Improvements in the ammonia sugar process may stimulate an increase in product demand

Ammonia sugar is the abbreviation of glucosamine. It is one of the most abundant monosaccharides in nature. Its chemical formula is C6H13NO5 and its molecular weight is 179.2. It is easily soluble in water and hydrophilic solvents. Ammonia sugar has the effect of relieving degenerative arthritis of the knee joint, bone hyperplasia, meniscus damage, synovitis, osteoarthritis, frozen shoulder, etc., and is widely used in the production of nutritional supplements, pharmaceuticals, etc.

According to different production processes, sugar ammonia can be divided into three levels: sugar ammonia hydrochloride, sugar ammonia sulfate and sugar ammonia sulfate. Among them, sugar ammonia hydrochloride is primary sugar ammonia, and the product preparation process is relatively simple. It is mostly used as a production raw material for the reprocessing of sugar ammonia sulfate, mainly including sugar ammonia hydrochloride, D-sugar ammonia hydrochloride, etc.; sugar ammonia sulfate contains The sulfate radicals necessary for the synthesis of cartilage matrix and synovial fluid are mainly glucosamine sulfate potassium salt and glucosamine sulfate sodium salt. The price is higher than that of glucosamine hydrochloride, and it is an intermediate glucosamine; high-purity glucosamine sulfate It does not contain potassium, sodium, or chloride ions, and has high biological activity and high absorption and utilization rate. It mainly includes high-purity glucosamine sulfate and high-purity potassium-free sodium glucosamine sulfate, which are high-grade glucosamine sulfates.

According to the “China Glucosamine Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2022-2027” released by the Industrial Research Center, ammonia Sugar can be used to produce bone and joint health care products, which can improve degenerative bone and joint degeneration diseases in the elderly, symptoms of osteoporosis, and knee joint pain caused by obesity. In recent years, with the aging of the population in China, the number of patients with skeletal diseases has gradually increased, and the market demand for aminoglycoside health products has continued to increase, which has promoted the growth of domestic demand for aminoglycosides. In 2022, domestic demand for ammonia sugar will be approximately 6,000 tons.

At present, there are a large number of companies in China’s ammonia sugar industry. The companies in the industry are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises. The scale of production capacity of enterprises is generally small. The enthusiasm of downstream market demand still needs to be improved, and there are not many large-scale production companies. In recent years, competition in the ammonia sugar market has been fierce, product prices have continued to decline, and industry investment returns have not been high. If ammonia sugar companies want to improve the investment benefits of ammonia sugar projects, they need to invest in large-scale production lines to gain scale advantages, optimize production processes, and improve benefits.

There are two methods for producing aminoglycosides: biological extraction and biological fermentation. Among them, the biological extraction method, which is based on the chitin production process, is the main method. After 2017, the state’s environmental supervision of chitin production has become stricter, which has affected the supply of chitin to a certain extent. Coupled with the rising prices of chitin products and other factors, domestic ammonia sugar production companies have developed an ammonia sugar production process using corn and other biomass as raw materials.

Industry analysts said that since the corn production process is not yet fully mature, only a small amount of chitin amino sugar has been substituted. It is expected that in the next few years, with the continuous development of the domestic ammonia sugar industry, the corn-based ammonia sugar production technology will be gradually improved. The corn-method ammonia sugar has the advantage of low production cost, and its ammonia sugar price is lower than that of chitin ammonia sugar. It has better Economic benefits may lead to a large replacement of chitosan and aminoglycosides.