<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > xylitol production capacity concentration is high The industrial structure needs to be further optimized</h1>
Xylitol refers to a natural sweetener extracted from plant raw materials such as birch, oak, corn cob, and bagasse. Xylitol is a natural pentacarbohydrate that is widely found in nature in fruits such as plums, strawberries and raspberries, as well as in small amounts in vegetables such as pumpkins, cauliflower, and spinach. Xylitol is one of the most mainstream functional sugar alcohol products on the market, mainly used in the production of chewing gum, ice cream and other products, widely used in food and additives, medicine, health care products, daily chemical products and other fields.
According to the "2021-2025 Global Xylitol Industry In-depth Market Research and Key Regional Research Report" released by the New Thinking Industry Research Center, after years of development and accumulation, China's xylitol production capacity has been continuously improved, and China has also become a global xylitol producer. According to the relevant data of China's starch industry, in 2020, the output of China's sugar alcohol industry reached 1.3746 million tons, of which the output of the crystalline xylitol industry was 45,900 tons, down 10.9% year-on-year, and the output of the liquid xylitol industry was 6780 tons, an increase of 464.1% year-on-year.
Xylitol has low calorie, low blood sugar reaction, no caries and other characteristics, in recent years, with the enhancement of residents' health care awareness, consumption capacity improvement, xylitol market demand gradually increased. The market price of xylitol is higher than the price of sucrose, and due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the operating rate of xylitol production enterprises is low, the market supply is tight, and the price of xylitol products has risen sharply. Due to the combination of demand growth and price fluctuations, the market size of xylitol shows a good trend of continuous growth.
The industrial cluster effect of xylitol is strong, and the geographical concentration of production capacity is high, mainly concentrated in East China, of which Shandong Province and Zhejiang Province are the two major production areas of xylitol in China. Domestic xylitol production enterprises mainly include Shandong Longli Biological, Shandong Futian Pharmaceutical, Zhejiang Huakang Pharmaceutical, Shandong Yucheng Lvjian Biological and Shandong Baolingbao Biological, etc. Overall, the number of enterprises in Shandong and Zhejiang accounts for about 40% of the number of xylitol enterprises in the country.
At present, China's xylitol industry has occupied an important position in the world, but compared with international advanced enterprises, there is still a certain gap in China's xylitol production enterprises in terms of production process, technical research, research and development investment. Subject to product quality, the application of xylitol in food, medicine and other fields is limited, which is not conducive to the long-term sustainable development of the industry, and the industrial structure of xylitol in China still needs to be further optimized in the future.
New Thinking industry analysts said that after years of development and accumulation, China has become a global xylitol producer, with the continuous release of downstream market demand, related production processes continue to optimize, the future of China's xylitol market scale will be further expanded. At the same time, under the upgrading of market consumption, the residents' awareness of health care will be enhanced, the market's performance requirements for xylitol will continue to increase, and the future development of the industry will be upgraded in the direction of functionalization and health.