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Foshan Gaofeng Completed Starch and Starch Derivatives Project

Foshan Gaofeng Completed Starch and Starch Derivatives Project

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On May 18, the completion environmental protection acceptance monitoring report for the starch and starch derivatives manufacturing project of Foshan Gaofeng Starch Technology Co., Ltd. (Foshan Gaofeng) was published on an environmental protection website.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: New construction
  • Location: Hecheng Street, Gaoming District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province
  • Total investment: USD24.93 million (RMB171 million), of which USD1.75 million (RMB12 million) is allocated for environmental protection
  • Production plan: 50,000 t/a of modified starch (including 20,000 t/a of hydroxypropyl distarch phosphate, 4,000 t/a of acetylated distarch phosphate, 3,000 t/a of acetylated distarch adipate, 1,000 t/a of starch acetate, 1,000 t/a of oxidized starch, 400 t/a of acid-treated starch, 500 t/a of distarch phosphate, 100 t/a of sodium starch octenyl succinate, 10,000 t/a of compound thickeners and pre-mixed flour, 10,000 t/a of pregelatinized starch)
  • Main raw materials: Starch products, commercial starch, propylene oxide, acetic anhydride, etc.
  • Labor quota: 180 employees
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 300 working days totaling 7,200 working hours per year
  • Progress:
    • Approval of EI report: Jan. 2024
    • Started construction: Oct. 2024
    • Completion: Oct. 2025
    • On-site acceptance monitoring: 2-3 Feb., 2026

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Sichuan Sango’s Protected Amino Acids and Polypeptide Project

Super Sweet’s Amino Acid Expansion Project

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On 13 Jan., 2026, the environmental impact assessment information for Xinjiang Super Sweet Bioengineering Co., Ltd. (Super Sweet)’s flexible production expansion & retrofit project for amino acid lines was publicized for the 2nd time.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Expansion & retrofit
  • Location: Yining Park, Khorgos Economic Development Zone, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
  • Total investment: USD4.98 million (RMB35 million)
  • Construction content: Flexible upgrading of the existing line—development of new strains, additional fermenters, air system, reactors, centrifuges, crystallizers, dryers, ceramic membranes, etc.
  • Product plan (newly-added): 1,000 t/a of glucosamine, 120 t/a of D-phenylalanine, 500 t/a of L-histidine, 180 t/a of folic acid, 100 t/a of rebaudioside D&M (RD/RM), 1 t/a of salidroside, 1,000 t/a of nisin
  • Key raw materials: 10,000 t/a of starch, activated carbon, anhydrous Na₂CO₃, 95% ethanol, diatomaceous earth, etc.
  • Labor quota: 450 employees (no additional)
  • Working system: three 8hr shifts per day, 330 working days totaling 7,920 hours per year
  • Construction period: Jan. 2026–Aug. 2026 (8 months).

 

Currently Super Sweet can produce 10,000 t/a of L-phenylalanine, 2,000 t/a of L-tryptophan, 10,000 t/a of aspartame.

 

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Yuwang Bio’s Starch Upgrade Project

Yuwang Bio’s Starch Upgrade Project

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Recently, the Tongliao Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau accepted and published the environmental impact assessment documents for Inner Mongolia Yuwang Biological Technology Co., Ltd. (Yuwang Bio)’s starch production workshop automation-upgrade project.

 

Project overview

  • Nature: Technical retrofit
  • Location: North Suburb Industrial Park, Kailu County, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
  • Total Investment: USD9.97 million (RMB70 million), of which USD28,490 (RMB 200,000) is for environmental protection
  • Scope: Automation upgrade of the existing corn-starch production line within current buildings and equipment; annual corn-processing volume remains unchanged.
  • Main raw material: 1,300,800 t/a of corn
  • Labor quota: no new employees
  • Working system: 350 operating days per year
  • Construction period: 2 months
  • Product plan of this project
No Product Capacity, t/a
Before This project After completion of this project
1 Protein powder 65,250 Unchanged 65,250
2 Starch/starch slurry 885,940 14,060 900,000
4 Crude oil 31,725 Unchanged 31,725
5 Germ meal 97,375 Unchanged 97,375
6 Fiber feed 133,408.60 -14,060 119,348.60

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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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Foshan Gaofeng Completed Starch and Starch Derivatives Project

COFCO Gongzhuling’s Starch Plant Renovation Project

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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 %
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%
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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Two modified corn starch projects in Zouping city

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On July 24, the local authority of Zouping City accepted and publicized the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents for Shandong Hongsheng Starch Technology Co., Ltd. (Shandong Hongsheng)’s 50,000 t/a pre-gelatinized starch products & equipment optimization and upgrading technical transformation project.

Project overview

  • Type of project: Technical Innovation
  • Location: Shandong Hongsheng’s plant, Zouping City, Binzhou City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD1.7 million (RMB12 million), of which USD0.17 million (RMB1.2 million) is environmental protection investment
  • Construction contents:
    • optimize and upgrade the production process and equipment of the existing projects;
    • transform the warehouse into a liquid pre-gelatinized starch production workshop;
    • add 37 sets of equipment such as stirring and dispersing tanks, double-screw circulating heating tanks, and biomass steam generators.
  • Product Scheme: After the transformation, the product will be optimized from the original 30,000 t/a liquid pregelatinized starch and 20,000 t/a solid pre-gelatinized starch to 45,000 t/a liquid pre-gelatinized starch and 5,000 t/a solid pregelatinized starch.
  • Main raw materials:
    • Corn starch (solid) reduced from 15,000 t/a to 8,000 t/a;
    • Corn starch (35%) reduced from 5,000 t/a to 3,000 t/a;
    • Tapioca starch (solid) reduced from 11,282 t/a to 9,651 t/a;
    • Hydroxypropyl cellulose 1,500 t/a (No change), etc.
  • Labor quota and working system: 10 persons. Three shifts, 300 days of work per year.
  • Construction period: 3 months

 

On August 1, the local authority accepted and publicized the environmental impact assessment (EIA) documents for Shandong Qidali Industrial Technology Co., Ltd.’s 5,000 t/a of gelatinized starch project.

Project overview

  • Type of project: New Construction
  • Location: Gaotang County, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province
  • Total investment: USD0.7 million (RMB5 million)
  • Construction contents:

Lease the existing idle plant, mainly purchase 4 sets of feeders, 2 sets of mixers, 2 sets of gelatinization silos, 2 sets of gelatinization machines, 2 sets of air conveyors, 2 sets of cooling silos, 2 sets of dust collectors, 2 sets of packaging silos and other equipment.

  • Product Scheme: 5,000 t/a gelatinized starch
  • Main raw materials: 5,000 t/a corn starch
  • Labor quota and working system: 5 persons. One shift system, working 300 days per year.
  • Construction period: 4 months

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