On November 1, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Commendation Decision on the 2020-2021 Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award", and the project of "Creating and Applying Key Technologies for Improving the Whole Pepper Industry Chain" jointly declared by Chenguang Biotechnology Group Co., Ltd. and the Institute of Spices and Beverages of the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences won the first prize of the scientific research achievements of the award.
M&G Biotech's R&D personnel evaluate the taste of pepper oil. Photo by Li Weiguo
As one of the units that completed the award-winning project, Chenguang Bio is a high-tech enterprise focusing on the extraction of plant active ingredients, relying on scientific and technological innovation, mastering the production process and equipment core technology of plant extraction, supporting China's capsicum red pigment industry in the international market share from less than 2% to more than 80%, and the products have also developed from a single capsicum red pigment to natural pigments, natural spice extracts and essential oils, natural sweeteners, natural nutrition and medicinal extracts, health foods, There are hundreds of varieties in six series such as oil and egg white, among which the production and sales of capsicum red pigment, pepper oleoresin and lutein are leading the world.
Chenguang Biological Company equipment, R & D personnel to the pepper production equipment acceptance. Photo by Li Weiguo
In the face of fierce market competition, M&G Bio continues to keep the right innovation, in the pepper deep processing technology and product development, obtained 4 authorized invention patents, of which the patented technology "a device for producing pepper oleoresin", the use of continuous water vapor distillation equipment to extract pepper essential oil, with low cost, high yield, good effect advantages; another patent "high-purity piperine production method", to fill the gap in China's large-scale production of piperine.
It is reported that the Shennong Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Award is a comprehensive science and technology award for the national agricultural industry approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Science and Technology, which is selected every two years and is also the highest-tech award in China's agricultural field.