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Corn Deep-processing China Monthly Report

Corn Deep-processing China News in June 2025

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS 

TWO STARCH SUGAR PROJECTS IN FUJIN CITY

SHANDONG JINGHONG COMPLETED FLEXIBLE PRODUCTION PROJECT (PHASE I)

JINAN BESTZYME’S TWO ENZYME PREPARATION PROJECTS

BBCA BIOCHEMICAL COMPLETED D-LACTIC ACID PROJECT

MUSASHINO’S EXPANSION PROJECT (PHASE II)

UPDATES ON GUANGZHOU SHUANGQIAO’S STARCH SUGAR PROJECTS

STAR LAKE SCIENCE’S AMINO ACID PROJECT

HUANGSHAN TONGXI’S HMOS EXPANSION PROJECT

NANJING INNOVASYN’S TWO NUCLEOTIDE PROJECTS

NINGXIA ZHONGKE’S BIO-FERMENTATION PRODUCTS PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS  

SICHUAN MINSHENG’S CORN PROCESSING PROJECT

JIANGXI HENGDING’S PLANT-BASED CREAM POWDER PROJECT

BLB’S FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS PROJECT

ANHUI NEWGEN’S AMINO ACIDS AND DERIVATIVES PROJECT

JIANGXI FUSHINE’S BIOSYNTHETIC SERIES PRODUCTS PROJECT

HEILONGJIANG NHU COMPLETED DHA REFINED OIL PROJECT

US INITIATES DOUBLE ANTI-INVESTIGATIONS ON CHINA’S L- LYSINE

PRICE DATA  

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT  

EXPORT OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Candida Utilis Protein

Fuyang Starch’s Candida Utilis Protein Project

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Shandong Fuyang Biological Starch Co., Ltd. (Fuyang Starch) currently uses most of its evaporated and concentrated corn steep liquor for corn fiber spraying and external sales.

This limits the added value of corn steep liquor and increases the burden on the company’s wastewater treatment system. Consequently, Fuyang Starch has decided to develop downstream products by constructing a Candida utilis protein production project, based on its existing production capacity.

On 13 May, the public notice of the environmental impact assessment documents for its Candida utilis protein project was publicized again prior to the approval.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Reconstruction
  • Location: Pingyuan Economic Development Zone, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD2.8 million (RMB 20 million)
  • Construction content:
    • The project will rely on the existing corn steeping and pulp system, warehouse, and public auxiliary works of Fuyang Starch.
    • It will also utilize the fermentation system of the existing erythritol production workshop of Shandong Fuyang Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (the parent company of Fuyang Starch, located within the same factory complex).
    • The corn steeping system and the erythritol workshop’s fermentation system will be upgraded.
    • Over ten sets of new equipment will be added, including a forced circulation evaporator, a thick pulp tank, a pelletizing bed, a cooling bed, and a packaging system.
    • Once completed, the existing erythritol product line of Shandong Fuyang Biological Technology Co., Ltd. will be discontinued.
  • Product plan: 30,000 t/a of Candida utilis protein.
  • Key raw materials: 8,820 t/a of 10% corn steep liquor.
  • Labor quota: No new employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days per year.
  • Construction period: The project is expected to be completed by June 2025.

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Market Research Report: Citric Acid & Sodium Citrate Industry in China 2024

Citric Acid & Sodium Citrate Industry in China 2024

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Main Content of Citric Acid & Sodium Citrate Industry in China 2024

Executive Summary

  1. Citric Acid and Sodium Citrate Industry Overview
  2. Citric Acid in China

2.1 Supply and Demand, 2022-2024

2.1.1 Market size (volume & value)

2.1.2 Export

2.2 Production Landscape

2.2.1 Major Producers with Own Fermentation

2.2.2 Capacity Development (2022-2024)

2.2.3 Planned Expansions (2025-2027)

2.3 Price in 2022-2024

2.4 Profitability

  1. sodium Citrate in China

3.1 Supply and Demand

3.2 Major Producers with Own Fermentation

3.3 Capacity Development (2022-2024)

3.4 Planned Expansions (2025-2027)

List of tables

Table 2.1-1 China’s annual export and import of citric acid, 2020-2024

Table 2.1-2 Top 10 export destinations of China’s citric acid in 2024

Table 2.2-1 Capacity and output of citric acid by producer in China, 2022-2024

Table 2.2-2 Citric acid capacity forecast to 2027 (from 2022 onwards)

Table 2.4-1 Raw materials cost of citric acid in China, 2024

Table 2.4-2 Manufacturing cost of citric acid in China, 2024

Table 2.4-3 Total cost of citric acid in China, 2024

Table 3-1 Capacity and output of sodium citrate by producer in China, 2022-2024

Table 3-2 Sodium citrate capacity forecast to 2027 (from 2022 onwards)

 

List of figures

 

Figure 2.1-1 China’s monthly export volume of citric acid, Jan. 2022-Dec. 2024

Figure 2.2-1 China’s capacity and output of citric acid, 2020-2024

Figure 2.3-1 Monthly average ex-work price of citric acid in China, Jan. 2022-Dec. 2024

 

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Corn Deep-processing China News

Corn Deep-processing China News in May 2025

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS       

CJ LIAOCHENG’S TWO PROJECTS

LONGJIANG FUFENG COMPLETED AMINO ACID PROJECT

SANYUAN BIOTECHNOLOGY’S RESPONSE TO ERYTHRITOL CVD AND AD INVESTIGATION

SHANDONG HENGREN’S 300,000 T/A CORN STARCH SUGAR UPGRADE PROJECT

HEBEI ZHAORANG COMPLETED GDL AND GLUCONATE PROJECT

NANLE YUNWEI’S LACTIC ACID PILOT PROJECT

QINHUANGDAO HUAHENG’S TRYPTOPHAN EXPANSION PROJECT

TIANYI HONGDA’S SA PROJECT AND BDO PROJECT

NINGXIA EPPEN’S VALINE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADE PROJECT

GLOBAL BIO-CHEM FORMS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP FOR SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY INNOVATION

BRIEF NEWS    

JINGYAN ZHIYUAN’S FUNCTIONAL SUGAR PROCESSING PROJECT

MICROCYTO QINHUANGDAO’S HEALTHY SUGAR PROJECT

FUYANG STARCH’S CANDIDA UTILIS PROTEIN PROJECT

JIANYIHONG HEALTHY INDUSTRY COMPLETED FUNCTIONAL FOOD PROJECT

DEZHOU HUIYANG’S TREHALOSE GREEN INTELLIGENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

SHENMAO BIO’S D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE PROJECT

TIANXIN PHARMA’S ALANINE PROJECT

INDIA CONTINUES ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON CHINESE SODIUM CITRATE

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT      

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Jilin Haina’s Corncob Comprehensive Utilization Project

Jilin Haina’s Corncob Comprehensive Utilization Project

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On 11 April, the Jilin Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for 60,000 t/a corncob comprehensive utilization project by Haina Biotechnology (Jilin) Co., Ltd. (Jilin Haina).

Project overview

  • Nature: Technological renovation
  • Location: Petrochemical Industrial Recycling Economy Park, Songyuan City, Jilin Province
  • Total investment: USD3.6 million (RMB25.97 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB 1.2 million) is for environmental protection
  • Product plan: 31,000 t/a of corncob sugar solution (on a pure basis) 27,000 t/a of crude lignin (by-product, on a pure basis)
  • Key raw material: 60,000 t/a of corncob
  • Labor quota: 95 employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days totaling 7,920 hours per year
  • Expected commissioning date: Jun. 2025

 

The crude lignin from this project will be sold directly, while the corncob sugar solution will be supplied to Hairui Biotechnology (Jilin) Co., Ltd. (Jilin Hairui) as a production raw material. Jilin Hairui, a brother company of Jilin Haina, is constructing a 10,000 t/a non-food bio-based butanol project.

Project overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Green Chemical Industrial Park, Petrochemical Industrial Recycling Economy Park, Songyuan City, Jilin Province
  • Total Investment: USD12.2 million (RMB87.61 million)
  • Product plan: 6,000 t/a of n-butanol, 3,000 t/a of acetone, 1,000 t/a of ethanol
  • Key raw material: Corncob sugar solution (from Jilin Haina)
  • Labor quota: 60 employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days totaling 7,920 hours per year.
  • Expected commissioning date: Jun. 2025

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Kezhimeng’s Anhydrous Glucose Reconstruction Project

Kezhimeng’s Anhydrous Glucose Reconstruction Project

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On 16 Apr., the local Ecological and Environmental Protection Bureau accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for the anhydrous glucose production line reconstruction project by Tangshan Kezhimeng Sugar Industry Co., Ltd. (Kezhimeng).

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Reconstruction
  • Location: Fengrun District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province
  • Total investment: 42 million (RMB 3 million)
  • Construction content:
    • Renovate the existing production line by removing the current natural gas thermal oil furnace and related facilities.
    • Switch drying to electric power by converting the existing hot air oven to electric heating.
    • Install 2 additional hot air circulation boxes, 1 twin-screw mixer, and 2 baghouse dust collectors.
    • Other production equipment remains unchanged. Diversify the existing product line (600 t/a of anhydrous glucose) based on product moisture content.
    • The final production capacity remains at 600 t/a.
  • Product plan: 400 t/a of anhydrous glucose (1% moisture content), 200 t/a of partially dehydrated glucose (approximately 5% moisture content)
  • Main raw material: 660 t/a of monohydrate glucose
  • Labor: No new employees
  • Working system: one 8hr shift per day, 300 working days per year
  • Construction period: 1 month

 

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Seven Star Lemon's citric acid

Phase of Seven Star Lemon’s Project Completed

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In Sept. 2018, the EI report for Seven Star Lemon Technology Co., Ltd. (Seven Star Lemon)’s 500,000 t/a food additive project was approved. Phase I passed the completion environmental protection acceptance in Sept. 2020. According to the completion environmental protection acceptance report publicized recently, Stage I of Phase II has been completed.

 

Overview of Stage 1 of Phase II

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Yishui Economic Development Zone, Linyi City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD139.3 million (RMB1 billion), of which USD7.6 million (RMB54.287 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: New fermentation, plate and frame, extraction, ion exchange, and refining workshops with production facilities for citric and sodium citrate, and supporting facilities like wastewater treatment.
  • Product plan: 200,000 t/a food additives (88,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 88,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 24,000 t/a sodium citrate), 64,000 t/a corn starch residue, 34,300 t/a citric acid dregs, 231,700 t/a calcium sulfate.
  • Key raw material: about 330,000 t/a corn
  • Labor quota: 300 new employees (total 520 employees currently)
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days per year
  • Progress:
    • Starting construction: 25 Feb., 2023
    • Completion: 10 Jul., 2024
    • On-site acceptance monitoring: 2-5 Dec., 2024

 

Currently Seven Star Lemon can produce 132,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 132,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 36,000 t/a sodium citrate, 96,000 t/a corn starch residue, 51,500 t/a citric acid dregs, 347,500 t/a calcium sulfate. After completing Stage 2 of Phase II (under construction), the company will produce 500,000 t/a of food additives (220,000 t/a anhydrous citric acid, 220,000 t/a monohydrate citric acid, 60,000 t/a sodium citrate),160,100 t/a corn starch residue, 85,800 t/a citric acid dregs, and 579,200 t/a calcium sulfate.

 

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Corn Deep-processing China News

Corn Deep-processing China News in April 2025

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COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS       

THREE AHB-RELATED PROJECTS COMPLETED

DRAGON PHOENIX COMPLETED STARCH SUGAR DEEP PROCESSING PROJECT

LIAONING KINGFA COMPLETED L-LACTIC ACID PROJECT

ZHOUSHAN HUAKANG COMPLETED STAGE 1 OF PHASE I OF THE CORN DEEP-PROCESSING PROJECT

JILIN HAINA’S CORNCOB COMPREHENSIVE UTILIZATION PROJECT

PHASE OF SEVEN STAR LEMON’S PROJECT COMPLETED

JIANGXI VIABLIFE’S TWO PROJECTS

GRAIN RAIN COMPLETED ECOLOGICAL CO-PRODUCTION PROJECT

JILIN JIA’AO COMPLETED AN EXPANSION PROJECT

JIANYIHONG COMPLETED REFINED PRODUCTS PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS    

HEILONGJIANG GUOKE’S LINDIAN PILOT PROJECT

XINYE BIO’S AMINO ACID PROJECT

HENGTONG INNER MONGOLIA’S SPECIALTY AMINO ACID PROJECT (PHASE I)

HENAN JINYUFENG’S CRYSTALLINE GLUCOSE PROJECT

COFCO‘S STARCH SUGAR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

KEZHIMENG’S ANHYDROUS GLUCOSE RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT

PRICE DATA    

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT      

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

 

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Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

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According to the monitoring report publicized on an environmental platform on 7 Apr., Heilongjiang Longfeng Corn Development Co., Ltd. (Dragon Phoenix) has completed starch sugar deep processing project.

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion and Reconstruction
  • Location: Within Dragon Phoenix’s plant, Qinggang County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province
  • Total investment: USD7.66 million (RMB 55 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB 1.2 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: The project utilizes the existing sodium gluconate production line, adding ion-exchange systems, saccharification tanks, plate and frame filters, evaporators, and other auxiliary equipment to produce starch sugar (the starch sugar production line operates 350 days a year, while sodium gluconate production is halted). It also adds equipment to the existing erythritol production line for valine production. Product plan: 100,000 t/a of maltose (meeting GB/T20883-2017 standards) produced from 148,600 t/a of self-produced starch slurry 20,000 t/a of valine produced from 25,400 t/a of self-produced glucose
  • Labor: No new personnel, relying on existing staff
  • Timeline:
    • Approval of EI report: 24 Apr., 2024
    • Starting construction: May 2024
    • Completion: Early Feb. 2025
    • Starting commissioning: Late Feb. 2025
    • On-site environmental monitoring: 4-5 March, 2025, and 18-19 March, 2025

Dragon Phoenix, controlled by Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Development Co., Ltd., currently processes 1.5 million t/a of corn to produce 1.3 million t/a of starch, 20,000 t/a of erythritol, 100,000 t/a of maltose, 100,000 t/a of glucose syrup, 30,000 t/a of maltodextrin, 170,000 t/a of sprayed corn bran, 86,200 t/a of protein powder, 12,000 t/a of crude oil, and 57,000 t/a of germ.

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Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project

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Jiaozuo Huakang Sugar Alcohol Technology Co., Ltd. (Jiaozuo Huakang)’s 30,000 t/a of D-xylose green intelligent upgrade and transformation project started trial operation in April 2024 and completed acceptance in June 2024.

The project ran stably during trial operation.

  • By mid-June 2024, malfunctions occurred in the production equipment during operation.
  • Upon inspection, the membrane in the membrane filtration section was clogged.
  • After cleaning, it ran normally.
  • Later, it needed to stop production for cleaning every 8 hours, causing intermittent production halts and lack of continuity.
  • Technical personnel found that metal ions, salts, and large-molecule substances in the xylose hydrolysate accumulated, drastically reducing the flux in subsequent sections and preventing normal production.
  • According to the problems, technicians proposed adjusting the production process, mainly involving granular carbon filtration, continuous ion-exchange decalcification, and chromatographic desalting.
  • On 25 March, the local Ecological Environment Bureau accepted the environmental impact report of Jiaozuo Huakang’s Xylose Energy-saving Reconstruction Project and publicized it.

Project overview

  • Nature: Technological transformation
  • Location: Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province
  • Total investment: USD16.7 million (RMB 120 million), of which USD2.1 million (RMB 15.1 million) is for environmental protection
  • Construction content: Building energy-saving production facilities in existing workshops.
  • Product plan: 30,000 t/a of D-xylose (capacity unchanged)
  • Raw materials: Corncob consumption increased from 150,638 t/a to 184,188 t/a due to origin changes. After reconstruction, all corncob will be purchased from Henan and Shanxi, instead of mainly from the Northeast with supplements from Henan and Shanxi as before.
  • Labor quota: No new staff, 500 existing employees
  • Working system: Three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days per year
  • Construction period: 12 months

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhejiang Huakang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Huakang Pharma), Jiaozuo Huakang produces D-xylose mainly for Huakang Pharma to produce xylitol.

 

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