Sweetener data publication

Sugar alcohols are deep processed products widely used in pharmacy and food industries. Sharing some similar features with sugar and having good thermostability, sugar alcohol products are more and more popular in food and health care products industry. In China, there are five major types of sugar alcohols: sorbitol, mannitol, erythritol, xylitol and maltitol. With the rapid development of China’s pharmacy and food industries, especially VC and sugar-free chewing gum industries, the demand for sugar alcohols in the domestic market has been growing fast, driving up market prices of sugar alcohols over the past 10 years. Then in 2012-2013,domestic market prices of sugar alcohols tended to be stable overall; additionally, market prices of some products even declined due to the oversupply and the weak demand. To clearly describe the prices of sugar alcohols in China in 2013 and give readers some constructive opinions, CCM has obtained lots of information with diverse methods. This report presents detailed situation of sugar alcohol prices and forecast of their trends in 2014. How was the price change of sugar alcohols by month in China in 2013? And what factors influence the price trends of sugar alcohols? What are the opportunities in China’s sugar alcohol industry? In this report, the prices of sugar alcohols are analyzed exhaustively in the following aspects: Overview of sugar alcohol industry in China Price of sugar alcohols in China in 2013 (by month) Price trend Price analysis Influencing factors Price forecast (2014) Conclusion