Bioadhesives Market - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends, Opportunity, and Forecast, Segmented By Source (Plant Based, Animal Based), By Application (Paper & Packaging, Construction, Woodworking, Personal Care, Medical, Others), By Region and Competition, 2020-2030F

Market Overview

Global Bioadhesives Market was valued at USD 7.81 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 13.75 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 9.89% during the forecast period. The global market for Bioadhesives is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing awareness among the population worldwide pertaining to different kinds of environmental concerns has led to a paradigm shift towards bio-based products. Additionally, governments across the globe are formulating policies supporting the role of bio-based products, thereby creating lucrative opportunities for the growth of global bioadhesives market in the coming years.

There is enormous demand for bioadhesives such as polyacrylic acid, cyanoacrylates, and chitosan from diverse industries which they use to produce desired goods. The primary application of Bioadhesives is door and window assembly, construction material, vehicle parts, the HVAC industry, prefabricated houses, packaging, the woodwork industry, and other works. Therefore, the globally rising demand for Bioadhesives in the market is expected to increase rapidly owing to the population and environmentally friendly substitutes of synthetic adhesives.

Key Market Drivers

Policy & Public Procurement That Prioritize Biobased Products and Low-Emission Materials

Government policy and public procurement programs are one of the single strongest macro drivers accelerating adoption of bioadhesives. Over the past decade governments and supranational bodies have adopted bioeconomy, circular-economy and green-procurement strategies that explicitly prefer or incentivize products derived from renewable biological feedstocks and those with lower lifecycle greenhouse-gas footprints. In the United States, the USDA’s BioPreferred program is an explicit example: it establishes a federal purchasing preference for certified biobased products and a voluntary labelling program that makes biobased content visible to buyers. USDA analysis of the broader biobased products sector (which includes adhesives and other intermediate materials) reports major economic scale — for example, the U.S. biobased products industry contributed roughly $489 billion in value added and supported ~3.94 million jobs (2021 model year) — demonstrating the scale and policy focus behind expansion of biobased supply chains and procurement. These types of national programs create demand pull: institutional purchasers (governments, public projects, large corporates complying with procurement rules) are significant customers for adhesives used in construction, furniture and packaging, so procurement preferences directly make bio-based adhesive alternatives commercially viable at scale.

Health, Safety and Regulatory Pressure to Eliminate Formaldehyde and Toxic Additives

A powerful driver for bioadhesives is regulatory and customer pressure to eliminate known hazardous components of conventional adhesives — notably formaldehyde-releasing resins and certain solvent-borne adhesives — from products and indoor environments. Many conventional wood adhesives (used in particleboard, MDF, plywood) historically relied on phenol-formaldehyde or urea-formaldehyde resins; these chemistries pose both occupational risks during manufacture and potential indoor-air concerns in finished furniture and building products. Public health and environmental agencies have tightened workplace exposure limits and building codes and product regulations in many jurisdictions encourage lower-emission materials. Governments and funded research bodies have therefore prioritized alternatives that are formaldehyde-free and show lower volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. This regulatory pressure creates direct technical and commercial opening for bioadhesives that can match performance while delivering lower emissions and improved safety profiles.

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Key Market Challenges

Technical Performance Parity and Industrial Compatibility

The principal technical challenge for bioadhesives is achieving consistent, long-term performance equal to or better than fossil-derived adhesives across demanding industrial conditions — particularly water and heat resistance, long shelf-life, and rapid curing compatible with high-speed manufacturing lines. Many successful laboratory formulations (starch-based, protein-based, lignin-modified systems) show promising bond strength for controlled conditions but have historically failed to match the combination of properties that phenolic or synthetic resins offer across a wide range of substrates and service conditions. For example, adhesives in wood-panel manufacture must survive hot-press temperatures, repeated humidity cycles, and mechanical stresses while not lengthening production cycle times.

Feedstock Sustainability, Land-Use Competition and Supply Chain Scale-Up

A second major challenge is ensuring feedstock sustainability and building supply chains large enough to serve adhesive markets without creating negative environmental trade-offs. Many bioadhesive chemistries rely on feedstocks such as starches, plant proteins, lignin, or specific biochemicals (e.g., bio-acids). Scaling these feedstocks to global adhesive demand must be done carefully: unchecked growth could compete with food production, encourage intensive land use, or cause indirect land-use to change unless the feedstock strategy prioritizes residues, waste streams, or low-impact sources. International organizations and government programs (FAO, EU bioeconomy strategies) emphasize the importance of leveraging residues and forestry by-products (e.g., lignin from pulp mills) and of performing lifecycle analyses to avoid burden shifting. For instance, historical FAO work documents show how starch-based adhesives were used in specific regional industries, illustrating both opportunity and the need to manage local feedstock markets.

Key Market Trends

Industrial R&D and Public R&D Consortia Moving Bioadhesives from Lab To Multi-Ton Manufacturing

A clear trend across the bioadhesives space is consolidation of academic, SME and industrial R&D efforts into funded consortia and demonstration projects that explicitly target industrial-scale production and performance parity with fossil-based adhesives. Over the past few years, major government research programs and EU Horizon projects have funded targeted innovation pipelines — from feedstock selection (lignin, protein fractions, tannins, hemicellulose sugars) through formulation and process engineering to pilot-line trials in particleboard and MDF production. These consortia perform the critical “valley of death” work: addressing process yield, water resistance, bonding strength, curing profiles and cost competitiveness at scale. Several EU CORDIS/Horizon projects (publicly funded) have announced demonstrator goals to produce adhesives at multi-ton scale and validate performance in industrial board lines, explicitly quantifying impacts such as potential CO₂ footprint reductions.

Value-Chain Integration Toward Circularity: Feedstock Sourcing, End-Of-Life Debonding, And Co-Product Strategies

Another important trend is that bioadhesives are being developed not as isolated drop-in replacements but as components of integrated circular-economy strategies that address feedstock sourcing, product recyclability, and end-of-life separation. Governments and funding agencies reward projects that demonstrate not just renewable content, but whole-system improvements: e.g., adhesives formulated to enable mechanical or chemical debonding at end-of-life (which improves recycling of wood panels or composite products), adhesives produced from forestry or agricultural residues (reducing competition with food), and co-product strategies where lignin or protein streams are valorized across multiple product lines. EU projects working on sustainable bio-based adhesives routinely include lifecycle and sustainability-by-design (SSbD) analyses, targeting measurable gains such as lower CO₂ footprints and easier recyclability of bonded products.

Segmental Insights

Source Insights

Based on Source, Plant-based bioadhesives currently account for the largest share of the global market, primarily because they are derived from widely available renewable feedstocks such as starch, soy protein, lignin, cellulose, and natural gums. These raw materials are abundant, cost-effective, and scalable, which makes them highly suitable for large-volume industrial applications such as paper & packaging, woodworking, and construction. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), global starch production has consistently risen, with maize, potato, and cassava serving as major feedstock sources across Asia, North America, and Europe. This steady supply has supported the widespread use of starch-based adhesives in corrugated packaging, tapes, and labeling. In addition, plant-derived bioadhesives align strongly with global sustainability policies. The European Commission’s Bioeconomy Strategy and the USDA BioPreferred Program both highlight plant-based polymers as key contributors to reducing fossil dependency and lowering carbon footprints. Compared to animal-based adhesives (derived from collagen, casein, or other animal by-products), plant-based adhesives offer better scalability, lower ethical concerns, and stronger market acceptance, especially in food-contact packaging and eco-certified consumer products.

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Regional Insights

Based on the region, North America currently represents the largest share of the global bioadhesives market, driven by strong regulatory support, high adoption in packaging, construction, and healthcare industries, and robust availability of sustainable raw materials. The United States and Canada have well-established bioeconomy frameworks that encourage the use of renewable, bio-based products. For instance, the USDA BioPreferred® Program mandates federal agencies to give preference to biobased products in procurement, which directly boosts demand for bioadhesives in applications such as paper & packaging, furniture, and textiles. In addition, North America is home to several leading research institutions and industrial players actively engaged in developing plant-based and protein-based adhesive technologies, further strengthening regional innovation capacity.

Moreover, the region’s packaging sector, supported by a shift toward eco-friendly materials and rising bans on single-use plastics, has been a significant contributor to bioadhesives adoption. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also emphasizes reducing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), encouraging industries to transition away from synthetic adhesives toward safer, bio-based alternatives. Moreover, North America’s strong construction and woodworking industries, which rely on adhesives for laminates, furniture, and structural panels, are adopting formaldehyde-free bioadhesives in response to strict emission standards.

Recent Developments

• In May 2023, H.B. Fuller acquired Beardow Adams, a maker of industrial glue with global customers located in the United Kingdom. By broadening its customers and offering technologies and capacity for manufacturing throughout the US and Europe, the acquisition is anticipated to improve H.B. Fuller's standing in the market. The merged firm is expected to function under the worldwide business unit of H.B. Fuller's Hygiene, Health, and Consumable Adhesives, utilizing collaborations in distribution, production optimization, and innovation to tackle market trends such as food safety, sustainability, and e-commerce.
• In October 2023, DuPont unveiled the DuPont Liveo MG 7-9960 Soft Skin Adhesive. This new adhesive is intended for use in advanced wound care dressings and the delicate and long-lasting attachment of medical devices to the skin.

Key Market Players

• Henkel AG
• Bostik SA
• Ashland Global Holdings Inc.
• Jowat SE
• Ingredion, Inc.
• EcoSynthetix Inc.
• Tate & Lyle PLC
• Dow Chemical Company
• 3M Company
• Bio adhesive Alliance Inc.

Report Scope:

In this report, Global Bioadhesives Market has been segmented into the following categories, in addition to the industry trends which have also been detailed below:

• Bioadhesives Market, By Source:

o   Plant Based

o   Animal Based

• Bioadhesives Market, By Application:

o   Paper & Packaging

o   Construction

o   Woodworking

o   Personal Care

o   Medical

o   Other

• Bioadhesives Market, By Region:

o   North America

§  United States

§  Mexico

§  Canada

o   Europe

§  France

§  Germany

§  United Kingdom

§  Italy

§  Spain

o   Asia-Pacific

§  China

§  India

§  South Korea

§  Japan

§  Australia

o   South America

§  Brazil

§  Argentina

§  Colombia

o   Middle East and Africa

§  South Africa

§  Saudi Arabia

§  UAE

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