The gap between supply and demand in the acesulfame pot market is widening, and the market price continues to rise.

Acesulfame potassium, also known as AK sugar, chemically known as acesulfame potassium, is a food additive that appears as a white crystalline powder, easily soluble in water and slightly soluble in alcohol. It tastes like sugar cane and is as sweet as sucrose. 200 times. Acesulfame potassium is one of the mainstream products in the global sweetener market. It is the fourth generation synthetic sweetener in the world. It has the characteristics of high safety, zero caloric value, pure sweetness, and easy to dissolve in water. It is widely used in food and beverages. , medicine, health products, cosmetics and other fields are widely used.

The upstream of the acesulfame potassium industrial chain is raw material suppliers such as diketene, methylene chloride, triethylamine, dimethylformamide, acetyl acetamide, sulfur trioxide, KOH, diene, potassium carbonate, etc.; the midstream is Jinhe Industrial , Jiangsu Haobo, Weiduo Chemical, Jiangsu Beiyang, Nutrinova and other acesulfame potassium production and processors; the downstream is food, beverage, medicine, cosmetics, health care products and other application fields.

Diketene and dimethylformamide are important raw materials for acesulfame potassium. Among them, diketene cost accounts for 30% of the total cost of acesulfame potassium. It is a key raw material for acesulfame potassium. From November 2020 to now, the price of diketene in my country has been on the rise, with an overall increase of more than 33.5%. Against the background of rising prices of important raw material diketene, domestic prices of acesulfame potassium will continue to increase in 2021.

The entry threshold for the acesulfame potassium industry is relatively high, and local companies currently dominate the global market. Specifically, Jinhe Industrial’s production capacity will account for the largest share of the world’s total production capacity in 2021, accounting for 55%; followed by Haobo Agricultural Technology and Nutrinova, both accounting for 17% of production capacity; Vito Chemical and Beiyang Industrial ranked fourth and fifth. The production capacity proportions are 8% and 4% respectively. In 2021, under the influence of various factors such as rising prices of relevant raw materials, power rationing policies, and company shutdowns for maintenance, domestic supply of acesulfame potassium will be tight. According to the “2022-2026 Acesulfame K Industry In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestions Report” released by the Industrial Research Center, in 2021 The annual domestic production of acesulfame potassium is 16,000 tons.

From the perspective of application fields, sugar-free beverages are currently the main application field of acesulfame potassium. In recent years, as national health awareness continues to strengthen and body management requirements continue to upgrade, sugar-free beverages have become the fastest growing subcategory in the beverage market. . In 2021, the domestic sugar-free beverage market will reach 16.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.8%. Against this background, the market demand for acesulfame potassium continues to increase.

Industrial Analysts personnel said that currently, against the backdrop of a large increase in the price of domestic acesulfame potassium raw materials and tight market supply, its market price Rising sharply, the average market price of acesulfame potassium in China in 2021 is about 76,000 yuan/ton. Compared with 61,000 yuan/ton in 2020, the price is growing faster and the industry’s profit margins are increasing. Acesulfame K is one of the mainstream products in the sweetener market. As its application fields continue to expand in the future, its market demand will continue to increase, its scale will continue to expand, and the industry has broad prospects for development.