On
June 20 to 22, Shanghai is hosting the most important exhibition for the food,
beverages, and pharmaceutical fermentation industry in China. The Food and
Pharmaceutical Fermentation Industry Joint Exhibition 2017 is going to take
place.
The
exhibition serves as the gateway to the Chinese market for many international
enterprises in the food and pharmaceutical fermentation industry. Since China
and Asia-Pacific are the fastest growing regions for food and pharma
fermentation worldwide, whoever is taking part in this emerging business cannot
ignore the trends that are taking place in the most populates country in the
world.
Market
intelligence firm CCM gives some information on the market trends in China and
fermentation methods, to prepare you for the exhibition ahead. Meet CCM and its
parent company Kcomber Inc. at the exhibition, by contacting econtact@cnchemicals.com.
Fermented
food witnessing a new surge in popularity nowadays, which is a great
opportunity for manufacturers to deliver their products on a high demanded
market. The method of fermentation, which is actually already used for
thousands of years for example in baking bread or brewing beer, has been
recently rediscovered by Asian and worldwide kitchen bosses. The concept of
fermentation is especially famous in China since traditional Chinese medicine
has always supported the health care of the digesting system, where healthy
bacteria are inevitable for the human organism.
According
to industry insiders, the growing concerns about healthy nutrition is driving
the demand for food fermentation worldwide. The mass food production has made
many consumers be more aware of what they actually eat. Hence, they are looking
for more variety and individuality in their food.
Organic Acids
Some
organic acids are produced by a fermentation process involving several
microorganisms. Those acids are normally used in the food and beverages
industry. Other areas of applications are catalysts, surfactants, and dyes.
The
end users for these acids can be found in the food and beverage industry,
petrochemicals industry, pharmaceuticals industry, and textile industry. While
the food and beverage industry is the largest downstream market and likely to
remain such for the foreseeable future, the demand in the pharmaceuticals
industry is growing faster than any other segment.
The
Asia-Pacific region, especially China, is leading the demand got fermented
organic acids. Considering the large population as well as the rapid growth of
a wealthy middle class, Asia Pacific is also expected to be the fastest-growing
region for organic acid demand. The market demand in advanced regions like the
USA and Europe, on the other side, is showing a sluggish market trend recently,
caused by more regulations and market saturation.
Pharmaceutical
fermentation
Fermentation
in the pharmaceutical industry is used, for example, in increasing the
production of life-saving antibiotics like penicillin. Moreover, they play an
important role in the production of several vitamins, cancer medication,
vaccines, and other drugs.
Biological fermentation
method
Biological
fermentation method is using different bacteria to ferment raw materials such
as cob and wheat to produce succinic acid. However, the succinic acid always
contains many by-products such as acetic acid, lactic acid, etc. so the final
products have to be refined. In summary, the procedure of the biological
fermentation method can be generalised into three steps. The first step is the
fermented germs selection and construction, the second is the control of the fermented
conditions in facilities, and the third is refining the fermented products.
Nowadays,
scientists mainly focus on fermented germs selection & construction as well
as refining fermented products in order to make the biological fermentation
method applied industrially.
The
major succinic acid producing germs are actinobacillus succinogens, mannhelima succiniciproducens, anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens,
and gene recombinant Escherichia coli (E.coli). Of those, the most important germ is actinobacillus succinogens which
yield rate is the highest and it is used to produce succinic acid industrially.
Besides the gene recombinant technology is relatively easy, so there are many
kinds of research on it recently.
About fermentation
The
easiest way of fermentation happens, when vegetables are soaked in salt water
or a similar juice to enhance bacteria growth. The increasing bacteria will
then eat the sugar inside the plants, while secreting some form of
acid, which causes the special taste for preserved vegetables. The fermentation
industry is using this effect of bacteria to produce all kind of food,
beverages, and even pharmaceuticals.
About CCM
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is the leading market intelligence provider for China’s agriculture, chemicals,
food & ingredients and life science markets.
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Meet
Kcomber at the exhibition on June 20 – 22. Please contact econtact@cnchemicals.com for
making an appointment.