Category Archives: Sugar and Sweetener

Shandong Jintian’s Maltitol Upgrading Project

Shandong Jintian’s Maltitol Upgrading Project

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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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Dragon Phoenix Completed Starch Sugar Deep Processing Project

Jinhe Industrial Proposes Allulose Project

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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
Neohesperidin 95% 100 5,500

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Yulin Heli Completed Stevia Project

Yulin Heli Completed Stevia Project

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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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Fuyang Bio-tech Completed Modified Starch Expansion Project

Chengdu COFCO’s 150,000 t/a starch-based sugar expansion project

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Currently, COFCO Biochemical (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (Chengdu COFCO) is able to produce 100,000 t/a of F55 HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), 20,000 t/a of maltose and 36,000 t/a flavored syrup. I

In order to increase its market share in northwest China and satisfy high-end product market demand, Chengdu COFCO plans to construct 150,000 t/a starch-based sugar expansion project, and on 24 Sept., the local environmental protection department accepted the environmental impact report of this project.

 

Project overview:

Nature: expansion

Location: Xinjin District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province

Total investment: RMB250 million, of which RMB11.48 million for environmental protection

Construction plan: establish a HFCS production line Expand the special sugar workshop and add a new flavor syrup production filling line. Etc.

Product plan: 150,000 t/a HFCS, 2,000 t/a flavored syrup will be added. After completion, the product scale of the plant is 250,000 t/a HFCS, 20,000 t/a maltose, 38,000 t/a flavored syrup.

Key raw material: corn starch

Labor quta: 25 new people (current 150 people)

Construction period: 15 months

 

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Jilin OGO Completed Starch-based Sugar Expansion Project

Huainan Runloy’s polydextrose put into commercial production

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Runloy Biotechnology (Huainan) Co., Ltd.’s 100,000 t/a polydextrose project was planned to be constructed over two phases (Phase I: 30,000 t/a polydextrose; Phase II: 70,000 t/a polydextrose and 5,000 t/a dietary fiber solid drink). On 2 August, the monitoring report on the inspection and acceptance of the completed environmental protection facilities of stage one of Huainan Runloy’s 100,000 t/a polydextrose project (Phase I) was publicized.

Overview of stage one

Construction nature: New construction

Location: Maoji Social Development Comprehensive Experimental Area, Huainan City, Anhui Province

Total investment: RMB68 million, of which RMB2.84 million for environmental protection

Product plan: 15,000 t/a polydextrose is prepared from 30,000 t/a of glucose monohydrate and about 3,300 t/a sorbitol using about 333 t/a citric acid as the catalyst.

Labour quota: 40 employees

Working system: Three 8h shifts per 24h workday, totalling 7,200 working hours or 300 working days a year

Progress:

Commencement of construction: July 2023

Completion of construction: May 2024

On-site environmental monitoring: 23~24 May 2024, 14~15 June 2024

Huainan Runloy is 100% owned by Runloy Biotechnology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Besides, Huainan Runloy’s brother company, Runloy Biotechnology (Anhui) Co., Ltd., located in Fenghuangshan Economic Development, Xiangshan District, Huaibei City, is currently producing 15,000 t/a polydextrose.

 

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