Market demand continues to grow, and betaine has good future application prospects

Betaine, also known as betaine, is an alkaloid that appears as a white crystalline powder, odorless, sweet, soluble in water, methanol, ethanol, and slightly soluble in ether. Betaine is a quaternary ammonium alkaline substance that is widely present in plants, bacteria, mammals, marine invertebrates and other organisms. Among them, sugar beet molasses is the main source of betaine. Betaine has a wide range of downstream applications, involving many fields such as medicine, feed, food additives, and daily chemicals.

In the field of medicine, betaine has the effects of preventing liver disease, anti-tumor, lowering blood pressure, anti-inflammatory and detoxifying. It can be used to produce antibiotics, vitamins, liver disease drugs, etc., and can also be used as an auxiliary drug in combination with anti-thrombotic drugs and antihypertensive drugs; In the field of feed, betaine is a new nutritional feed additive that can improve the quality of livestock products, strengthen the value of basic feed, and improve production performance. Under the green and functional development trend of the feed industry, betaine has broad application prospects.

Betaine includes anhydrous betaine, monohydrate betaine, betaine hydrochloride, pharmaceutical grade betaine and compound betaine. Related derivatives include alkyl betaine, sulfopropyl betaine, phospholipobetaine, hydroxyl betaine, etc. Sulfopropyl betaine, etc. Betaine production technology includes membrane separation methods, chemical synthesis methods, etc. With the improvement of technology level, my country’s betaine production capacity is increasing day by day. At this stage, my country has become the world’s largest betaine producer.

According to the “2022-2026 China Betaine Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, as of By the end of 2021, my country’s betaine and salt production capacity will reach about 400,000 tons. While the production capacity meets domestic market demand, it is also exported to overseas markets such as the United States, the European Union, and South America in large quantities. Betaine has the characteristics of non-toxic, safe, non-polluting and nutritious. In recent years, with the development of downstream markets, the market demand for betaine has also maintained a growth trend, reaching 250,000 tons in 2021. It is expected that market demand will grow in 2026. 330,000 tons.

In terms of production companies, there are more than ten betaine production companies in my country, including Shandong Xianweisi Biotechnology, Shandong Aifote Technology, Guangzhou Tianci High-tech Materials, Sichuan Huayu, Shandong Ruihong Biotechnology, Shandong Jujia Biotechnology, etc. From the perspective of production capacity distribution, betaine production capacity is mainly distributed in Shandong, Guangzhou, Henan, Jiangsu and other regions. In recent years, due to increasingly stringent environmental protection regulations, the supply of betaine raw materials has been tight, and the increase in raw material costs has led to an upward trend in betaine market prices.

Industry analysts said that betaine is widely used in medicine, feed, food additives, daily chemicals and other fields, and market demand continues to grow. Trend, with the development of downstream industries in the future, betaine has broad application prospects. my country is a major producer and exporter of betaine. With the advantages of low cost, high cost performance, scale and other advantages, the competitiveness of Chinese betaine companies in the international market will continue to increase.