Vanillin has a wide range of application fields and broad prospects for industry development.

Vanillin, also known as vanillin, chemical name is 3-methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, is an organic compound extracted from the Rutaceae plant vanillin beans, which is white to slightly yellow crystal or crystalline form powder. Vanillin has a strong bean aroma and has aroma-enhancing and aroma-fixing effects. It is widely used in baked goods, snack foods, dairy products, cosmetics, beverages, feed, medicine and other fields. It is one of the most widely used and largest-produced synthetic spices in the world. one.

From the perspective of preparation methods, there are currently three main preparation methods for vanillin, which are directly extracted from natural Rutaceae plants; made by chemical methods using industrial pulp waste liquid and petrochemicals as raw materials; and made from renewable resources. Eugenol and ferulic acid are prepared as natural raw materials. Among them, the preparation of vanillin using renewable resources as raw materials is currently the mainstream preparation process in the domestic vanillin market.

From the perspective of application market structure, global vanillin is mainly used in the food field in 2021. Vanillin consumption in the food field accounts for 54% of the total global vanillin consumption; followed by the pharmaceutical field and cosmetics field, consumption both accounts for 15% %; consumption in the feed sector accounts for 14%. At this stage, vanillin is mainly used in the pharmaceutical field abroad and in the food field in my country.

In the food field, vanillin is mainly used as a food additive in cakes, ice cream, chocolate, soft drinks and other scenarios. In recent years, against the background of rising national living standards and upgrading consumer demand, the market demand for cakes, ice cream, soft drinks and other food products has continued to increase, which in turn has driven the expansion of my country’s vanillin market. According to the “Global Vanillin Industry In-depth Market Research and Key Area Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, The domestic vanillin market size in 2021 is approximately 139 million yuan. In the future, as the domestic vanillin application field continues to expand, it is expected that its market size will be close to 200 million yuan in 2025.

At this stage, my country’s vanillin market participants mainly include Guangxin Co., Ltd., Yaxiang Co., Ltd., China Chemical Industry, Wanglong Technology, White Bear Pharmaceuticals, Zhiyuan Biochemical, etc. Foreign vanillin market participants mainly include SOLVAY, Borregaard, EVOLVA, Lesaffre, Symrise, etc. From the perspective of market competition, the global vanillin market is dominated by European companies. In 2021, European companies accounted for a total market share of nearly 33%; followed by Chinese companies, accounting for 25%; and finally North American companies, accounting for 25%. is 24%.

Industry analysts personnel said that the vanillin application market covers a wide range of areas in the domestic economy. In recent years, with its downstream applications The field continues to develop, the vanillin market continues to expand, and the industry has good development prospects. Currently, in the global vanillin market, European companies occupy a dominant position. In the future, domestic companies will need to continue to improve relevant technical levels and increase product research and development efforts to promote the continuous improvement of corporate core competitiveness, thereby promoting domestic companies to occupy a leading position in global market competition. More shares. There is still huge room for development in the domestic vanillin industry in the future, and the industry has broad prospects for development.