Sweetener Industry May Benefit from Quality Credit System Construction

On 2 May 2012, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China issued an announcement to promote the construction of Quality Credit System, aiming to strengthen the social consciousness of quality credit. And both food industry and food additive industry are listed as pilot units. Of course, as a member of the food additive industry, sweetener industry is also on the list. It is predicted that the construction of Quality Credit System may bring some new development opportunities to sweetener industry in China, according to CCM’s June issue of Sweeteners China News.

In fact, since people's consciousness of food safety has enhanced and food safety incidents have frequently emerged in the past few years, Chinese government has taken a number of measures to deal with food safety problems. For example, on 13 Oct. 2011, the Ministry of Health established the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center in Beijing. This time, food industry and food additive industry are also involved in the announcement mentioned above, which is one measure taken by Chinese government to deal with food safety problems. According to the announcement, local governments shall take a series of measures to strengthen the social consciousness of quality credit: establish enterprise quality credit files with real-name system; found public service platform for products' credit information; strengthen quality credit evaluation system; intensify punishment for missing of quality credit and implement classification supervision by quality credit rating.

For sweetener producers in China, to become a quality credit demonstration unit will be conducive to their development.

 

Firstly, becoming a quality credit demonstration unit may bring them more opportunities. In fact, as a major downstream market of sweeteners, food industry (including both food and beverages) prefers sweetener suppliers with high quality credit in China attributed to the following two aspects. On one hand, food industry is also listed as a pilot unit in the construction of Quality Credit System. It is believed that in order to enjoy a good development in the future, food enterprises should make efforts to improve the quality of their products. On the other hand, food safety incidents have frequently emerged in China in the past few years, such as the scandal of carcinogens contained in dairy products of Inner Mongolia Mengniu Dairy (Group) Co., Ltd., a major dairy producer in China. Therefore, in addition to improving product quality, food enterprises will also put more emphasis on selecting those raw material suppliers with credible and good corporate image, such as sweetener suppliers with good quality credit. Moreover, if a sweetener producer is a quality credit demonstration unit, its products are easier to get preference from downstream companies.

 

Secondly, becoming a quality credit demonstration unit makes sweetener producers more likely to get government aid. Actually, Chinese government always encourages the development of those enterprises that follow the government's development plan through various ways, such as reducing tax and providing credit. Since Chinese government has put forward to promote the construction of Quality Trust System, it must encourage enterprises that are actively involved. For example, in order to promote the development of renewable energy and new energy, Chinese government has provided subsidies for fuel ethanol producers since 2004. COFCO Biochemical (Anhui) Co., Ltd., the largest fuel ethanol producer in China, for example, got a subsidy of USD86.46 million from the government in 2011, which is more than the company's sales deficit. 

However, how can a company become a quality credit demonstration unit in China? It is estimated that sweetener producers can make efforts in the following aspects: firstly, the quality of products should conform to the standards both at home and abroad or to industrial standards; secondly, they must pass the random check on product quality carried by local governments; thirdly, they should build up a positive image and reputation.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1206

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Content of Sweeteners China News 1206:

China's saccharin output reaches 3,043 tonnes in Q1 2012

CSA releases reward notice to against sugar smuggling

National food safety standard of maltitol launched

Output value of China's beverage industry increases in Jan.-April 2012

Global Sweeteners may suffer net loss in H1 2012

Layn to merge wholly-owned subsidiary

EU makes final verdict of anti-dumping investigation into Chinese cyclamate

Consumption of acesulfame-K in China expected to increase in 2012

Overview of Chinese sorbitol industry in Jan.- May 2012

Sweetener industry may benefit from Quality Credit System construction

FOS drives Shandong Baolingbao and QHT to perform well in Q1 2012

Xiwang Sugar further focuses on HFCS business

Shanghai Suzan starts sucralose project

… …

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Global Sweeteners Acquires Equity Enterests in HFCS from Cargill

On 30 March 2012, Global Sweeteners Holdings Limited (Global Sweeteners) announced that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Cargill, Incorporated (Cargill) to acquire 50% equity interest in Global Bio-chem-Cargill (Holdings) Limited (Global Bio-chem-Cargill, a subsidiary of Cargill) and 10% equity interest in GBT- Cargill High Fructose (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (GBT- Cargill) from the latter, with a total investment of USD4.2 million. In fact, GBT- Cargill was established in 2001 as a joint venture of Global Sweeteners and Cargill and it is engaged in producing F42. Upon the completion of the acquisition, these two companies will both become wholly-owned subsidiaries of Global Sweeteners, which will help Global Sweeteners to strengthen its operational efficiency and develop its high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) business, according to CCM’s May issue of Sweeteners China News.

The following reasons are mainly responsible for Global Sweeteners’ acquisition. Firstly, it’s the increasing market demand for HFCS that drives the company to acquire equity interests in HFCS companies. HFCS has been widely used in the food and beverage industry. Especially because of the surge of sucrose price in China since 2011, many food and beverage companies have switched to other sweetening ingredients and HFCS is considered to be a good substitute for sucrose. HFCS tastes better than sucrose and its sweeteness will increase with the drop of temperature. Besides, it costs less than sucrose does as a food additive. Therefore, the strong demand for HFCS drives Global Sweeteners' acquisition. In fact, to meet the huge demand from China’s food and beverage sector for sweetener products, except its previously existing F42 (F42 and F55 are two main kinds of HFCS) production facility in Shanghai, the company had also constructed a new F55 production line with capacity of 100,000t/a in the same production site and the construction was completed in Oct. 2011, and thus Global Sweeteners’ capacity of HFCS was up to 220,000t/a.

 

Secondly, Global Sweeteners acquires HFCS companies in order to improve its product structure. In view of Global Sweeteners, the HFCS joint venture with Cargill was a success and had helped Global Sweeteners and Cargill to pioneer in China’s HFCS market. However, F42 business of Global Sweeteners didn’t perform well, and its gross profit fell from USD2.5 million in 2010 to USD 1.4 million in 2011. Besides, F55 is used more and more widely and many users are switching to F55. In consideration of this, Global Sweeteners revealed that it is considering a range of options to revamp the existing F42 facilities, in order to either complement other production lines or to adjust its product structure.

 

Thirdly, the acquisition will increase Global Sweeteners’ cash level. According to the announcement, as of 29 March 2012, Global Bio-chem Cargill and GBT- Cargill have tangible assets of about USD4.4 million with no interest-bearing bank borrowing. The total cash balances in above two company amounted to about USD14.1 million while Global Bio-chem Cargill has dividend payable to Cargill which amounts to USD2.6 million. Thus directors of Global Sweeteners believe that the agreement will not only strengthen the management flexibility over the production planning, but also increase the company’s cash level.

According to Mr. Kong, the chairman of Global Sweeteners, the termination of the joint venture agreement will free the company to develop HFCS business according to its own strategies and at its own pace. Moreover, the sales and purchase agreement will enable the company to have full control over the F42 plant, which will allow it to better utilize the production facility and strengthen the operational efficiency upon the completion of the agreement.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1205

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Content of Sweeteners China News 1205:

Output of Chinese food additives reaches 7.62 million tonnes in 2011

Nanning Sugar encounters net profit loss in Q1 2012

Annual National Conference of Sucrose 2012 held in Yunnan

Global sugar surplus to exceed 6 million tonnes

Food additive glycyrrhiza may withdraw from Chinese market

Shandong Longlive declares long-term development strategy

High concentration may promote China's sucralose industry in 2012

Saccharin facing possible elimination in China

Mogroside may become second most popular natural sweetener

Market overview of China’s HFCS till April 2012

Opinion solicitation for national standards of three sugar alcohols ongoing

Cyclamate industry impervious to food safety incidents

Sorbitol expansion of Tongchuang Biotechnology to complete in H2 2012

Crystalline fructose to be Xiwang Sugar's key development focus

Global Sweeteners acquires equity interests in HFCS from Cargill

… …

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(Guangzhou China, May 7, 2012)

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China's Government Strengthens Management of New Food Additives

China's Ministry of Health announced the Notice on Standardizing License Management of New Food Additives (NSLMNFA) to strengthen the management of new food additives in China on 25 November 2011, which may increase the difficulty in applying for new sweeteners in China, according to CCM’s January issue of Sweeteners China News.

In fact, Chinese government has already launched the Management Measures of New Food Additives (MMNFA) in March 2010 and the Regulations of New Food Additives' Declaration and Acceptance (RNFADA) in May 2010.

According to the MMNFA, the definition of new food additives includes three parts: 1) food additives which have not been classified into national standard of food safety 2) food additives which have not been approved to use by the Ministry of Health 3) food additives whose current dosage and application range are needed to be expanded 

Compared with the MMNFA and the RNFADA, the latest notice (NSLMNFA) has stipulated detailed and increased items on management of new food additives.

Firstly, the NSLMNFA has supplemented five detailed provisions of on-site verification and evaluation for new food additives. Previous MMNFA just defines that the Ministry of Health can organize experts to run on-site verification and evaluation for new food additives when necessary, but it has not defined concrete operations. In addition, it focuses more on paper material review, while the new NSLMNFA pays more attention to on-site verification and evaluation, which indicates that Chinese government is strengthening the management of new food additives in more ways to ensure food safety.

Besides, the NSLMNFA emphasizes more on comparison. Actually, the MMNFA just requirs the applicants to submit testimonial materials of new food additives' application conditions and effect in oversea countries and regions. And the NSLMNFA pays more attention to the comparison. For instance, the applicants should submit testimonial materials of the contrast effect in food including and excluding new food additives and the quality specification comparison material contrasted with international organizations and other countries, reflecting that Chinese government focuses on the necessity of new food additives' launch.

Moreover, the NSLMNFA encourages the public to offer suggestions on the management of new food additives. According to the MMNFA, comments from the public shall be solicited when it comes to the necessity and effect of the use of new food additives. From this aspect, the NSLMNFA welcomes suggestions and opinions of new food additives and its management, which may arouse the enthusiasm of the public to offer their views.

In general, the NSLMNFA may raise the difficulty in applying for new sweeteners in China. On one hand, the NSLMNFA will improve the laws and regulations on new food additives, which may increase the application producers of food additives; on the other hand, many food safety incidents caused by food additives happened in 2011, which has aroused Chinese people's concerns about food additives. And the encouragement of suggestions and opinions may assist Chinese government to receive more public suggestions, which may drive it to take a more cautious attitude to the approval of new food additives. 

With efforts from Chinese government to strengthen the management of food additives, the new food additives which will be launched in the future may be natural and efficient. For example, it is estimated that thaumatin may be approved as a new sweetener in China. Mr. Wu, Secretary-General of Sweetener Professional Committee of Chinese Food Additives and Ingredients Association, predicted that thaumatin will be approved to use in food and beverages in China thanks to its natural extract and high intensity of sweetness. What's more, Some Chinese producers have already applied for thaumatin to be used as a new sweetener, and the applications are in progress now.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1201

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Content of Sweeteners China News 1201:

Food Additive Industry Association officially established in Wuhan

Demand for GOS keeps increasing in China

China will promote food safety through legislation

The 20th anniversary of CBFIA held in Beijing

HZSY intends to stop beet sugar production

Hainan to establish aromatic industry

2011 annual review of Chinese sweetener industry

Export volume of aspartame in 2012 may affected by re-evaluation of EFSA

Export value of Chinese stevia sweetener grows fast in 2011

China's government strengthens management of new food additives

China's sucralose capacity to increase by 2,000t/a in 2012

Futaste's L-arabinose selected in National Key New Product Plan of 2011……

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(Guangzhou China, January 10, 2012)

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Sweeteners China News Published with Fresh Updates

CCM has released the October issue of Sweeteners China News. The latest issue continues to provide various information of China's sweetener industry.

More and more sweetener producers are targeting at the end market. QHT signs a cooperation agreement with Sheng He Tang, revealing QHT's target at the end market. Meanwhile, Xiwang Sugar promotes its retailing crystalline fructose in a low-key way by just holding a discussion meeting.

Besides, overseas market also attracts producers' entry. And thanks to EU's approval for stevia and stevia glycosides, which is expected to be launched by the end of this year, many domestic stevia sweeteners are waiting for opening the stevia sweetener market in the EU. Meanwhile, increasing prices of raw materials lead to rising prices of sweeteners. For example, the average sales price of domestic crystalline maltitol and crystalline xylitol respectively increase from USD2,603/t in August 2011 to USD2,736/t and from USD4,757/t in August 2011 to USD4,844/t.

In addition, the Chinese government has taken specific actions to supervise the food additives industry. In September 2011, Shanghai Mixed Food Additives Professional Committee was established as the first committee for mixed food additives, aiming to support the implementation of Food Additive Application Standard and the standard for mixed food additives, thus boosting sound development of the industry.

More news is in CCM’s October issue of Sweeteners China News, covering stories below:

-The ninth batch of national sugar reserves launched to market

-Annual conference of sucrose 2011 held in Yunnan

-Sucrose production to increase in the next sucrose extraction season

-Shandong Zhucheng plans to construct production lines

-Funing City plans to build a modern national sucrose base

-Shandong Longlive owns seven production patents

-F55 may be the trend of HFCS in future

-Domestic producers aim at EU market of stevia sweeteners

-Domestic price of crystalline glucose rebounds a little in Sept. 2011

-Cyclamate's export volume decreases in the first eight months of this year

-Suzhou Xiankuo targets at XOS

-QHT targets at end market by controlling a food company

-Xiwang Sugar strengthens sales of retailing crystalline fructose through new ways

-Global Sweeteners acquires a corn refinery from its parent company

-Price of glycyrrhizin increases

-China's planting area of fructus momordicase increasing

-Ex-factory prices of China's sweeteners in September 2011

-Import & export analysis of Chinese fructose and fructose syrup (fructose content≥50%) in Jan.-Aug. 2011

-Import & export analysis of Chinese mannitol in Jan.-Aug. 2011

-China's maltitol and xylitol price still increasing

-Shanghai Mixed Food Additives Professional Committee established in September

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(Guangzhou China, October 28, 2011)

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Jiangxi Beiyang Aims at Exploring Greater Stevioside and RA Market

Guangzhou China, August 8, 2011 - Jiangxi Beiyang expanded the capacity of stevioside and RA in Nanchang on 28 June 2011, indicating that it intends to greatly explore the market of stevioside and RA, according to CCM’s August Issue of Sweeteners China News.

Jiangxi Beiyang has invested about USD9.74 million in the expansion project. By implementing this project, the capacity of both stevioside and RA is estimated to increase by 1,000t/a. Mr. Xiong, board secretary of Jiangxi Beiyang, said main reasons for launching the new expansion project are the increasing demand and the safety of food additives.

Jiangxi Beiyang is expected to enjoy a good development in the future. Mr. Xiong claimed that Jiangxi Beiyang is the only producer of high purity RA (RA80, RA90 and RA97) with capacity of more than 10t/a in China in 2011.

Besides, Jiangxi Beiyang is planning to build a sucralose production line, whose capacity will be 1,500t/a after finishing the expansion of stevioside and RA capacity. It is estimated that the establishment of sucralose production line will be started from 2012 and finished before 2014. All in all, Jiangxi Beiyang aims to become a producer who makes acesulfame-K, RA and sucralose in three years in order to satisfy demand for sweeteners at all levels.

More news about the industrial trend, company dynamics, market price, and future forecast are unveiled in the latest issue of Sweeteners China News.

The following highlights are covered in the latest issue of Sweeteners China News:

-China totally exports about 4,147 tonnes of erythritol in 2010, and it is expected to remain export-oriented in the coming three to five years.-Guangdong Guangye and Ji'an New Trend plan to expand capacities of sucralose.-Jiangxi Beiyang expanded the capacity of stevioside and RA in Nanchang on 28 June 2011, which indicates that it intends to greatly explore the market of stevioside and RA.
-Currently, Shandong Mifutang aims to explore the retail market of xylitol and build a top retail brand in China.-Wanfu Biotechnology's IPO was approved by CSRC on July 19 2011. Shandong Longlive got listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange on 20 July 2011.-On 7 July 2011, Huakang Pharmaceutical announced its launch of a new HFCS production line with capacity of 100,000t/a, a sigh of the company's ambition of expanding its business in HFCS market.-Xiwang Sugar will purchase two production lines of corn starch with total capacity of 750,000t/a from Xiwang Pharmaceutical.-Sorbitol is expected to have much development room in the industries of food and daily chemicals in the future.-Price of sucrose witnesses an uptrend in July 2011, which is expected to benefit other sweeteners-Driven by such food incidents, Chinese government launches the standard for mixed food additives.

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Jiangxi Beiyang Expands Capacity of Stevioside and RA

Guangzhou China, August 8, 2011 - Jiangxi Beiyang Food Additive Co., Ltd. (Jiangxi Beiyang), the fifth largest acesulfame-K producer in China, expanded the capacity of stevioside and rebaudioside A (RA), two major components of steviol glycosides, in Nanchang on 28 June 2011, which indicates that it intends to greatly explore the market of stevioside and RA, according to CCM’s latest issue of Sweeteners China News.
 
Jiangxi Beiyang has invested about USD9.74 million in the expansion project. By implementing this project,  the capacity of both stevioside and RA will be increased by 1,000t/a. The project was started on 28 June 2011 at Nanchang Economic Development Zone and is estimated to be finished in April 2012. Most RA will be sold to oversea countries, according to Mr. Xiong, the board secretary of Jiangxi Beiyang. After launching production, Jiangxi Beiyang will use stevia leaves as raw materials to produce stevioside which will be concentrated RA afterwards.

Actually, Jiangxi Beiyang has a subsidiary located in Songjiang District of Shanghai City which uses stevioside to produce RA97 with a capacity of 50t/a and with 97% purity of RA species. Before that Jiangxi Beiyang didn't produce stevioside. All of the stevioside needed is bought from other stevioside producers in China.
 
Mr. Xiong said that the main reasons for launching the new expansion project are the increasing demand and the safety of food additives. According to Mr. Xiong, oversea demand for RA is big and the RA market has gradually been expanded in recent years. Despite the fact that the demand for RA is less than that for stevioside in China, some of the world's top 500 enterprises prefer to using RA. What's more, both Chinese and oversea governments pay more attention to the safety of food additives. RA is a natural sweetener produced by modern extracting technology with high safety in application, and it is accepted by more and more countries all over the world. Thus, Jiangxi Beiyang decided to expand its capacity of RA. Finally, it is estimated that producing RA can help Jiangxi Beiyang obtain more profits. Because RA is a high value-added product whose gross margin  is more than that of stevioside, Jiangxi Beiyang pays much attention to high purity stevia sweetener such as RA 80%, RA 90% and RA 97% to obtain higher profits.
 
Jiangxi Beiyang is expected to enjoy a good development in the future. Mr. Xiong claimed that Jiangxi Beiyang is the only producer of high purity RA (RA80, RA90 and RA97) with capacity of more than 10t/a in China in 2011. That's because other high purity RA producers usually send stevioside to foreign countries for further processing after production in China, and most of the concentrated product (high purity RA) will be consumed by foreign countries and only a small amount will be sold back to China. Besides, it is estimated that Jiangxi Beiyang's capacity of high purity RA will reach 1,050t/a after finishing expansion in 2012 and it will become the largest high purity RA producer in China at that time. Therefore, other domestic producers are not the rivals of Jiangxi Beiyang, which can be taken as an advantage for Jiangxi Beiyang to make more profits.

Besides, Jiangxi Beiyang has three raw material supply areas in China, which ensures its stable stevia supply. And stevia is the basic raw material of stevioside and RA. Currently, the major raw material supply bases of Jiangxi Beiyang are Anhui, Jiangsu and Heilongjiang which are the stevia planting provinces in China. Most stevia as raw material is supplied by its own supply bases, and the remaining will be filled by the stevia bought from market.

Moreover, Jiangxi Beiyang cooperates with Mr. Hu, the secretary-general of China Food Additives & Ingredients Association in charge of sweeteners and a famous professor of Shanghai Normal University focusing on this area. In the field of high purity RA study, Mr. Hu is also a famous expert in China. Jiangxi Beiyang benefits greatly from the cooperation on the application and promotion of high purity RA with him.
  
However, Jiangxi Beiyang will face competition from multinational corporations in high purity RA market. At present, PureCircle (Jiangxi）Co., Ltd. (PureCircle) and GLG Life Tech Corporation (GLG), two leading stevia sweetener multinational corporations in the world, still take up most high purity RA market shares in China. And Jiangxi Beiyang may be weaker in terms of brand and market channel compared with them both in China and abroad. Meantime, there are some local stevia sweetener producers that have entered high purity RA market with small capacity in order to get more profits. That means Jiangxi Beiyang needs to compete with them to get more market share of high purity RA.
 
Apart from the above, Jiangxi Beiyang is planning to build a sucralose production line, of which capacity will be 1,500t/a after finishing the expansion of stevioside and RA capacity. It is estimated that the establishment of sucralose production line will be started from 2012 and finished before 2014. All in all, Jiangxi Beiyang aims to become a producer who makes acesulfame-K, RA and sucralose in three years in order to satisfy demand for sweeteners at all levels.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1108

Content of Sweeteners China News 1108:

Import and export of Chinese sugar in H1 2011
Zhongjing Sugar plans to build five production lines of fructose
Nestlé intends to acquire 60% of Hsu Fu Chi
4,147 tonnes of Chinese erythritol exported in 2010
Domestic companies target sucralose market
Jiangxi Beiyang expands capacity of stevioside and RA
Shandong Mifutang aims to explore retail market of xylitol
Ex-factory prices of Chinese sweeteners in July 2011
Import & export analysis of Chinese xylitol in Jan.-June 2011
Import & export analysis of Chinese mannitol in Jan.-June 2011
Sorbitol expected to witness great development in food and daily chemicals industries in future
Increase of sucrose's price benefits other sweeteners……

Sweeteners China News is a monthly newsletter published by CCM International Limited. Based on China market, CCM offers timely update and close follow up of China’s various kind of sweeteners market dynamics, analyze the market data and trends, Major columns include market dynamic, company dynamic, raw material supply, price update, import & export analysis, Consumption Trend & Competitiveness.

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