Editor's Note
Welcome to the August issue of Sweeteners China News
Policy
- The "National Food Safety Standard—Food Additives (Pectin)" was made public to solicit opinions
- 30 draft national food safety standards, including the draft Food Safety National Standard – Food Nutritional Fortificant Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) Derived from Whey Permeate, was publicized for sliciting public opinions
There are many projects in this month, among them:
- Completed projects:
- Shandong Tailor's refined stevioside project
- Proposed projects:
- Xuancheng Jingke's rebaudioside M technical renovation project
- Chengdu Jinkai's bio-enzyme synthesis stevioside production line construction project
- Shandong Fukuan's allulose expansion project
- Shijiazhuang Huiyuan's technical-ppgrade Project (related to crystalline monohydrate glucose)
- Chongqing Abiochem's reconstruction and expansion project (related to 2'-FL, 3'-FL, 3'-SL, 6'-SL, etc.)
- Jinhe Industrial's acesulfame-K capacity expansion project
Sucralose price was adjusted to USD25,876/t (RMB185,000/t).
In this monthly report, the USD/CNY exchange rate is USD1.00=CNY7.1496 (Source: The People's Bank of China, 1 Aug, 2025). Unless otherwise stated, all prices involved in this report include VAT.
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Governmental Direction
- China releases draft revision of pectin food-additive standard for public comment
- NHC issues draft national standard for whey-derived galacto-oligosaccharides
Market Analysis
- Two steviol glycoside projects
- Two starch-based sugar projects
- Huakang Pharma's 2025 interim report
Company Dynamics
- Chongqing Abiochem's reconstruction and expansion project
- Jinhe Industrial to add 10,000 t/a acesulfame-K production capacity
- Enzymatic biosynthesis of steviol glycosides
Price Update
- Ex-works prices of sweeteners in China, August 2025
- Leading sucralose producers announces higher sucralose prices in Aug.
Import and Export
- Exports of sweeteners and raw materials from China, July 2025
- Sucralose export volumes decline in July
News in Brief
- China's sugar imports surge 76 % YoY in July
- Benyue Biological's interim report 2025
- Shengquan Group's net profit rises 51.19% YoY in H1 2025
- Newtrend issues profit forecast for H1 2025
- OPM's agarose project passes acceptance check
- China–Thailand AEO mutual recognition
- Jinhe Industrial's sucralose technical upgrade project
- CMBEC reports widened loss in H1 2025
- Guangdong Yingfengyang plans to produce oligosaccharide solution
- Levinthal's industrialisation platform


