Luohanguo high added value downstream products have great market potential

Luohanguo, as one of the endemic plants in China, originated in Guilin mountain area of Guangxi, has the highest yield in Yongfu and Lingui counties and the highest sweetness in Yongfu county As early as 2002, the output of Siraitia grosvenorii in Yongfu County accounted for 80% of the total domestic output There are also wild resources in Guangdong, Jiangxi and other provinces, but the output is small In addition, Guizhou and Hunan are also developing related planting in recent years Luohanguo is not only a sweet agent with good taste, but also is mainly used to treat cough in traditional Chinese medicine It is rich in vitamin C, fructose, essential amino acids, various trace elements and glycosides Japan has imported a large number of Siraitia from China since the 1990s In addition to being a natural sweetener, Japanese manufacturers have also developed a variety of health food by using rohangoside, such as anti allergic granules, weight-loss food, sugar reducing food, etc.; it has also been used as a sweetener in pharmaceutical production, replacing aspartame, saccharin sodium, etc., to produce syrup, granules, chewing tablets, effervescent tablets and other oral preparations Japanese scholars have found that Siraitia grosvenorii is a kind of natural raw material for reducing blood sugar and weight loss, which has a good hypoglycemic effect on the animal model of diabetes in mice Its main active ingredient is the natural sweet substance, Luohanguo glucoside, which is known as "cucurbitacin triterpenoid" It has a refreshing sweetness Its sweetness is about 300 times that of white sugar, and its heat is very low It is one of the best natural sweeteners in the taste It is also called "natural nutritive sweetener" because it contains zinc and amino acids The export of upstream products continues to grow At present, many enterprises in China have produced products with light color and high content of triterpenoid glycosides For example, Guilin sweet, a high-purity siraitin product developed by Guangxi Normal University, has been exported to the U.S market in large quantities; an enterprise in Yongfu County, Guangxi Province, with the help of New Zealand researchers, has developed a high-quality siraitin product, which is exported to Japan, Hong Kong, China, Southeast Asia and other places At the end of last century, the fresh fruit output of Siraitia grosvenorii in China was only 20 million pieces per year Since then, with the increasing demand of Japan and other developed countries for Siraitia grosvenorii and its extract, the production area of Siraitia grosvenorii in China has entered a rapid expansion stage In 2002, the fresh fruit output of Siraitia grosvenorii in China has increased sharply to 80 million (converted into the output of about 4-5 million kg) In recent years, the demand for siraitin in the international market continues to rise In 2009, the total output of siraitin in China exceeded 160 million, and the total annual export of siraitin exceeded 250 tons The potential of high value-added downstream products now, the production of Siraitia grosvenorii in China has entered a virtuous circle mode, and the farmers in Guangxi and other provinces who popularize the production of Siraitia grosvenorii have increased their per capita income by 3000-5000 yuan / year, from no backlog or unsalable problems Luohan fruit industry has become a "cash cow" for farmers However, as the world's only major producer and exporter of Siraitia grosvenorii and its extract, the economic value of exporting Siraitia grosvenoride is not high In contrast, the developed countries, after importing Chinese Luohanguo glycoside at a low price, further processed it into high value-added health care products, with a great profit Siraitia grosvenorii is one of the unique plants in the south of China Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, India and other countries do not have Siraitia grosvenorii resources For Chinese Siraitia grosvenorii growers, there is no pressure of international market competition (Siraitia grosvenorii likes shade and is not resistant to high temperature sun, so it grows well in mountainous areas of Guangxi and other provinces) However, in addition to low-cost export for exchange, Chinese enterprises have great market potential in developing various downstream health care products, especially in reducing sugar and reducing weight food and anti allergy food.