At present, the research, development and application in this field in Japan are in the forefront of the world, and there are more than a dozen oligosaccharides with industrial production scale. The total output value of 1990 reaches 460 million US dollars, which has become a major pillar of functional food base materials. In Japan, functional oligosaccharides replace or partially replace sucrose and are widely used in more than 450 kinds of foods such as drinks, sweets, cakes, ice cream, dairy products and seasonings.
It has been proved that the main physiological functions of functional oligosaccharides include the following four aspects:
1, which is difficult or not digested and absorbed by human body, provides little or no energy. It can play a role in low-energy food, meet the requirements of people who love sweets and worry about getting fat to the maximum extent, and can also be eaten by diabetics, obese patients and hypoglycemia patients.
2. Activate intestinal bifidobacteria to promote its growth and reproduction. Bifidobacterium is a beneficial bacterium in human intestine. With the increase of age, its number will gradually decrease until the elderly disappear completely before their death. Therefore, the number of bifidobacteria in the intestine has become one of the indicators to measure human health. With the rapid development of medical science, broad-spectrum and powerful antibiotics are widely used to treat various diseases, which destroys the normal flora balance in human intestine to varying degrees. It is necessary to increase the number of beneficial bacteria in the intestine purposefully. It is feasible to promote the natural proliferation of Bifidobacterium in intestine by ingesting functional oligosaccharides.
3, it will not cause dental caries, which is conducive to maintaining oral hygiene. Dental caries are caused by the erosion of oral microorganisms, especially streptococcus. Functional oligosaccharides are not suitable substrates for these oral microorganisms, so they will not cause dental caries.
4. Because functional oligosaccharides are not digested and absorbed by human body, they belong to water-soluble dietary fiber and have some physiological functions of dietary fiber, such as lowering serum cholesterol and preventing colon cancer. Functional oligosaccharides are different from dietary fiber, which is usually a polymer. They belong to small molecular substances, and adding them to food will basically not change the original texture and physical and chemical properties of food. According to statistics, at present, the scale of Baolingbao is larger in Asia and the largest in China. This problem is objectively explained by the statistics of oligosaccharide enzyme amount and the communication with peers. Baolingbao Company has long adhered to the strategic positioning of "following the international market and leading the domestic market", and compared with its international counterparts, it is at the international advanced and domestic leading level in science and technology, equipment and management.
2. Fructooligosaccharides, known as the new healthy sugar source of 2 1 century, has become a popular functional food base in the international food market in recent ten years because of its superior physiological functions, and its application range is as high as 500 kinds of foods.
Fructooligosaccharides were originally developed and industrialized in Japan, and also produced by manufacturers in South Korea and Taiwan Province Province. Japan alone has an annual demand of 40,000-50,000 tons. The demand for this product in many developed countries in Europe and America is about 200,000 ~ 300,000 tons. Domestic R&D and production have just started. It is understood that the main domestic enterprises producing fructooligosaccharides are Shandong Baolingbao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (with an annual production capacity of 5,000 tons), Yunnan Tianyuan Health Food Co., Ltd., Guangxi Honghua Aoligao Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Zhuhai High-tech Zone Weideli Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and so on. At present, only a few companies in the domestic market produce fructooligosaccharide 90P products, and most of them adopt the production process of "compound enzyme addition method"; Recently, Shandong Baolingbao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. successfully produced high-purity fructooligosaccharides by membrane filtration with new technology after painstaking research, which completely reached the excellent level of fructooligosaccharides industry standard. This process not only simplifies complicated operation procedures, saves huge equipment investment and shortens production time, but also the total content of fructooligosaccharides has exceeded 90%, reaching more than 95%, which is the first in China.
Excellent efficacy, value for money.
1 ... can regulate the flora in vivo: promote the rapid proliferation of Bifidobacterium, inhibit the proliferation of exogenous pathogenic bacteria and intestinal spoilage bacteria, and reduce the pollution of intestinal endotoxin.
2. Runchang laxative: good water-soluble dietary fiber. Promote intestinal peristalsis, remove intestinal garbage, prevent constipation and diarrhea, and improve gastrointestinal function. Reduce toxic metabolites and protect the liver.
3. Regulating blood lipids: lowering serum cholesterol. Improve lipid metabolism, hypertension, arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases.
4. Promote the synthesis of vitamin B family in human body: improve the metabolic level of the body, enhance immunity and disease resistance.
5. Promote the absorption of minerals such as calcium, magnesium and iron: promote the digestion and absorption of minerals such as calcium, iron and zinc in food and protein, improve malnutrition, promote development and prevent osteoporosis.
6. Prevention of obesity: The calorie is low, only 6.3KJ per gram of fructooligosaccharides, which provides a new sugar source for people who need to lose weight, obese people and hypoglycemia patients.
7. Beauty function: prevent and improve skin diseases caused by toxins in the body, prevent facial sores, black spots, freckles, acne and age spots, make skin bright and delay aging.
8. Dental caries prevention: it is not used by oral microorganisms such as Streptococcus mutans, and has the effect of preventing dental caries.
extensive use
According to relevant data, fructooligosaccharides are widely used in food, health care products and other industries at home and abroad because of their superior physiological functions and physical and chemical characteristics. There are as many as 500 kinds of food, health care products and medicines in the application field, and it is known as the new healthy sugar source of 2 1 century with the trinity of nutrition, health care and curative effect.
1, as a prebiotic, that is, the growth promoter of Bifidobacterium. It can not only add the function of fructooligosaccharide to the product, but also overcome some defects of the original product and make the product more perfect. For example, adding fructooligosaccharides to non-fermented dairy products (raw milk, milk powder, etc.). ) can solve the problem that middle-aged and elderly people and children are prone to get angry and constipation when supplementing nutrition; Adding fructooligosaccharides to fermented dairy products can provide nutritional sources for live bacteria in the products, enhance the functions of live bacteria and prolong the shelf life. Adding fructooligosaccharides to cereal products can obtain high-quality products and prolong the shelf life of products.
2. As a dietary fiber, it can effectively reduce serum cholesterol and blood lipid, and has a good effect on improving a series of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and arteriosclerosis caused by hyperlipidemia. For example, adding fructooligosaccharides to foods and health products for lowering blood pressure and regulating blood lipid can not only improve the efficacy of products, but also improve the taste and grade of products.
3. As activating factors, that is, activating factors of minerals and trace elements such as calcium, magnesium and iron, it can promote the absorption of minerals and trace elements. For example, adding fructooligosaccharides to foods and health products such as calcium supplement, iron supplement and zinc supplement can improve the effect of products.
4. As a nutrient, it can promote the natural synthesis of B complex vitamins in the body, and has the functions of supporting the brain, nervous system, digestion and energy production. For example, adding fructooligosaccharides to nourishing food can improve human immunity, which can not only enhance the efficacy of the product, but also reduce the ignition of the product.
As a unique sweetener with low sugar, low calorific value and indigestion, adding it to food can not only improve the taste of the product, reduce the calorific value of the food, but also extend the shelf life of the product. If fructooligosaccharides are added to diet food, the calorific value of the product can be greatly reduced; Fructooligosaccharides in low-sugar foods are difficult to cause blood sugar to rise; Adding fructooligosaccharides to wine products can prevent the precipitation of dissolved substances in wine, improve the clarity and flavor of wine, and make the taste of wine more mellow and refreshing. Adding fructooligosaccharides to fruit drinks and tea drinks can make the taste of products more delicate, soft and refreshing.
6. As a beauty factor, it can be added to beauty food and skin care products to enhance the beauty and skin care function of products.
7. Other applications, such as adding fructooligosaccharides to baked goods, can improve the color and brittleness of the products, which is beneficial to puffing.
The market is optimistic.
At present, all kinds of foods developed by fructooligosaccharides are welcomed and favored by consumers in the market. For example:
Guangzhou Heshengyuan Biological Products Co., Ltd. (Heshengyuan Children Probiotics Granule)
Shanghai jiaotong university only co., ltd. (only kangruntong)
Shanxi Cheng Chun Dairy Co., Ltd. (Ms. Cheng Chun Yogurt
Shanxi Xinghua Village Winery (Fructooligosaccharides produced by Zhuyeqing)
Zhuhai Rio Tinto Development Company (developed Tongli Fructooligosaccharides)
Hebei Sanlu Group (Bifidobacterium factor milk)
Beijing Sanyuan Food Company (Sugar-free Yogurt)
Shanghai Bright Dairy Industry (Middle-aged and Elderly Milk Powder)
Heilongjiang Long Dan Dairy Technology Co., Ltd. (Long Dan Zhuchang Infant Milk Powder), etc.
Fructooligosaccharide is a kind of nutrient beneficial to human body, which has a super proliferation effect on human bifidobacteria, and plays an extremely important role in regulating human balance, restoring gastrointestinal function, promoting metabolism, preventing various diseases and maintaining human health. It is the most representative typical food of human health in 2 1 century. With the emergence of new functional foods such as fructooligosaccharides, it will strongly promote the development of medicine, food, health care and other related industries, and has realistic and far-reaching significance for improving people's living standards and promoting national economic development.
The prospect is attractive.
According to relevant media reports, in recent years, the United States and Japan have called functional food 2 1 century food, and the research and development is very active. Take Japan as an example, the output of fructooligosaccharides has reached 30,000 tons, and the market scale has exceeded 6 billion yuan. The development of nutritious health food in China has formed or reached a certain scale, and shows a rapid development trend. It is estimated that the total sales this year will exceed 50 billion yuan, and the market prospect is very optimistic.
China is a country with frequent gastrointestinal diseases. According to statistics, there are 320 million people with poor gastrointestinal function in China. Fructooligosaccharide, as a unique health food, has obvious effects in improving gastrointestinal function, reducing blood lipid, regulating body balance and improving immunity. In addition, because of its superior physiological characteristics, fructooligosaccharides can be widely used in health food, beverages, dairy products, sweets, biscuits and beverages, and can be used as raw materials in pharmaceutical industry, with very broad application prospects.
At present, the domestic market capacity of low-grade polyfructose is 30,000 tons, and it is expected that the domestic market will reach 50,000 tons in 2008.
Three. erythritol
The consumption demand of erythritol in the world market is very strong, but the production of erythritol in China is still blank. The commissioning of the new project will provide a new type of healthy food ingredients for domestic consumers. The products can be put into the international market and directly participate in the international market competition with high-tech products.
Erythritol is a "filling sweetener". Its chemical name is 1, 2,3,4-butanetriol, and its English name is L, 2,3,4-anetetrol. Its molecular formula is C4H 10O4, its molecular weight is 122.5438+02, and its melting point is 126.
Main functions and applications:
* It will not absorb moisture even at 90% air humidity.
* The entrance is cool, the calorific value is extremely low, and the energy is only 0.87kg/g, which is called "0" calorific value ingredient.
* In cosmetics, erythritol can replace part of glycerol, but erythritol is a non-microbial nutrient, so it can prevent cosmetics from deteriorating and causing undue harm to human body.
* In the chemical industry, erythritol can be used as an intermediate in organic synthesis, and also as a raw material for making products such as paints and explosives.
Application field:
Food, beverages, dairy products, medicines, cosmetics and chemical products.
Erythritol is a new type of natural calorie-free sweetener, which will not cause obesity, fermentation and tooth decay. At present, erythritol has a bright future in the international market. Top brands of canned coffee, such as Japan Coca-Cola Company's new product "Zha Columbia", Japan Kirin, Suntory and Yin Xue Dairy, also use erythritol in their effective products.
At the initial stage of erythritol industrialization, namely 199 1 year, the output of Nissin chemical industry in Japan was 1000 tons; By 1994- 1995, Nissin's chemical output reached 2,300 tons; 1996- 1997 its output is 6000 tons; By1September 1997, the output was expanded to 12000 tons; In March 1998, the production capacity was expanded to 20,000 tons as planned. At present, the European Union has a plant with an annual output of 10000 tons by Cerestar Company of Belgium, and the production capacity of Mitsubishi Chemical Company of Japan/Japan Research Institute is over 5000 tons. Recently, Mitsubishi and Cargill jointly invested in establishing a production plant with an annual output of 20,000 tons in the United States; South Korea, Brazil and other countries are also developing the production technology of erythritol. At the three consecutive' 98 FIA Asia,' 99 FIA Asia and FIA Asia 2000 food additive exhibitions, Cerestar and MisubishChemical both introduced erythritol, and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved erythritol to be included in the GRAS list on 1997.
With the continuous expansion of the application field of erythritol and the increasing demand for low calorific value functional sweeteners in Japanese and world markets, erythritol is still in short supply. The above situation shows that the consumption demand of erythritol in the world market is very strong, and the sales volume is rising steadily. With the recognition of its special health care function by domestic consumers, the domestic consumer market will also start, and the market prospect is very promising.
Shandong Baolingbao Biotechnology Co., Ltd. invested 65,438+49.6 million yuan in 2002 to build a production line with an annual output of 3,000 tons of erythritol, which is the only enterprise in China to realize industrial production so far.
Erythritol is a white crystal obtained by glucose fermentation, which is sweet, and the sweetness is 70-80% of sucrose. Erythritol is widely distributed in nature, such as fruits, mushrooms and lichens. In addition, it also exists in fermented foods and mammals, and is a natural sugar. Erythritol has a broad application prospect in food industry because of its good characteristics.