Benefiting from the development of the food industry, the market demand for disodium nucleotide (I+G) continues to rise

Disodium nucleotide (I+G) is a combination of two flavoring agents, sodium 5′ inosinate-IMP and sodium 5′ avian nucleic acid-GMP. The taste-presenting effects of IMP and GMP were first discovered in Japan. However, since the above two substances were mainly extracted from meat and seafood in the early days, they were expensive and difficult to be popularized in the food industry. With the continuous advancement of modern science and technology, microbial fermentation process is currently used to produce IMP and GMP, which has low cost and has been widely used. The cost of applying IMP and GMP alone is high, but if they are used together, the best results can be achieved and it is more economical.

Currently, disodium nucleotide is used as a freshness enhancer in food, mainly in the production of instant noodle seasoning, chicken essence, chicken powder, soy sauce, etc. In addition to its application in food, disodium nucleotide can also be used in pet food, daily chemicals, industry, medicine and other fields. It has a wide range of applications and high market demand.

According to the “China Disodium Nucleotide (I+G) Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that compared with other overseas countries, my country’s disodium nucleotide industry started relatively late, and was limited by production technology and market economy in the early stages, resulting in slow development and small output growth. However, since 2015, the disodium nucleotide industry has gradually developed rapidly. Judging from the domestic production of disodium nucleotide in the past five years, the domestic production of disodium nucleotide in 2016 was 28,000 tons. Subsequently, affected by environmental protection policies, the production declined, but it has rebounded to 29,000 tons in 2019. In 2020, the output will exceed 30,000 tons.

Disodium nucleotide has a high demand in the food industry. Benefiting from the development of the seasoning industry in recent years and the application of disodium nucleotide in other fields, my country’s market demand for disodium nucleotide continues to rise. In 2016 The domestic market demand for disodium nucleotide is about 20,000 tons and will grow to 23,000 tons by 2020. As the demand for disodium nucleotide in my country continues to rise, and the average domestic price of disodium nucleotide has shown an increasing trend in recent years, the market size of disodium nucleotide in my country has also grown in the past five years, reaching 24 in 2020. billion.

Currently, the companies in my country’s disodium nucleotide market include Xinghu Technology, CJ, Ajinomoto and Meihua Biotech. Among them, CJ is a Korean company with an annual production capacity of about 20,000 tons, while Ajinomoto is a Japanese company. After years of development, Chinese enterprises Xinghu Technology and Meihua Biotechnology have continued to expand their production capacity. The current production capacity is about 10,000 tons.

Industrial analysts said that disodium nucleotide has a wide range of applications, especially in the food industry, which has high application demand and benefits from Driven by the development of terminal industries, the market demand for disodium nucleotide is growing steadily, and the industry development prospects are good. The disodium nucleotide market is highly concentrated. The Chinese market is mainly occupied by two foreign companies. However, in recent years, domestic companies have also continued to expand production capacity and increase domestic production rates.