Technological innovation helps China's dairy industry transform into value competition

Our reporter Wang Wei

Dairy is rich in nutrients and has played an important role in improving the nutritional health of different populations in China

my country's dairy industry shows strong endogenous and market demand momentum

Sun Baoguo, chairman of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, pointed out in his speech that the dairy industry, as one of the pillar industries in China's food industry, has become a world-leading industry with advanced technology and equipment, standardized management, and stable product quality.

Sun Baoguo said that milk is an indispensable food for a better life for mankind, but China's per capita consumption of dairy products is currently less than 1/3 of that of developed countries.

First, technological innovation is an eternal issue for the long-term development of the industry

Ren Fazheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said that the dairy industry is an important industry related to the national economy and people's livelihood.

How to do a good job in China's dairy science and technology innovation, Ren Fazheng shared three hopes and suggestions

my country steps up research on lactose intolerance

Lactose intolerance is a major problem that plagues the world.

Zhang Yumei, a professor at the School of Public Health of Peking University, pointed out in a report on "Progress in Scientific Research on Lactose Intolerance" that people with a lack of lactase or a low level of lactase in the small intestine will develop lactase after ingesting lactose-containing dairy foods.

Focusing on the innovative research and development of lactose-free milk, Yun Zhanyou, assistant to the president of Yili Group, said in a related report that the lactose intolerance screening conducted by Yili, universities and research institutes on 1,490 subjects in Beijing, Harbin and Xi'an found that different The lactose intolerance of age groups is different, and the middle-aged and elderly groups are higher than other groups

Speed ​​up the mechanism research and industrialization of lactose-free dairy products

In the roundtable dialogue session of the forum, experts conducted in-depth discussions on the role of dairy products in national nutrition and health, lactose intolerance and lactose-free dairy production and innovative applications

Zhang Yumei introduced the relationship between dairy products and health

　　Li Zailing, chief physician of Peking University Third Hospital, introduced the difference between lactose intolerance and milk protein allergy

　　Talking about the industrialization technology application of lactose-free dairy products, Jiang Yujun, dean of the School of Food Science of Northeast Agricultural University, said that the development of key technology research and industrial application of lactose-free dairy products can not only improve the consumption level of dairy products in our country, improve the diet structure, but also Improve people's health

　　How can lactose intolerant people eat dairy products scientifically? He Guoqing, a professor at Zhejiang University, said that lactose contained in milk is a disaccharide, which must be digested in the small intestine into glucose and galactose before it can pass through the intestinal wall and enter the blood vessels for absorption

　　Meng Suhe, honorary chairman of the China Society of Food Science and Technology, put forward the following three suggestions for China's dairy industry under the current development situation

　　The first is to assess the situation and actively adapt to the situation

　　The second is to pay attention to the value of science and technology
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To maintain the endogenous power of the food industry for a long time, it is necessary to enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises and strengthen the connotation of science and technology, which is the key to enterprise development
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The competition in China's dairy product market is the highest level of international competition, and it is also one of the areas with the largest R&D investment in China's food industry system
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At present, China's dairy industry is going through the process of accumulation and rise from plateau to peak
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But on the whole, the lack of scientific research investment is still a shortcoming of China's food industry, focusing on the market rather than research and development, the average scientific research investment rate of the food industry is only 0.
88%, the research on the functional composition and mechanism of products has been absent for a long time, and the foundation of enterprise development is not prison, this is a chasm that must be bridged
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Therefore, pragmatic cooperation between industry and science and technology is needed to continuously break through the scientific and technological bottleneck that plagues consumers to achieve health needs, and form a highland for dairy research in China
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　　The third is to attach importance to interdisciplinary and consumer education
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The scientific research of dairy products and even the entire food industry has reached the stage of transformation from scale to health.
It is not enough to rely on process and equipment research and food science support.
It needs to make efforts to the depths, and requires multidisciplinary interdisciplinary and perseverance such as nutrition and clinical medicine.
Only companies with core competitiveness can step out of the red ocean of market competition and enter the blue ocean of free development, forming a pattern of differentiated market competition and satisfying diverse needs.
This is the power and value of technology
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After 2008, China's dairy industry has experienced a nirvana development.
While improving itself, it is more about long-term consumer education, which has reversed many cognitive misunderstandings and educated consumers, which has resolved consumers' perception of domestic products.
The crisis of trust led to the development of the domestic dairy industry
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"China Food News" (version 04 on June 7, 2022)

　　(Editor-in-charge: Yang Xiaojing)