China is the world's largest producer and supplier of dietary supplement ingredients and has certain advantages.
Types of Dietary Supplements
Dietary supplement means a product (not tobacco) intended to supplement the diet. It may contain one or more of the following dietary ingredients, a vitamin, a mineral, an herb (herb) or other plant, an amino acid, an food ingredients. Or a concentrate, metabolite, component, extract or combination product of the above ingredients.
International Availability
As a major producer and exporter in the world, China is favored by international buyers for its high quality and low price raw materials. Nearly 1/3 of the raw materials are exported and are widely used in the fields of global medicines, dietary supplements, food additives and feed. The United States is the largest production and consumption country, its sales account for 1/3 of the world, and there is a huge demand for dietary supplement raw materials. According to statistics, 60% of the raw materials in the United States and more than 70% in Japan come from China.
Among them, China has strong international competitiveness in the production and export of dietary supplement raw materials such as vitamins, chondroitin sulfate, amino acids, and plant extracts.
Main Raw Material
1. Vitamins
At present, China is one of the very few countries in the world that can produce all kinds of vitamins. The output of many varieties ranks among the top in the world and occupies a pivotal position in the international market. At the same time, it is also the world's largest exporter of vitamins, and the production technology and product quality of quite a few products are in a leading position in the world.
Vitamin C is a traditional dominant variety in China, occupying more than 50% of the international market share.
The domestic production of vitamin E exceeds 60,000 tons, accounting for 48% of the international market share.
The vitamin B group mainly includes vitamin B1, B6 and B12 and other product lines.
At present, the output of vitamin A powder in China has reached 10,000 tons, accounting for about 22% of the international market share.
2. Chondroitin Sulfate
Chondroitin sulfate has become a new type of health product that has emerged in recent years, and it is the most consumed variety in animal-extracted health products. As the largest breeding country, China has become a major producer and exporter of chondroitin sulfate by virtue of its resource advantages. At present, the output of chondroitin sulfate in China is more than 4000t. 80% of the world's chondroitin sulfate raw materials are provided by China.
3. Amino acids
Amino acid is another important category of raw materials for export in my country. According to statistics, China currently produces more than 2 million tons of various amino acid raw materials annually. China has become a major producer of amino acid raw materials in the world, and its export volume accounts for more than 20% of the global share. The dominant species are glutamic acid, lysine and so on. Since the demand for bulk amino acid raw materials in the international market is mainly used as feed additives, most of the amino acid raw materials produced and exported in my country are feed grade amino acids. The export of medicinal and food-grade amino acids is relatively small.
4. Plant extracts
Plant extracts are deep-processing products of plant raw materials, and are widely used in medicine, health food, dietary beverage, cosmetics, cleaning supplies, biological pesticides and other fields. Herbalextract is mainly exported to developed countries such as Europe, America and Japan. It is a transformation product of traditional medicine with high technological content and broad market prospects. At the same time, it also has the advantages and characteristics of less investment in development, high technological content, high added value of products, and extensive international markets. my country's plant extracts have a certain industrial scale and occupy a relatively high share in the international market, such as licorice extract, bilberry extract, and ginkgo leaf extract.
Summary
my country has an absolute advantage in the production capacity of dietary supplement raw materials. However, comprehensive international competitiveness still needs to be improved, and international brand marketing and high value-added raw material development should be improved.
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