The market prospect of global amino acid industry is bright

Since the 1990s, the global amino acid market has been on the rise According to a report published by GIA Market Research Company of the United States, in 2014, the global amino acid market saw a total sales volume of 6.582 million tons of various amino acid products, which increased to 7.19 million tons in 2015 and nearly 8 million tons in 2016 In the past few years, the compound growth rate of the world amino acid market is 5.6%, and the total sales volume is expected to reach 11.05 million tons by 2022, when the total sales volume will reach an amazing 35.4 billion US dollars or higher 　　   (the market prospect of the global amino acid industry presents a bright picture source: Baidu pictures) Animal feed is the most widely used Why does the market of amino acids have such a great development in the 1980s? The insiders believe that first, consumers have a deeper understanding of the important health care role of amino acids, for example, glutamic acid has a special important role in maintaining human health and strengthening immunity, and lysine can greatly reduce the risk of herpes zoster in the middle-aged and elderly, It is also an effective antifungal "immunoenhancer" Mental patients often take serine preparation can effectively reduce the frequency of schizophrenia attack Arginine, citrulline and other anti cardiovascular effects These findings promote the application of amino acids in fortified foods, functional foods (beverages), sports drinks and various health foods Another important factor that really promotes the sustainable growth of the world amino acid market is that all countries in the world, mainly the third world countries, have a rapid growth in the demand for meat and poultry products, and promote the rapid development of the global breeding industry In order to shorten the storage time of livestock (poultry), adding amino acids to animal feed has become the most effective way Another factor is that the United Nations prohibits the addition of antibiotics as animal growth promoters in animal feed, which also promotes the increase in the amount of amino acids used in feed, because some amino acids can enhance the physical fitness of animals and prevent their disease In the past three years, the total sales volume of amino acid products used as feed additives has accounted for 55% of the total sales volume of the world amino acid market, which is expected to increase further in the future Multi purpose microbial fermentation production In the 1950s, amino acid products were basically produced by protein hydrolysis For example, monosodium glutamate, the first amino acid product put into commercial production in the world, is obtained by Japanese researchers after adding gluten (i.e "Guwan", which is plant protein extracted from wheat) to hydrochloric acid hydrolysis and then extracting and refining The early methionine is separated from egg yolk However, cystine and cysteine can be obtained from human hair and pig hair after acid hydrolysis This method has been used up to now The biggest drawback of amino acids from animal sources is low yield and difficult to purify, which can not meet the growing market demand After the 1960s, Japanese researchers took the lead in inventing a new technology of extracting amino acids by using cheap starch as starting material and adding industrial microorganisms After fermentation in large-scale fermentation tank, the production cost and product sales price were greatly reduced, which laid a foundation for large-scale commercial production of amino acids At present, except for a few amino acid varieties, such as methionine, glycine and cystine, the vast majority of amino acid products are produced by microbial fermentation Due to the large tonnage of fermentation tank, the output of amino acids in a single tank is very considerable Amino acid industry has become one of the fastest growing industries in the world Rise of non mainstream amino acids The new trend of the world's amino acid industry is the new rise of some non mainstream amino acid products, that is, amino acid products not included in the list of 22 amino acid products, including citrulline, creatine, taurine, inositol and L-carnitine (i.e "L-carnitine") Some varieties are not real amino acids, but are regarded as amino acids by market analysts because of their amino acid like function Especially citrulline has the function of invigorating the Yang Many health food of invigorating the Yang contain citrulline in the international market The export volume of the above non mainstream amino acid products is huge In 2015, the global total sales volume of citrulline exceeded 10000 tons for the first time, and the export quantity of citrulline in China reached about 5000 tons, accounting for half of the total Taurine has always been the best-selling amino acid product in the international market Last year, the total sales of taurine in the world exceeded 80000 tons China's export of taurine has always ranked the first in the global taurine market, with the export volume accounting for more than 80% of the global taurine market Inositol (extracted from rice bran) is also one of China's bulk export products, because China is the world's largest rice producer, rice bran production is huge, extracting inositol from it can greatly increase the economic benefits of grain processing industry At present, the export volume of inositol in China accounts for 70% of the international market In the past 10 years, China's export of L-carnitine (L-carnitine) has continued to grow Western researchers have found that L-carnitine can help the body to convert fat into calories, which has a significant weight loss effect Now L-carnitine has become one of the best-selling weight loss food materials in the international market The annual sales volume of the product has exceeded 10000 tons, and the annual export volume of China is 3000-5000 tons Amino acid industry has become one of the fastest growing industries Amino acid products are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, infant food, fortified food, health food (functional food), animal (poultry) feed additive and cosmetics industry In the past few years, the use of animal feed additive has become the largest driving force to promote the growth of international amino acid market, and the world amino acid market has increased significantly At present, amino acids for animal feed additives account for 52.5% of the international amino acid market, and will continue to grow in the future After years of rapid economic development, China has become the world's largest producer and exporter of amino acids In the foreseeable future, the market prospect of amino acid industry is bright.