Experts call for strengthening the research and development and application of new food raw materials

At present, functional foods are entering a stage of rapid development on a global scale

From "can be wiped" to "can be eaten"

On January 7 this year, the National Health and Health Commission issued an announcement on 15 "three new foods" including sodium hyaluronate, and reviewed and approved 3 new food raw materials including sodium hyaluronate, which can be applied to ordinary food additions

"The application of new food raw materials is of great significance

"In recent years, we have continued to promote the reform of new food raw material approval management in accordance with the State Council's reform spirit of 'delegating power, regulating and serving'

Is sodium hyaluronate added to food safe and can it be effectively absorbed? This is a topic of great public concern

Guo Xueping, chief scientist of Bloomage Bio, introduced that sodium hyaluronate has been used as a food raw material in foreign countries for many years.

New functional active ingredients need to be fully considered

"The past 40 years have been the 40 years in which the lifestyles of Chinese residents have changed the most.

Professor Zhang Yan from the School of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University also said, "We are eating better and better now, but there are many diseases, which need to be improved from 'eating'

"In a specific concept, functional food is food with specific nutritional and health care functions

The new food raw material industry has great potential

"New Food Raw Materials Announcement The application of sodium hyaluronate has been extended to a variety of common foods.

In the future, sodium hyaluronate will appear as a raw material in more innovative food products such as chocolate, beverages, and frozen drinks

(Shen Hui)

"China Food News" (Version 06, June 2, 2021)

(Editor in charge: Zhu Meiqiao)