Stevia glycosides need more awareness

Sweeteners, as one of the most widely used food additives, can greatly improve the quality of health food.
responding to the global "sugar reduction trend", more and more food companies are choosing natural sweeteners instead of white sugar.
stevia glycoside, one of the sweeteners that food companies are keen to use.
, what are the characteristics of domestic health food containing stevia glycoside approved in China? The author combs this out.
the top three years for registered health care products: 2014, 2015 and 2017 from 1997 to the present, there were 360 successful health food registrations with stevia glycosides.
, 2014, 2015 and 2017 were among the top three, with 82, 74 and 71 cases respectively, accounting for 22.8%, 20.6% and 19.7%, respectively.
in 2014 compared to 2013.
Main reasons include: In 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to develop health food and nutritional fortified food as the focus of China's food industry "12th Five-Year Plan" development plan, the national food production enterprises and research institutions to accelerate the development and registration of health food, after two years, The number of health food registrations increased significantly from 2014 to 2015, and in 2013, the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (Amendment Draft for Review) made major changes to the relevant content of health food, the biggest change being the first mention of the filing system for health food.
major health food companies are scrambling to speed up the process of listing their products before the filing system is implemented.
But in 2016, the number of health food registrations fell significantly, in addition to strict approval, but also due to the 2016 "health food registration and filing management measures" formally implemented, domestic health food in the "registration system" and "filing system" parallel first year.
policy is the main reason for the significant change in the number of health food registration approvals and the registration cycle.
the three most popular dosage forms of food enterprises: tablets, oral fluids, particle finishing found that the main three dosage forms of health food containing stevia glycoside are tablets, oral fluids and particles, the number of 159 cases, 81 cases and 57 cases, accounting for 44.2%, 22.5% and 15.8%, respectively.
in addition to regular tablets, oral fluids, granules, powders and capsules, some health food companies are also experimenting with new types, such as tea, wine and milk tea, but in smaller quantities. the two most important functions of
claim: vitamins and minerals, enhance immunity Stevia glycoside health food the most important function claims to be vitamin and mineral supplementation and enhance immunity, the number of 184 cases and 81 cases, respectively, the total proportion of the two as high as 73.6%, followed by the efficacy claims to relieve physical fatigue, increase bone density and weight loss, the number of 24 cases, 18 cases and 11 cases.
this is also related to the overall registration status of domestic health food.
study found that between 2006 and 2015, registered homegrossed health food features claimed the top three: enhanced immunity, vitamin and mineral supplementation, and reduced physical fatigue.
the three provinces with the highest number of registrations: Guangdong, Beijing and Jiangxi, found that the number of health foods approved by each province containing stevia glycosides was different.
, Guangdong, Beijing, Jiangxi, Shandong and Shanghai ranked in the top five, with 67 cases, 60 cases, 48 cases, 35 cases and 21 cases respectively, accounting for 18.8%, 16.8%, 13.4%, 9.8% and 5.9% respectively (Note: 3 cases of unknown origin of products, not counted in the total).
nationwide, a total of 204 enterprises declared success, including Shenzhen McKinley Industrial Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Hehui Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing Century Zhongkang Pharmaceutical Technology Co., Ltd. declared the largest number of successful cases, 17 cases, 14 cases and 7 cases, respectively.
analysis found that as of 2016, from the approved domestic health food formula containing stevia glycoside, stevia glycoside is still only a natural non-nutritional sweetener, partially replacing calorie-free glycol, glycol or high-calorie glucose, sucrose, white sugar, sweet orange powder and so on.
, as a biologically active substance with a variety of physiological functions, only as a non-nutritional type, for stevia glycoside, is undoubtedly a waste.
currently, health foods containing stevia glycoside are listed as efficacy ingredients that do not contain stevia glycoside.
to give full play to the physiological function of stevia glycoside in health food and accelerate the other applications of stevia glycoside in health food? The author believes that the first should be the production of high-quality, high-bioactive stevia glycoside, and secondly, to further expand consumer awareness of stevia glycoside function.
(source: the former State Food and Drug Administration announced the main raw materials containing "stevia glycoside" of domestic health food.
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