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Hangzhou Hetai’s Amino Acids Project

Posted on 2024-12-272024-12-31 by nkmarketresearch

On 10 Dec., the environmental impact report for Hangzhou Hetai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Hetai)’s 3,200 t/a of amino acids technical transformation project was accepted and published.

Project overview

Nature: Reconstruction
Location: High-tech Industrial Park, Jiande City, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Total investment: USD2.09 million (RMB 15 million)
Construction contents:
- Addition of 2,560 t/a new feed additives (1,200 t/a of tryptophan, 640 t/a of isoleucine, 480 t/a of leucine, 240 t/a histidine)；
- 640 t/a food additives (300 t/a of tryptophan, 160 t/a of isoleucine, 120 t/a of leucine, 60 t/a of histidine),
- while reducing the existing production of feed-grade vitamin B12 by 80 t/a and feed-grade vitamin B2 by 820 t/a.
- Establishment of a new fermentation research and development line for the development of new additives.
Labor quota: 30 new employees
Working system: three-8hr-shift per day, 355 working days per year
Construction period: 24 months
Existing product scheme of Hangzhou Hetai:
- 83,300 t/a of quick-burst soybeans 24,000 t/a of enzymatic plant protein
- 24,000 t/a of feed additives
- 12,000 t/a of organic microelements
- 100 t/a of probiotics
- 1,230 t/a of feed-grade vitamin B2
- 240 t/a of feed-grade vitamin B12
- 500 t/a of food-grade arginine
- 8 t/a of food-grade vitamin B2
- 2 t/a of food-grade vitamin B12

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Weifang Jianbao Completed Corn Protein Project

Posted on 2024-12-162024-12-16 by nkmarketresearch

Weifang Jianbao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Weifang Jianbao) previously outsourced starch slurry to produce 105,000 t/a of glucose (dried) and subsequently 100,000 t/a of sodium gluconate.

Recently, the company completed its “38,000 t/a of corn protein project”. Thus, Weifang Jianbao has expanded the entire industrial chain, purchasing corn to produce starch slurry (No more outsourcing), and then glucose and sodium gluconate.

Project overview

Nature: New construction
Location: Zhuliu Chemical Industry Park, Changle County, Weifang City, Shandong Province
Total Investment: USD50.07 million (RMB360 million), of which USD2.5 million (RMB18 million) is for environmental protection.
Key raw materials: 508,000 t/a of corn
Labor quota: 68 workers
Working system: Three-8hr-shift per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 hours per year
Progress:
- Approval of EI report: Apr. 2023
- Starting construction: Jun. 2023
- Completion: Aug. 2024
- On-site environmental monitoring: 16-25 Aug., 2024
Product plan of this project

Product	Capacity (dry weight), t/a	Capacity (wet weight), t/a	Moisture content of wet products
Corn protein	38,000	41,800	9%
Starch slurry	301,000	720,700	58.24%
Fiber feed	67,700	73,600	8.01%
Corn germ	31,600	34,300	7.86%

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Shandong Jintian’s Maltitol Upgrading Project

Posted on 2024-12-132024-12-13 by nkmarketresearch

On 25 Nov., the local authority accepted and publicized the environmental impact report for Shandong Jintian Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Jintian)’s maltitol upgrading project.

Project overview

Nature: Technical transformation
Address: Yucheng National High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Dezhou City, Shandong Province
Total Investment: USD1.76 million (RMB 12.5 million), of which USD28,129.4 (RMB 200,000) is for environmental protection
Construction content: Utilize the existing production equipment, workshop, warehouse, laboratory, and auxiliary facilities from the current 500 t/a maltitol project (actul product is 500 t/a universal syrup), and also purchase over 80 sets of equipment and instruments, such as stainless steel constant temperature storage tanks, saccharification tanks, enzyme tanks, centrifuges, three-effect falling film evaporators, single-effect evaporators, crystallization tanks, spray drying towers, and powder sieves.
Product plan: 2,000 t/a of isomaltol, 6,000 t/a of universal syrups (containing malt syrup, HFCS, glucose, trehalose syrup, isomaltolose, lactulose), and 3,000 t/a of sugar-free syrups.
Main raw materials: Sucrose, 4,200 t/a of starch slurry (purchased).
Labor quota: No new hires; the project will use the current 30 staffs.
Working system: One shift per day, 8 hours per day, 300 working days per year.
Construction period: 6 months.

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Overview of Jingliang Longjiang’s corn deep-processing expansion project

Posted on 2024-12-062024-12-06 by nkmarketresearch

Overview of Jingliang Longjiang’s corn deep-processing expansion project

Nature: reconstruction and expansion
Location: within Jingliang Longjiang’s plant, Qinggang County, Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province
Total investment: USD 6 million (RMB68 million), of which USD 63,291 (RMB450,000) is for environmental protection
Construction contents:
- Lactic acid production workshop: production of L-potassium lactate, L-sodium lactate, etc., using spare storage tanks and reaction vessels.
- Starch production workshop: Add 4 dehydrators and 1 vacuum stock transfer equipment, and the rest of the equipment uses the reserved capacity to further improve the deep processing capacity of corn, from 1 million t/a to 1.3 million t/a, and improve the starch production capacity of 208,500 t/a.
Labor quota: No new employee. From the existing 326 staffs
Working system: three shifts, 24h per day, 300 days per year
Construction period: 3 months
Product plan

Product	Current capacity, t/a	This project’s capacity, t/a	Capacity of the whole plant after operation, t/a	Note
Lactic acid workshop
Material grade lactic acid	30,000	/	30,000
Food grade lactic acid	10,000	/	10,000	Partly used to potassium lactate, sodium lactate, etc.
Purified lactic acid	10,000	/	10,000
Potassium lactate	/	1,200	1,200	Alternate production according to order.
Sodium lactate	/	2,000	2,000
Mixture of sodium lactate and lactic acid	/	2,000	2,000
Corn starch workshop
Edible corn starch	695,000	208,500	903,500
Corn gluten meal	72,000	21,000	93,000
Sprayed corn bran	80,000	21,000	101,000
Crude protein	30,000	9,000	39,000
Corn oil	25,000	7,500	32,500
Corn germ	63,000	18,000	81,000

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Corn Deep-processing China News November 2024

Posted on 2024-11-292024-11-29 by nkmarketresearch

Welcome to the November 2024 edition of Corn Deep-Processing China News. In this issue, we provide comprehensive coverage of the latest developments in China’s corn deep-processing sector. This includes key project updates, expansions, renovation and technological advancements from major companies such as CJ, Golden Corn, Lihua Starch and COFCO, among others.

The newsletter highlights significant environmental impact assessments and project progress in the industry, showcasing the growing importance of sustainability and innovation in corn deep-processing. Additionally, readers will find valuable insights into production capacities, investment trends, and technological transformations shaping the future of this dynamic market.

COMPANY AND MARKET DYNAMICS

DAQING HESHAN’S FURFURAL PROJECT

HENAN FEITIAN’S CRYSTALLIZED FRUCTOSE EXPANSION PROJECT

TWO PROJECTS IN QINGGANG COUNTY, SUIHUA CITY

A FURFURAL PROJECT IN HANDAN CITY

GOLDEN CORN COMPLETED LYSINE SULPHATE PROJECT

SHANGJIANG BIOLOGICAL’S AMINO ACIDS PROJECT

CJ SHENYANG COMPLETED ARGININE PROJECT

JINHE INDUSTRIAL PROPOSES ALLULOSE PROJECT

BAOTOU EAST HOPE’S TRYPTOPHAN PROJECT

LIHUA STARCH’S BIO-FERMENTED EQUIPMENT UPGRADING PROJECT

UPDATE ON SHANDONG YUMI’S 1.5 MILLION T/A CORN DEEP PROCESSING PROJECT

BRIEF NEWS

COFCO GONGZHULING’S STARCH PLANT RENOVATION PROJECT

HUAKANG PHARMA PLANS TO ACQUIRE YUSWEET

BENGBU XINGHE’S STRAW BIOFIBER PROJECT

SHANDONG JINTIAN’S MALTITOL UPGRADING PROJECT

MEIHUA GROUP INTENDS TO ACQUIRE KYOWA HAKKO

PRICE DATA

EX-WORK PRICES OF KEY CORN PRODUCTS

IMPORT AND EXPORT

EXPORT OF CORN PRODUCTS

CORN IMPORT

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COFCO Gongzhuling’s Starch Plant Renovation Project

Posted on 2024-11-262024-11-26 by nkmarketresearch

On 19 Nov., the local authority accepted and publicized the environmental impact (EI) report of COFCO Biochemical Energy (Gongzhuling) Co., Ltd. (COFCO Gongzhuling)’s starch plant renovation project.

Project overview

Construction nature: technical renovation
Location: Henan Street, Gongzhuling City, Jilin Province
Total investment: USD5.4 million (RMB38.3429 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB1.2 million) is for environmental protection
Construction content: The product plan and product quality standards of the starch workshop will remain unchanged before and after the technical renovation.
Labour force: no new additions; relying on current 125 staffs.
Working system: 330 working days per year
Construction period: 5 months.
Technical indicators after technical renovation

Retrofit Process		Fresh steam savings		Electricity savings		Water content %
Retrofit Process		t/ton starch	t/a	kwh/ton starch	kwh/year	Before technical renovation	After technical renovation	Changes
Evaporation process		0.16	65,600	6.56	2,689,600	–	–	–
By-product dehydration process	Fiber	–	–	3.69	1,512,900	58.50%	56.50%	-2%
By-product dehydration process	Germ	0.02	8,200	–	–	55%	54%	-1%
Protein drying process		–	–	1.95	799,500	–	–	–
Total		0.18	73,800	12.2	5,002,000	–	–	–

Currently, COFCO Gongzhuling processes 600,000 t/a of corn to produce the following products: 31,500 t/a of protein powder, 410,000 t/a of starch, 97,200 t/a of spray dried corn bran, 200,000 t/a of HFCS, 50,000 t/a of maltodextrin, 63,000 t/a beer syrup, 38,400 t/a of corn crude oil, 94,400 t/a of corn germ meal, 8,000 t/a of hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate and 2,000 t/a of acetylated distarch adipate.

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Jinhe Industrial Proposes Allulose Project

Posted on 2024-11-252024-11-25 by nkmarketresearch

On 7 Nov., the environmental impact (EI) report of Anhui Jinhe Industrial Co., Ltd. (Jinhe Industrial)’s “10,000 t/a of health industry project” was publicized again.

On 1 July, the EI report (draft) was made public for the first time.

Project overview

Construction nature: expansion
Location: Jinhe Industrial’s plant, Lai’an County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province
Total investment: USD19.2 million (RMB136.75 million)
Production process:
- allulose is produced from 10,008 t/a of outsourced 77% F HFCS by fructose conversion and simulated moving-bed method.
- sclareol, mogrosides, naringin, and other products are produced from glucose and inorganic salts by microbial fermentation, concentration, and drying.
Labor quota: 70 employees
Working system: 300 working days per year
Completion anticipated: H1 2025
Product plan of this project

Production line	Product	Capacity, t/a	Annual operating hours
Production line of allulose (continuous production)	Allulose 90%	9,800	7,200
No. 1 Fermentation line (batch production)	Nootkatone 98%	5	540
	Sandalwood oil 98%	5	350
	Mogrosides 20%	5	400
	Sclareol 95%	5	525
	Bisabolol 95%	50	2570
	Valencene 80%	5	540
	Trans-farnesol 98.5%	10	1340
No. 2 Fermentation line (batch production)	Naringin 9%	15	1100
No. 2 Fermentation line (batch production)	Neohesperidin 95%	100	5,500

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NK Market Research attended Natural Extracts & Health Ingredients Exhibition (FIC-Health 2024 Guangzhou China)

Posted on 2024-11-222024-11-26 by nkmarketresearch

NK Market Research attends Natural Extracts & Health Ingredients Exhibition (FIC-Health 2024) & the 23th National Food Additives and Ingredients Exhibition to connect with the Chineses manufacturers.

1. FIC-Health2024 Information

Time: November 21-23, 2024

Address: Hall 9.1, Hall 10.1, Hall 11.1, China Import and Export Fair Complex Area B

(Canton Fair Complex Area B) No.382 Yuejiangzhong Road, Guangzhou

2. Exhibits

A. Food Additives: Acidity regulator, Anti-caking agent, deforming agent, Antioxidant, Bleaching agent, Bulking agent, Chewing gum base, Coating agent, Color, Color fixative, Compound food additives, Emulsifier, Enzyme, Edible flavor and fragrance, Flavor enhancer, Flour treatment agent, Humectant, Nutrition enhancer, Preservative, Stabilizer and coagulator, Sweetener, Thickener, , Fragrances, Flavors, food additive compound and 23 main categories.

B. Food Ingredients: Starch, Modified starch, Starch sugar, Sugar alcohols, Oligos, Grease for food industry, Flour for special purpose, Yeast product, Vegetable protein, Dehydrated/frozen dried fruit and meat, Frozen/chilled food, Fillings, Condiment, Spice, Diary product, Animal and plant extract, Beverage concentrate, Curing agent, Soy product, Protein polypeptide, Dried fruits and nuts, Instant tea, Functional food additives, Cocoa product, Edible fiber, Egg product, Honey product, Bean, Roasted seed and nut，Probiotics, snack food, and 35 other main categories.

C. Food Processing Aids: Releasing agent, Anti-sticking agent, Anti-foaming agent, Dispersant, Clarifying agent, Flocculating agent, Chelating agent, Filter aid, Decoloring agent, Adsorbent, Nutrient substance for fermentation, Catalytic agent, Crystallizing agent, Solvent.

D. Food Processing Aids Equipment, Machinery and Technologies, Food packing material and related books.

E.Health Food, geriatric food, Moslem food, Kosher food

F. Producing and application technologies in Food Ingredients and Additives, health food.

G.Bakery products: Mooncake and mooncake production, pastry and pastry production, confectionery and confectionery production, cake decorations, ice cream

Cream and ice cream production, snacks and snacks production, coffee and coffee machine, baking process and research and development technology.

H.Baking raw materials and baking equipment: baking raw materials, baking additives, preservative, baking fillings, cake decorations, Baking production equipment, baking tool mold, oven and other baking related equipment, baking related laboratory and testing equipment, exhibition Cabinets, storage and refrigerated cabinets, hotel and catering equipment.

I. Food raw and auxiliary materials for hotel use.

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Zhucheng Xingmao’s Corn Deep Processing Technology Transformation Project

Posted on 2024-11-142024-11-18 by nkmarketresearch

On 8 Oct., the local Ecological Environment Bureau accepted the environmental impact report of Zhucheng Xingmao Corn Developing Co., Ltd. (Zhucheng Xingmao)’s corn deep processing technology transformation project.

Project overview

Nature: Technical upgrading
Location: ZhuchengXingmao’s Starch Factory, Xinxing Town, Zhucheng City, Weifang City, Shandong Province
Total Investment: 3 million (RMB320 million), of which USD2.8 million (RMB20 million) is invested in environmental protection
Construction content:
- 200 sets of original equipment such as separators, cyclones, and pin mills with relatively low automation levels were eliminated.
- More than 180 sets of equipment such as embryo mills, evaporators, separators, clarifiers, automatic packaging and palletizing systems, automatic control systems, and environmental protection treatment facilities were newly built.

The technical level has been significantly improved.

Product plan:

600,000 t/a corn starch, 1,600,000 t/a starch slurry (unchanged)

Main raw materials:

1,593,900 t/a corn (unchanged)

Labor quota: No new employee, adjustment from the existing 580 people
Work system: 330 days per year
Construction period: 12 months
Product plan before and after the technical transformation

No.	Product	Capacity，t/a		Note
No.	Product	Before	After	Note
1	Edible corn starch	600,000	600,000	Product
2	Starch slurry	1,599,018	1,608,826	Product
3	Corn gluten powder	79,695	79,706	By-product
4	Corn germ cake	99,176	99,358	By-product
5	Corn oil	37,023	37,023	By-product
6	Sprayed corn husk	182,413	182,473	By-product

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Yulin Heli Completed Stevia Project

Posted on 2024-11-072024-11-07 by nkmarketresearch

Yulin Heli Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Yulin Heli) completed “Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni cultivation & extraction project”, as per the monitoring report on inspection and acceptance publicized on 11 Oct.

Project overview

Construction nature: new construction
Location: Yujia Industrial Park, Jia County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province
Total investment: USD37 million (RMB261.511 million), of which USD0.65 million (RMB4.588 million) for environmental protection
Production capacity: 300 t/a of crude stevia
Key raw material: 3,000 t/a of dried stevia leaves
Labor quota: 52 employees
Progress:
- Approval of EI report: Jan. 2021
- Completion of construction: 16 Apr., 2024
- Commissioning: 10 Jun., 2024-2 Aug., 2024
- On-site environmental monitoring: 17–18, Jun., 31 Jul.–1 Aug., 2024

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