Monk fruit has gradually become a big industry

Liangguang people love to drink herbal tea, especially monk fruit tea, but many people may not know that monk fruit contains a natural sweetener that can replace high-calorie sucrose
.
At present, the monk fruit industry is ushering in new development opportunities
.
The Guangxi Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently released the "Guangxi "14th Five-Year Plan" Special Plan for the High-quality Development of Monk Guo Industry, which proposed that Guangxi will lead the efficient development of monk fruit planting and promote the big health industry through the promotion of processing and marketing; By 2025, the planting area of monk fruit in the region will reach 300,000 mu, with an annual output value of about 16 billion yuan
.

Guangxi is the birthplace of monk fruit and the largest monk fruit planting base in the country, mainly distributed in Guilin City and Liuzhou City
.
By the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan, the planting area of monk fruit in Guangxi was 255,000 mu
.

With the change of consumption concept, people generally pursue a healthy diet and look for alternatives
to sugar.
Mogroside contains a unique natural sweetener, monk glycoside, which has the characteristics of high sweetness, low calorie, pure taste and no bitterness, which can replace sucrose and is widely used in various food and beverages
such as nutritional health foods.
At present, monk fruit extract has passed regulatory access permits in more than 20 countries, and the market demand is growing at an annual rate of more than 30%, and the product is in short supply
.

Guangxi will promote the efficient development of monk fruit planting industry, build a "one core and three areas" planning layout, and strive to basically form a new pattern of monk fruit industry development by the end of the "14th Five-Year Plan", with an annual output value of about 16 billion yuan, of which the output value of the processing industry will reach more than
9 billion yuan.

Specifically, "one core" refers to the key layout of monk fruit planting, processing, marketing, productive service industries and other business formats in Guilin Yongfu, Lingui and Longsheng, among which e-commerce logistics enterprises will be introduced in Suqiao Luo Han Guo Town and a large-scale monk fruit logistics base
will be established.
The "three districts" are divided into northern, southern and western districts, of which the northern district includes Guilin Quanzhou, Xing'an, Guanyang, Resources, Lingchuan and other places, the southern district includes Guilin Yanshan, Yangshuo, Gongcheng, Pingle, Lipu and Liuzhou Luzhai and other places, and the western area mainly includes Liuzhou Rongshui, Rong'an and Sanjiang
.

(Guangxin)

China Food News (October 31, 2022, Version 06)

(Editor: Yang Xiaojing)