Fumaric acid has a wide range of application fields and broad industry development prospects.
Fumaric acid, also known as fumaric acid, fumaric acid, and violaceous acid, is a colorless, flammable crystal with the chemical formula C4H4O4. It is odorless, has a specific sour smell, is slightly soluble in water and ether, and is difficult to dissolve in Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, benzene. Fumaric acid has the characteristics of high melting point, low density, strong buffering property, good anti-corrosion performance, and low solubility. The main production methods are chemical synthesis and fermentation. Among them, chemical synthesis method is currently the main production method of fumaric acid in China, including maleic acid isomerization method and furfural oxidation method.
The upstream of the fumaric acid industry chain is raw material suppliers, mainly including benzene, butene, maleic acid, furfural, liquid paraffin, thiourea catalyst, etc.; the midstream is fumaric acid manufacturers, and the main companies include Shenxia Biotech, Gram Mick Bio, Element Chemical, Hengyuan Bio, Jiecheng Bio, Suhua Group, etc.; downstream is the application field, mainly including food additives, feed additives, medicine, chemical industry, coatings, resins, etc.
Specifically, among food additives, fumaric acid can be used as a sour agent in soft drinks, fruit fillings, ice cream and other food fields. It can also be used as an acidity regulator, antioxidant aid, pickling accelerator, and Pickles, meat products, seafood products and other food fields; in the resin field, fumaric acid is an important raw material for the production of unsaturated polyester resin; in the pharmaceutical field, it is mainly used in the production of the antidote dimercaptosuccinic acid and anti-anemia drugs Production of iron fumarate.
In recent years, against the background of the rapid development of its application fields, the market demand for fumaric acid has continued to increase, which in turn has driven its market consumption to continue to increase. According to the “In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions on the Fumaric Acid (Fumaric Acid) Industry from 2022 to 2026″ released by the Industrial Research Center Report” shows that the domestic fumaric acid market consumption in 2021 will be approximately 1.182 million tons. At the same time, against the background of the continuous expansion of its application fields, the potential demand for fumaric acid market continues to rise. In 2021, the domestic fumaric acid market potential demand will be 1.358 million tons.
At this stage, there are a large number of domestic fumaric acid companies, but most of them are small and medium-sized enterprises, with a small number of leading companies. The market structure is relatively scattered and the industry concentration is low. In the future, local fumaric acid companies will need to continue to explore more efficient and environmentally friendly production methods, continue to increase product research and development efforts, and launch higher value-added fumaric acid products, thereby promoting the continuous improvement of the company’s core competitiveness and accelerating its entry into industry leaders. queue.
Industrial analysts said that fumaric acid is an important organic chemical raw material and pharmaceutical intermediate with a wide range of applications. In recent years, under the background of continuous development in the application field of fumaric acid, its market consumption has been increasing, and the market development prospects are good. In the future, as local companies continue to improve their core competitiveness, leading companies in the domestic fumaric acid industry will continue to emerge, and the industry has broad prospects for development.
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