Functional Ingredients Drive Food Safety and Nutrition Progress

Clenbuterol, dyeing steamed bread, fake potato flour, melamine ... Recently, food safety incidents have been frequently exposed, and food safety issues have once again become the focus of public opinion. The food industry has been affected to varying degrees. Faced with the new situation and changes in the market, domestic and foreign food safety technology suppliers and the vast number of food companies have overcome difficulties and pursued high performance. With the strength of the brand, advanced technology, products, solutions and quality services, we have endeavored to protect food quality and safety. -

With the rapid economic development, health has become the greatest threat to humanity. On a global scale, economic prosperity has been closely linked with unhealthy physical conditions. The more the economy develops, the healthier the body becomes and the true portrayal of people’s health today. Just as Americans have become obese, Europe has begun to catch up. Its obesity rate is three times that of the 1980s. India is also a good example. The incidence of obesity and diabetes has risen sharply. However, the situation in China is not optimistic. According to the fourth survey on nutrition and health of Chinese residents jointly issued by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of people with hypertension and dyslipidemia in the country has reached 160 million each; The number of people with diabetes and the number of patients with recessive diabetes ranks first in the world, reaching 100 million people; the total number of overweight and obesity is 260 million. What is more serious is that the incidence of these diseases has been increasing rapidly and there has been a period of youthfulness. In the past 10 years, the prevalence of hypertension in people aged 16 years and over in China has increased by 31%, and the rate of obesity has increased by 97%.

Faced with such a severe situation, we have the responsibility to find a scientific and effective method to solve public health problems. The addition of functional factors to food is a good approach. This has given birth to the development of a global functional food market, which has been operating in Europe, America and Japan for many years. For example, of the 569 kinds of specific health foods approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, 240 kinds of prebiotics have been added, accounting for more than 42.1% of the total. With the increase in the market size of specific health foods in Japan, the consumption of pharmaceuticals has been significantly reduced. In 1997, the market size of general pharmaceuticals and specific health foods were 892.15 billion yen and 131.45 billion yen, respectively; and in 2003, the data were 671.84 billion yen and 566.88 billion yen, respectively.

In the United States and Europe, weight-control foods continue to be booming, and a large number of low-calorie, zero-calorie beverages and accelerated physical consumption beverages are emerging in the market. Among them, Vitaminwater10 launched by the Vitamin Water brand of The Coca-Cola Company in 2010 (with Truvia and erythritol). As a sweetener, this product has 10 calories and 3 grams of sugar per serving. PepsiCo's SoBe Life water (zero-calorie erythritol and stevia as main sweeteners) is Continued strong sales in the market have guided consumers to a more healthy lifestyle. The popularity of these low-sugar, sugar-free drinks and foods has helped people to control their weight while also having a good health effect on oral problems caused by eating high-sugar foods.

In China, Mengniu Company, which continues to take the natural health route, through the combination of milk and natural and healthy functional raw materials, has successively introduced: China's patented Mengniu Zhen Guo Granules, adding a dietary fiber to achieve the perfect combination of fruit and dairy products, with The new generation of milk beverages that chewed fruit, Mengniu's health product innovation extends to various product categories. From the first professional milk future star for children to the “Jian” brand crown milk that pioneered the development of China’s high-end yogurt, to the new nourishment that solves the yellow-type human lactose intolerance, it is formed by combining with natural raw materials such as prebiotics and other healthy ingredients. High-end, functional and healthy balanced milk product matrix. The success of Mengniu's functional products caters to the combination of product nutrition and more in line with people's health needs.

Comprehensive analysis of the global market development trends, we found that people's health appeals mainly in: intestinal health, weight control, oral health, immune regulation and other four aspects.

1. Intestinal Health Functional ingredients mainly based on intestinal health mainly include various prebiotics, dietary fiber, lactic acid bacteria, bifidobacteria, etc. The predominant use of prebiotics in foods is FAO. ) Redefining prebiotics in the near future: A non-viable food component that is relevant to the regulation of microbes that is beneficial to the body's health. This exact definition promotes the application of prebiotics in the global market. Melatonin is added to melatonin, which has continued to sell well in the country; Oligofructose is added to Huoliduo; galacto-oligosaccharide is added to Guanyimil, and health products and foods that improve the health of the intestine are selected by consumers. One of the main incentives.

Second, the numerous phenomena of weight control indicate that the global healthy eating trend is steadily expanding. However, consumers often face two options: healthy food or delicious food. How can it be healthy and delicious? By adding zero-calorie ingredients or low-energy dietary fiber raw materials to mainstream foods and beverages without affecting the taste of consumers, the products can meet consumers' health and delicious needs.

In the healthy and delicious demand, weight-control ingredients have become one of the fast-growing varieties, especially in the European and American markets, with zero-calorie, zero-calorie erythritol and natural stevia sugar for zero-calorie production. Low energy foods. In the U.S., due to an unreasonable diet, excessive intake of fats and carbohydrates, obesity, and hyperlipidemia are more common. The proportion of adult overweight is 60%, and that of adults 20-64 years old is 33%.

Weight control food ingredients are: zero calories - erythritol, polydextrose, dietary fiber, oligosaccharides, xylose, etc., and the market is dominated by erythritol, polyglucose two major varieties.

Third, oral health and immune regulation Oral health and immune regulation are extremely important areas of human health, oral health problems continue to receive the attention of ordinary residents, sugar-free, low-sugar food has become common practice, to improve people because of excessive use of high-sugar foods The resulting oral problems play an important role. Functional ingredients such as oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols and dietary fiber have unparalleled advantages in the application of oral health products. The market research company Francisco Redruello said that the functional chewing gum for 2009-2010 It will increase significantly (functional chewing gum mainly refers to chewing gum with added functional ingredients such as prebiotics, sugar alcohols, probiotics, and dietary fiber), and the largest markets are in Asia (especially Japan) and North America (especially the United States).

Immune regulation is another important contribution of functional ingredients to people's health. Functional ingredients such as oligosaccharides and dietary fiber start from the improvement of human microecology, regulate intestinal microflora, increase beneficial bacteria, and promote mineral absorption, thereby improving human immunity. The effect of force. Tests have shown that people who have long-term use of oligosaccharides and dietary fiber foods will have a significantly lower risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. This has an important role in improving human health and improving quality of life.

The increasingly severe health trends in the world have brought unprecedented opportunities for the development of functional foods, and various functional ingredients have provided unlimited possibilities for the development of functional foods. Functional ingredients have become increasingly important in people’s healthy diets. The location of the economy, the more development of the economy, the more urgent the people's demands for health, through healthy eating to achieve health purposes, is the most economical and most beneficial to people's health program. A large number of scientific researches show that people are constantly searching for foods and functional ingredients that have beneficial effects on human health. The world-renowned food companies (Daneng, Nestle, Unilever, Kraft, etc.) are all developing natural foods and food ingredients that are beneficial to the human body ( Food Ingredients), China's well-known enterprises have also developed high value-added, functional and healthy foods, dairy industry herbal wind, beverage industry's health portfolio, baking industry, low sugar, low fat, high fiber popular, a variety of rich features Healthy ingredients will provide food with high health value, so as to change people's lifestyle, improve the quality of life, and promote overall health. At the same time, the development of such health trends is also of great significance to the structural adjustment and transfer of the food industry.