Food colorant shows vitality

In recent years, the food colorant industry has made great progress in production capacity, output value and technological progress Yan bingzong, Secretary General of colorant Professional Committee of China Food Additive Association, explained the production and marketing situation of colorant in China in the past year, standardization and management of colorant, as well as the progress in technical innovation The growth of production and sales volume is not large, and the total output value and export earnings are increasing by a large margin The industry has made a qualitative leap Secretary General Yan bingzong said that the total production and sales volume of 41 of the 60 varieties of edible colorants allowed to be used in China from 2005 to 2006 was about 272922 tons; the total annual output value was about 2.04014 million yuan; the export earnings were about 110.57535 million US dollars Among them, the total production and sales volume of edible synthetic colorant is about 2962 tons, the total output value is about 474.275 million yuan, and the export income is about 42.79625 million US dollars Among them, the production and sales volume of edible natural colorant is about 269 × 960 tons; the total output value is about 156586500 yuan; the export income is about 67.7791 million US dollars Yan bingzong said that the production and sales volume, total output value and export earnings of the 41 varieties have increased significantly in recent years, and the production and sales of food colorants are basically balanced According to the statistics from 2004 to 2005, the total production and sales volume is about 267 × 850t, the total output value is about 1573 × 3300000 yuan, and the export income is about 64.26 million US dollars The statistical results show that the output and sales volume in 2006 are only 1.89% higher than that in 2005, while the output value in 2006 is 29.67% higher than that in 2005, and the export earnings in 2006 are 72% higher than that in 2005 The phenomenon that the production and sales volume did not increase much but the total output value and export earnings increased by a large margin shows that China's food colorant industry has made a qualitative leap This is because in the past year, after the industrialization of edible synthetic β - carotene, edible canthaxanthin, edible natural β - carotene, edible natural lutein and edible natural lycopene in China, the high-purity products or the high-quality products are used as raw materials to produce preparations, which are put into the domestic and foreign markets, especially the international market, greatly increasing the added value of products New technology, new technology and new equipment have been widely used -- the industry has a strong future Secretary General Yan bingzong summarized the achievements of colorant industry in technology innovation, new technology, new equipment and new product development in recent years He said that the products of purification, crystallization, stabilization, microencapsulation and preparation of edible lutein have been industrialized, the products have been pushed to the international market and applied for patents in the United States Edible liquid lutein has been introduced abroad High purity synthetic carotenoid cantharidin (cantharidin) has been industrialized and began to be exported to foreign countries In 2006, the output will reach 20 tons (high purity), the output value will be 120 million yuan, and the export earnings will be about 15 million US dollars Lycopene extracted by supercritical CO2 fluid has been stabilized, microencapsulated and prepared, and the products have been sold at home and abroad Synthetic carotenoids and astaxanthins have been industrialized In recent years, the extraction of capsicum red and lutein has been widely used in the industry It can reduce physical labor, improve production efficiency, improve pigment yield, reduce solvent loss and reduce production cost In addition, enterprises are also carrying out technological innovation in varying degrees, adopting new technologies, new processes and new equipment to improve the technological level of enterprises Microwave extraction technology and equipment, ultrasonic extraction technology, ultra micro grinding technology and equipment, nano homogenization technology and equipment, microwave drying and sterilization technology and equipment, enzyme method wall breaking and impurity removal technology, supercritical CO2 fluid extraction technology and equipment, high-pressure homogenization technology and equipment, atmospheric homogenization technology and equipment, membrane separation technology and equipment, ion exchange and macroporous adsorption chromatography technology Technology and equipment, molecular distillation technology and equipment, microbial fermentation engineering, enzyme catalysis technology, flash evaporation technology and equipment, freeze-drying technology and equipment, stabilization technology, emulsification technology, microencapsulation technology, crystallization and recrystallization technology, compounding and preparation technology have been adopted by more and more enterprises Some enterprises have also established 100000 level clean workshops Technological progress has strengthened the potential for the development of enterprises Strengthen the standardization and management of food colorants -- the healthy development of the industry is guaranteed Since the second half of 2004, China Association of food additive production and application industry started the work coordinated by the association, including enterprise standard making, standard revision, expanding the scope of use and the amount of use, this specific work for enterprises has been carried out in an orderly manner China Association of food additive production and application industry has included this work in the work schedule of the Secretariat of the association Secretary General Yan bingzong said that the basic work of enterprise construction is to make, revise, expand the scope of use and the amount of use At present, all enterprises are highly motivated, and the professional committee of colorants will continue to promote the operation of the work in the future At present, China Association of food additive production and application industries is soliciting opinions and suggestions from enterprises on the preparation of China's independent specifications for food additives The income varieties of "independent specifications of food additives" are those listed in the national standard of the people's Republic of China for the use of food additives GB2760, but there is no national or industrial standard The purpose is to use the independent specifications to consciously regulate the production and testing of production enterprises When the independent specifications are gradually improved and mature, apply to the state for conversion to formal national standards or industry standards Some foreign countries do the same for the management of food additives In addition to the official book of food additives published by the Ministry of health and welfare of Japan, there is also the existing independent specification of additives published by the Japanese Food Additives Association Each color additive in the book has several contents, such as the name, definition, color value, character, identification test, purity test and color value determination method Each enterprise uses this to consciously regulate production When the independent specifications of a certain variety are gradually improved and mature, housheng province will further improve the independent specifications of this variety and incorporate them into the public agreement on food additives For example, gardenia yellow pigment, which has been in the independent specification of existing additives in the past, has been gradually improved and has now been transferred to the eighth edition of the public determination of food additives This is a good way to regulate the production and operation of the industry The association will gradually improve this work.