Health needs drove up global plant extract production

Plant extracts are the core raw materials and products of biomedicine, which have been widely used in food additives, functional food, plant medicine, cosmetics and other production fields In recent years, with the rapid development of plant extract technology, under the influence of new marketing mode, plant extract products with activity or function are favored Plant extract products are widely recognized in the world, with broad market space, and effectively promote the development of food additives and raw ingredients industry, and even the whole food industry Health demand promotes the increase of global plant extract production Plant extract is a product that takes plants as raw materials, through physical and chemical extraction and separation, to obtain one or more effective ingredients in plants without changing the structure of their effective ingredients Plant extract industry is regarded as a sunrise industry With its own resources and cost advantages, China has become an important supplier of extract raw materials in the international market According to statistics from China Customs, the import and export volume of plant extracts in the first quarter of 2013 was US $410 million, up 12.1% year on year Among them, the export volume was US $330 million, an increase of 11.2% year on year, accounting for 47% of the export volume of traditional Chinese medicine In general, China's export of plant extracts in the first quarter of this year has come out of last year's downturn, showing a steady warming trend Plant extract products play an important role in the big health industry chain Ginkgo leaves, rutin, blueberry, green tea and grape seed extract are the major sales in the market Plant extract industry, as a "aggregation" of medicine, fine chemical industry and agriculture, is mainly used in functional factors, dietary supplements and functional food industry It is estimated that by 2015, the global market size of functional factors, dietary supplements and functional food industry will reach US $250 billion, while the market size of China is expected to reach RMB 500 billion The main components of green tea extract include tea polyphenols, caffeine, aromatic oil, water, minerals, pigments, carbohydrates, proteins, amino acids and multi vitamins, It has the functions of reducing blood pressure, anticoagulation, blood lipid, blood sugar, weight loss, prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis, prevention of skin hypersensitivity, removal of skin pigment, prevention of caries teeth, dental plaque, periodontitis and halitosis Especially tea polyphenols, as natural antioxidants, have strong antibacterial and enzyme inhibiting effects, and have broad application prospects in food, medicine, health care and many other aspects The extraction of tea polyphenols from tea has the most Chinese characteristics and advantages, and it is also the inevitable way out for crude old tea, a by-product of tea production The development of turning waste into treasure makes the health care function of tea better benefit human beings and has considerable economic benefits The health product market with great development potential in China has also played a strong role in promoting the market of plant extracts Previously, the 12th Five year development plan for the food industry jointly issued by the national development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of industry and information technology clearly stated that "the development of natural pigment and plant extract industry will be encouraged and supported, and advantageous export products will continue to be developed" Relevant industry insiders pointed out that, as the sub industry most likely to achieve internationalization in the field of traditional Chinese medicine, China's plant extract industry will be a more realistic choice to achieve internationalization of traditional Chinese medicine Despite the slowdown of global economic growth, plant extracts, as a rigid demand product, are still in strong demand in the world's major economies With the promotion of integration of domestic and foreign trade of health products, multiple channels of domestic and foreign markets jointly promote the rapid development of plant extract industry.