and plastic containers, cartons/boxes, foil pouches, bags and sacks, trays, tubes, sachets, flow wraps, PET bottles, and blister packs.

Market Trends

In recent years, the rapid development of the global economy has significantly improved people's living standards. At the same time, there are higher requirements for food production safety and food hygiene. Food safety is not only closely related to people's health but also plays a very important role in social and economic development. If foreign matter is found in packaged food, it will not only cause harm to consumers but also affect the brand effect of the manufacturer and negatively affect the food manufacturer. Therefore, the market pays high attention to food quality and production safety issues, which promotes the development of the X-ray food inspection equipment market.

The increasing global attention to food safety and the promulgation of food management regulations by various countries’ regulatory agencies have forced manufacturers to pay more attention to product quality. For example, in the United States, the FDA is mainly responsible for monitoring food safety. All food sold in the EU must comply with food hygiene regulations, which first require these products to be safe. In China, the Food Safety Law was revised in 2019. The regulation of food safety laws will drive the food foreign body inspection market and promote the demand for X-ray food inspection equipment.

Market Competition

With the rapid development of the global economy, residents have higher requirements for food safety and hygiene. Under the requirements of the development of food processing enterprises, the demand for food X-ray inspection machines is also increasing. Facing the huge food inspection market, international companies have stepped up their efforts to develop the market, but their product prices are relatively high, which limits their market applications. The high price of X-ray food inspection equipment has become a limiting factor for market development.

X-ray food inspection equipment is a high-tech, customized product, the unit price of the product is relatively high, and the one-time purchase and input cost is relatively large. At present, some food processing enterprises have a series of problems such as insufficient self-inspection capabilities, incomplete testing equipment configuration, and low accuracy of testing equipment, causing product indicators to fail to meet the corresponding standards. The lack of safety awareness of food processing companies and the lack of corporate self-discipline limit the application and popularization of X-ray food inspection equipment.