Glucosamine market demand increases and microbial fermentation has gradually become a production trend

Glucosamine (GlcN), commonly known as amino sugar, is a hexosamine sugar extracted from natural chitin. Glucosamine is formed by replacing one hydroxyl group of glucose with an amino group and is easily soluble in water and hydrophilic solvents. In nature, glucosamine widely exists in fungal cell walls, shrimp and crab exoskeletons, plants and animals. In the human body, glucosamine is an important nutrient for the formation of cartilage cells.

Glucosamine has the functions of improving immunity, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-aging, increasing bone density, relieving bone and joint pain, etc. Glucosamine is highly safe and has diverse functions. As residents’ awareness of health care increases, glucosamine is used in medicine, food, and Applications in health care products, cosmetics and other fields are becoming more and more widespread.

Against the backdrop of an aging population, the global bone and joint supplement market continues to expand, reaching over 10 billion US dollars in 2021. Glucosamine is an important functional raw material for improving joint health and osteoporosis. As the bone and joint supplement market expands, the market demand for glucosamine will continue to be released.

According to the “2022-2027 China Glucosamine Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, my country The population base is huge. In the era of great health, the glucosamine market has broad room for growth. In 2021, the scale of my country’s glucosamine industry will reach about 6.8 billion yuan. my country’s glucosamine production companies include Shandong Runde Biotechnology, Shanxi Daoyi Biotechnology, Xiamen Lanwan Technology, Anhui Yinchuang Biotechnology, North China Pharmaceutical, etc.

In order to meet the growing market demand, health product companies have entered the glucosamine market one after another. The types of glucosamine health products are becoming increasingly rich. Currently, there are more than 300 glucosamine health products approved and registered in China, among which bone density health products are the main ones. Representative products of Glucosamine health care products include By-Health Glucosamine Chondroitin Calcium Tablets, Aland Glucosamine Chondroitin Vitamin D Calcium Tablets, etc.

Glucosamine mainly exists in the form of glucosamine hydrochloride, glucosamine sulfate and their double salts. In terms of preparation technology, the glucosamine preparation industry can be divided into microbial fermentation, acid hydrolysis and enzymatic hydrolysis. Among them, the acid hydrolysis method and enzymatic hydrolysis method have problems such as low production efficiency, high production cost, and large environmental pollution. As environmental protection supervision becomes increasingly strict, microbial fermentation method has potential advantages in terms of raw material sources, production cost, production efficiency, etc., and gradually Becoming a trend in glucosamine production.

Industry analysts said that glucosamine is widely used in food, medicine, health products, cosmetics and other fields. With the aging of the population, Accelerate, the market demand for glucosamine will continue to be released, and the future development prospects of the industry are good. Our country is a major producer and consumer of glucosamine. There are many domestic related production companies, and product quality varies. As environmental protection supervision becomes increasingly strict and market competition intensifies, the glucosamine market will continue to gather towards leading companies.