PART 01: Executive summary • Highlights PART 02: Scope of the report • Market overview PART 03: Market research methodology • Research methodology • Economic indicators PART 04: Introduction • Key market highlights • Product definition • Production • Value chain • Market dynamics • Market outlook PART 05: Market landscape • Market size and forecast • Five forces analysis PART 06: Market segmentation by type • Market overview • Global synthetic butyric acid market • Global renewable butyric acid market PART 07: Market segmentation by application • Market overview • Global butyric acid market in animal feed segment • Global butyric acid market in chemical intermediate segment • Global butyric acid market in food and flavor segment • Global butyric acid market in others segment PART 08: Market segmentation by geography • Market overview • Butyric acid market in APAC • Butyric acid market in North America • Butyric acid market in Europe • Butyric acid market in ROW PART 09: Market drivers • Rising demand from end-user industries • Increased use of SCFAs as a substitute • Preference for renewable butyric acid in foods and flavors PART 10: Impact of drivers PART 11: Market challenges • Higher production cost for renewable butyric acid • Barriers for butyrate fermentation • Adverse effects of butyric acid PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges PART 13: Market trends • Butyric acid as precursor of biofuel • Advanced fermentation approaches for butyric acid synthesis • High demand from animal feed sector from APAC PART 14: Vendor landscape • Competitive scenario • Major market vendors • Buying criteria • Competitive landscape • Growth strategies for butyric acid manufacturers in 2015 • Other prominent vendors PART 15: Key vendor analysis • Blue Marble Biomaterials • Eastman • Thermo Fisher • OXEA • Perstorp PART 16: Appendix • List of abbreviation PART 17: Explore Technavio

Blue Marble Biomaterials, Eastman, Thermo Fisher, OXEA, Perstorp, Tokyo Chemical Industry, Beijing Huamaoyuan Fragrance Flavor, Snowco, Alfa Aesar, and Sigma-Aldrich.