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Thanks to the EU approval for stevia and stevia glycosides, expected to be launched by the end of this year, overseas and domestic producers aim at stevia sweetener market in the EU.

A number of companies are getting into seed business, in order to benefit from the good development tendency of domestic seed industry, according to CCM’s August issue of Seed China News.

China Seed Workshop 2011 is only 10 days to go. It will be held at 13:30~17:30 (GMT+8, Beijing Time) September 19th, 2011 in Beijing. It’s not too late to register.

Some neotame producers improve production or expand capacity in order to explore domestic and overseas market, according to CCM’s September Issue of Sweeteners China News.

Nationwide concern for healthy food and food safety along with growing organic food options will drive the market to grow at a CAGR of 14% from 2011-2015, says RNCOS in its latest research report.

A number of companies of different industries are getting into seed business to benefit from the good development tendency of seed industry, according to CCM’s August issue of Seed China News.

Some neotame producers improve production or expand capacity in order to explore domestic and oversea market, according to CCM’s September Issue of Sweeteners China News.

CCM is going to release a brand-new report on ESO this November, entitled Survey of Epoxidized Soybean Oil Market in China.

At a German cheese producer, glass-free pH sensors from METTLER TOLEDO are being successfully used to control cultivation of starter culture in fermentation reactors. The sensor fully meets strict process safety requirements.

A Kellogg Co. (K) cookie plant in Augusta, Georgia, was found to have a “persistent strain” of listeria during a February inspection, including on food-contact surfaces, according to a warning letter from U.S. regulators.

The June issue of Seed China News indicates that GM crops has been approved for import as processing materials. Although China hasn't approved the commercial production of GM grain crops so far, GM food is widely consumed in domestic market. At present, China has approved the import of five GM crops for processing, including soybean, corn, canola, cotton and sugar beets.

According to our research report “US Fast Food Market Forecast to 2014”, pizza/pasta segment in the US fast good industry has been witnessing tremendous growth on the back of low cost & take out facility. Besides, increasing consumer income and opening of large number of outlets in different locations have spurred the growth of this segment in the country. Moreover, with growing young population and highly busy life, we expect that the sales of pizza/pasta in the US will surge at a CAGR of around 2% during 2011-2014.

High intensity sweetener (HIS) industry has enjoyed a good development in the past years, and it is estimated that the trend will continue in the next 3-5 years in China and Asia Pacific Area (AP) as most respondents believed, according to the June issue of Sweeteners China News released by CCM.

CCM’s well-experienced researcher Chao Zhang attended the Second China Stevia 360°Forum 2011. He shared his insightful views on China stevia market in his speech Chinese Position in the Asian High Sweetener Market which was well-received and stirred up heated discussion.

Various properties of amino acids were studied in Japan and spread to market after the amino acids were found to be responsible for the secret of deliciousness. The Ajinomoto Group, one of the top three manufactures of Amino Acid in the world, has suspended production at the Fukushima Plant because of Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011. So what is the influence on the development of amino acid Industry?

Corn Products China News, released by CCM in March 2011, includes import and export analysis of major corn products, price of corn starch, imported DDGS and cassava starch, upcoming regulation on VC and citric acid, major producers’ dynamics, wastewater treatment technology and forecast of corn deep processing industry.

Recently, a speech from deputy of the National People's Congress (NPC) and General Manager of Sinograin, Bao Kexin sparked a storm of controversy that whether China's corn deep-processing industry should be further restrained or not.

After Tate & Lyle lost its sucralose patent case in 2008, sucralose industry in China began to develop gradually. Some big producers extended production capacity; others stepped into the industry for the sake of its promising market. According to the new report, China's sucralose industry has witnessed fast development in the past few years and China has became one of the most important sucralose producers in the world.

Stevia sweetener industry successfully jointed FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) which confirmed the safety of stevia sweetener containing 95% steviol glycosides in Jun. 2008. This first international certification became a milestone and granted a prosperous future for stevia sweetener industry.

China as the second largest starch market in the world, its native starch market is facing overcapacity and the modified starch market is emerging, according to CCM's new report the Profiles of Key Starch Enterprises in China.

At 9:15 AM. CST, Feb. 24, 2011, CCM International Ltd., Chinese professional consulting company, hosted a webinar with the topic of How does China Citric Acid Industry Cope with Anti-dumping and Anti-subsidy Issues from Abroad. In this webinar, CCM pointed that three possible methods adopted by Chinese citric acid enterprises to cope with anti-dumping investigations from abroad and made a forecast on China citric acid export performance in 2011.

On Jan. 20th 2011, large corn deep-processing manufacturers with state-owned status in Northeast China (Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia) were required by Chinese government to suspend corn purchasing from farmers directly in order to guarantee the smooth running of national corn temporary reserve to be launched soon, according to an article released in Corn products China News 1102 by CCM International.

According to CCM’s Corn Products China News 1102, corn price will rise in future because of the execution of national corn temporary reserve in 2011.

CCM announces to update a market report named Production and Market of Sucralose in China Recently which will come out in Mar. 11st.2011. The update research will consists of major parts on production, import & export, consumption and forecast. The data about sucralose will be updated to 2010 and the forecast will be based on the macro factors and micor factors influencing the product, such as GDP growth and economic situation, government policies, sucralose’s end use, as well as technology development etc.

As it is CCM’s 10th anniversary in 2011, CCM will launch several customer rewards and incentives for clients who purchase the products in 2011.