Resveratrol, an antioxidant, has gradually entered the supplement industry

Resveratrol is a natural antioxidant in grape and red wine, mulberry, peanut and Polygonum cuspidatum It has been proved to have positive anti-aging benefits, and has also shown therapeutic benefits for diabetes, heart health, obesity and some cancers In particular, these well-documented health benefits have attracted great interest from the supplements industry in this material However, there are signs that the resveratrol market is still in a low level of development, and consumers still have a low awareness of it Even some well-known market research institutions rarely publish research data on resveratrol The following is the statistics of the number of new products containing resveratrol on the market, which may have some enlightenment for observing the current situation of resveratrol market and its future development direction Datamonitor's "product release analysis" database tracks 93 new products launched around the world from January 1, 2002 to September 2, 2009 The highest number of new products was launched in 2007, with 24 new products, 9 in 2006 and 8 in 2005 Among these new products, the number of resveratrol new products dropped to 18 in 2008, but it is worth noting that 16 resveratrol new products have been launched so far in early 2009 According to Tom vierhile, director of "product release analysis" of Datamonitor, it can be seen from these data that in the past five years, although products containing resveratrol are still not so common, their applications are indeed more common However, consumers' awareness of resveratrol is still quite low Based on the breakdown of the above data by category, it is found that since 2002, of all the new products launched, only 16% of the products that claim or contain resveratrol belong to food or beverage products; about 84% are non food products, including supplements and cosmetics So far, dietary supplements are the most widely used field of resveratrol In the past seven years, there are 35 new resveratrol products belonging to dietary supplements, 29 cosmetics and 11 food and beverage products Among the newly launched food and beverage products, 4 belong to the category of "functional drinks", 3 belong to "static wine", 2 belong to "beverage concentrate", and 2 belong to chocolate Obviously, the beverage industry is more willing to accept resveratrol than the food industry, especially the functional drinks are much more popular than most other product categories using resveratrol The only food areas where resveratrol is used are chocolate and nuts Because resveratrol is rarely used in food, it takes time and money to educate consumers to realize the health benefits of resveratrol As a result, vierhile said that although the application of resveratrol is expanding, at this stage, the sales of resveratrol in the food industry will not enter the fast lane According to market analysts, the potential of resveratrol in supplements is still very strong, especially for specific diseases In addition, consumers' preference for natural products will also promote the application of resveratrol in supplements According to data monitor, the vast majority of new products containing resveratrol come from the United States Since 2002, the United States has accounted for 76.3% of the new products containing resveratrol launched in the world, while Europe has accounted for 15.1% Frost & Sullivan said that in 2008, European resveratrol market consumption is expected to be about 2 tons, while the U.S market is expected to be 7.5 tons The latest data on resveratrol sales are only updated to 2006 Sales in Europe were $1.05 million in the year, compared with $2.4 million in the US There are two forms of resveratrol, CIS resveratrol and trans resveratrol, to link resveratrol suppliers However, in vitro and in vivo studies, only trans resveratrol is associated with a large number of reported health benefits In Europe, some of the major resveratrol producers include Burgundy, DSM, Naturex and bioserae Other non EU manufacturers include actichem and lalilab These manufacturers are divided into two categories: pure resveratrol supplier and resveratrol containing extract supplier DSM has a monopoly on resvida resveratrol, a synthetic resveratrol that is said to be "equivalent to nature." It has two product forms: one is crystal form, with purity of 99%; the other is tablet form, with purity of 90% Fluxome, a Danish biotech company, also provides high-purity resveratrol, which is obtained through fermentation using genetically modified bakers yeast At present, the product is only sold in the U.S market, and European market needs to be approved for sale None of the above products come from grapes Experts say many suppliers of raw materials can provide pure trans resveratrol from grapes However, some grape extract suppliers claim that pure resveratrol is not desirable Indeed, although many manufacturers have standardized resveratrol content of extracts, the presence of other compounds is also important In France, the hometown of grapes, Burgundy company provides grapemax series grape extract, containing resveratrol at least 20%, which also contains proanthocyanidins oligomers (OPCS), catechins and other polyphenols Bioserae provides a variety of raw materials from grapes under the brand of resveravine These products are standardized to contain 20% of the oligostilbene compounds (including anti resveratrol) Naturex, a plant medicine giant, has a series of resveratrol containing raw materials extracted from the root of Polygonum cuspidatum Its resverature series raw materials contain 8% or 50% resveratrol California ethical Naturals combines grape and Polygonum cuspidatum extracts Resvinol contained in its resvinol raw material is controlled to ensure a minimum of 25% of resveratrol Resvinol content of each gram of resvinol is about 350 cups of red wine Other suppliers of resveratrol raw materials (extracted from Polygonum cuspidatum) with different contents include Sabinsa, blue California, interhealth, maypro and cyvex, etc.