China's natural plant extracts will be released in 2022
Natural plant extractsIn addition to its functions of coloring, flavoring, and flavoring, it often also has the functions of supplementing human vitamins, enhancing human immune function, antioxidant, and reducing blood lipids. It can be used as a food additive and nutritional health product ingredient. It is widely used in food and beverage, dairy products, health products, medicine, feed, and other industries, and has a broad market space.
Plant extract industry
China's plant extracts industry is generally an emerging industry and is in the development stage. In recent years, the worldwide call for "returning to nature" has been heating up, and plant extracts have attracted more and more attention from the pharmaceutical and food industries. It has become one of the fastest growing industries in China. The market scale has leapt forward, showing huge internal development potential. According to the "Plant Extract Industry Production and Marketing Demand and Investment Forecast Analysis Report" released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, sales revenue in 2016 reached 20.167 billion yuan, an increase of 18.35% year-on-year.
China's plant extract market forecast
China's plant extracts industry exports accounted for more than 80% of the total industry revenue, export is the main way to drive the development of the industry, in 2001 China's plant extracts exports were only 191 million US dollars, by 2010 exports have reached 815 million US dollars. In 2011, our country's plant extracts exports were 1.13 billion US dollars, an increase of 47% year-on-year, becoming the first commodity category of Chinese medicine exports exceeding 1 billion US dollars, becoming the main driving force for the export growth of Chinese medicine products.
It can be seen that the market has a high degree of preference for natural medicines or ingredients, and the export prospects of Chinese plant extracts are good. With the continuous introduction of favorable industrial support policies, the industry will continue to maintain a high-speed development state. It is expected that the industry scale will exceed 34.10 billion yuan in 2022.
Industrialization Development Strategy of Plant Extracts
1. Catering to the market in the early stage and cultivating the market in the later stage
The determination of plant extract varieties should be in line with the trend of the other market at the beginning, and then cultivate the market later. That is, start with foreign hot-selling varieties that are abundant in China, such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng, garlic, evening primrose oil, green tea extract, grape seed, Hypericum perforatum, valerian, ephedra, and then select from more than 100 varieties that are sold abroad but have not formed a large market, such as angelica, motherwort, cohosh, knotweed, eucommia,Gastrodia elataHawthorn, kudzu root, Gynostemma, honeysuckle, milk thistle, mint, psyllium, thorn five plus, shiitake mushrooms, Ganoderma lucidum, cassia seeds, as well as China's unique varieties of Rhodiola, Salvia miltiorrhiza.
2. Improve process technology and increase the added value of science and technology
Traditional Chinese medicine extracts have high requirements for their production conditions and production technology. Many advanced extraction, separation, purification and drying equipment and technologies are applied to the production of traditional Chinese medicine extracts. The application of these technologies and equipment has greatly improved the engineering technology and equipment level of traditional Chinese medicine pharmaceuticals, thereby increasing the added value of products. At present, plant extracts are extracted by organic solvents except for individual varieties, directly concentrated and dried or formed by spray drying towers. Most varieties must be separated by columns, and the resin type used needs to be determined experimentally according to the principle of phytochemistry. Never use a pot of water to boil, concentrate and dry by selling at a reduced price.
3. Improve detection technology and improve product quality
The ingredients and harmful substances should be quantitatively analyzed, or compared with the standard, or identified by fingerprint, and the raw materials, production process and finished products should be strictly tested. Reduce heavy metals and pesticide residues.
4. Protect traditional Chinese medicine resources and prevent looting and acquisition
In recent years, plant raw materials have become the new favorite of the world's API market, promoting the development of plant raw materials worldwide. Some international pharmaceutical multinational companies have turned their attention to resource-rich countries (such as China, India, Brazil, etc.).
