Functional sugar has excellent performance and the industry is in a mature stage of development

Functional sugar is a type of sugar carbohydrate with special effects, mainly including functional oligosaccharides, functional monosaccharides, functional sugar alcohols, functional dietary fiber, etc.

Functional sugar is generally difficult to be broken down by human digestive enzymes. It has the advantages of low sweetness and low calories. It also has the functions of regulating human microecology, improving intestinal flora, and lowering blood lipids. It can be consumed by patients with diabetes and hyperglycemia; In addition, functional sugar has the properties of enhancing human immunity, laxative, promoting bone health, and preventing dental caries, and is widely used in the health food industry. With the improvement of the national economy, the awareness of food health has increased, the demand for low-calorie foods has increased, and domestic research on functional sugars has continued to deepen. Functional sugars have been widely used in dairy products, feed, candy, medicine, wine, daily chemicals and other fields. , the industry has good development prospects.

In recent years, the Chinese government has continued to pay increasing attention to national health. In 2016, the “Healthy China 2030” Planning Outline jointly issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council proposed that health should be placed in a strategic position of priority development in the next 15 years. The “National Nutrition Plan (2017-2030)” issued by the General Office of the State Council in 2017 proposed to actively promote a healthy lifestyle for all and carry out special actions of “three reductions and three health”. The “Healthy China Action (2019-2030)” released by the National Health Commission in 2019 proposed to study and formulate limited guidance on the intake of added sucrose for Chinese children as soon as possible, and advocated the replacement of natural sweetening substances and sweetener drinks. Sucrose can cause obesity, dental caries, and elevated blood sugar. As an excellent substitute for sucrose, functional sugar has a growing market space.

According to the “China Functional Sugar Project Investment Feasibility Research Report 2023-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, the current domestic functional sugar The industry has entered a mature stage of development, with production technology approaching maturity, industrial chain development and improvement, and market concentration being high. Baolingbao Biological Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Huakang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. are leading companies in the domestic functional sugar industry. They have mature experience in the research and development, manufacturing and sales of functional sugars. They not only occupy the majority of the domestic functional sugar market share, but also occupy a large share of the domestic functional sugar market. The global market also has strong competitive advantages.

With the upgrading of food consumption, the application fields of functional sugars continue to expand, the number of various functional foods and health products continues to increase, and more and more companies have begun to enter the functional sugar market layout. In addition to leading companies, there are also a large number of small and medium-sized functional sugar companies in my country, and competition in the industry is becoming increasingly fierce. Due to the difficulty of supervision, functional sugar products are mixed in the market, and the development of the industry needs to be standardized.

Industry analysts said that in the context of healthy lifestyles becoming increasingly popular, functional sugars are healthy, low-calorie traditional sugars. For similar substitutes, market demand will continue to increase and have good development prospects. As research continues to deepen, production technology continues to improve, and the scope of applications continues to expand, the functional sugar industry continues to develop and is progressing towards diversification, standardization, and standardization.