Brief introduction of plant extract industry
Plant extracts use plants as raw materials. According to the needs of the extraction product, through physical and chemical extraction and separation processes, one or more active ingredients in the plant are directional obtained and concentrated without changing the structure of the active ingredients. formed products. According to different ingredients, plant extracts can be divided into glycosides, acids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, terpenoids, flavonoids, alkaloids, etc.; according to product properties, they can be divided into vegetable oils, extracts, powders, lenses, etc.
Development History of Plant Extract Industry
In the early 1980s, developed countries such as Europe and the United States, which had basically completed industrialization, set off a trend of returning to nature. People’s attention and rejection of chemical synthesis products with side effects gradually increased, and their favor for natural and safe plant extracts returned. For praise, the industry should rise in response. In 1994, the United States promulgated the "Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act", which formally recognized and accepted plant extracts as a food supplement, and the plant extract industry developed rapidly.
Since the 21st century, the plant extract industry has entered a golden period of development. On the one hand, this is due to the improvement of living standards and the enhancement of health awareness, which has driven people's strong demand for plant extract products; on the other hand, it has benefited from more advanced plant extraction technologies (such as enzymatic extraction, ultrasonic extraction, supercritical extraction, New applications such as microwave extraction and membrane separation technology have greatly improved production efficiency.
Plant Extract Industry Features
(1) Economic cycle
One of the main application areas of plant extracts is health care products, which have a certain positive correlation with the national macroeconomic situation. In the stage of economic recovery and prosperity, the economy is active, commodities sell well, enterprise production tends to increase, unemployment rate decreases, people's disposable income increases, and the demand for health care products is also stronger; while in the stage of economic recession and depression, the market is cold and orders Insufficient production, shrinking production, rising unemployment, and shrinking disposable income of residents restrict the demand for health care products.
(2) Technical
The plant extraction industry has high technical requirements. The development stage of new products requires profound theoretical knowledge and long-term practical experience accumulation as the basis; in the product production stage, borrowing advanced extraction technology and equipment can not only greatly improve the quality of extract products, but also improve the utilization rate of raw materials, reduce raw material waste, and reduce Cost of production.
(3) Industrial concentration
The object of plant extraction is plants, and areas rich in resources are more conducive to the development of the industry. Shaanxi, Hunan and Sichuan are currently the three main production areas of plant extracts in my country. The plant extraction industry in these three provinces started early, and the resources of medicinal plants are relatively rich, and they have formed a certain scale advantage. After more than 30 years of development, Shaanxi's plant extract industry has nearly 600 related companies and more than 1,000 products, and has gradually become the vane of domestic industry development.
(1) Economic cycle
One of the main application areas of plant extracts is health care products, which have a certain positive correlation with the national macroeconomic situation. In the stage of economic recovery and prosperity, the economy is active, commodities sell well, enterprise production tends to increase, unemployment rate decreases, people's disposable income increases, and the demand for health care products is also stronger; while in the stage of economic recession and depression, the market is cold and orders Insufficient production, shrinking production, rising unemployment, and shrinking disposable income of residents restrict the demand for health care products.
(2) Technical
The plant extraction industry has high technical requirements. The development stage of new products requires profound theoretical knowledge and long-term practical experience accumulation as the basis; in the product production stage, borrowing advanced extraction technology and equipment can not only greatly improve the quality of extract products, but also improve the utilization rate of raw materials, reduce raw material waste, and reduce Cost of production.
Plant Extracts Market Development Trends and Forecasts
(1) The variety of products is continuously enriched
With the growth of cognition, the improvement of tools and equipment, and the innovation of methods and methods, human beings will continue to deepen their research on plants and the human body, new plant components that meet the needs of the human body will continue to be discovered, and the product types of plant extracts will continue to be enriched. .
(2) Continuous development of new technologies and processes
The plant extract industry is a technology-dependent industry. Advanced extraction technology and equipment can not only greatly improve the quality of extract products, but also improve the utilization rate of raw materials, reduce waste of raw materials, and reduce production costs. With the increasing number of competitors in the industry and the increasingly fierce competition, enterprises will definitely choose the development strategy of continuously improving technology and developing new processes to form a competitive advantage and seize the market.
(3) Industry concentration is gradually increasing
At present, the plant extract industry is still in the growth stage, the industry concentration is not high, most enterprises are small in scale, lack of talent and technology, poor equipment and technology, and weak competitiveness. With the improvement of industry supervision and the improvement of consumer quality requirements, those enterprises with backward production equipment and poor product quality will be eliminated or reorganized in the future, and some enterprises with advanced technology, strong financial strength and good reputation will stand out. With the development and growth, the industry concentration will gradually increase.