Plant essential oils have a wide range of applications and great potential for future market development.

Plant essential oils are aromatic substances extracted from the flowers, leaves, stems, roots, fruits, seeds or resins of herbal plants through distillation, pressing, cold soaking, etc. There are many types of plant essential oils. According to different sources, plant essential oils can be divided into violet essential oil, rose essential oil, lemon essential oil, jasmine essential oil, rosemary essential oil, lavender essential oil, etc.; according to different complexities, plant essential oils can be divided into pure plant essential oils and Compound plant essential oils.

Plant essential oils mostly contain small molecule compounds such as phenols, terpenes, acetones, aldehydes and ketones, and alcohols, which give plant essential oils antioxidant, antibacterial, bacteriostatic, and bactericidal properties. With its excellent volatility, antibacterial properties, high efficiency and long-term effect, plant essential oils can be used as spices, synergists, natural antibacterial agents, preservatives, etc., and are used in medicine, food additives, pesticides, feeds, skin care products, fruits and vegetables Preservation and other fields.

In July 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued a ban on antibiotics in commercial feed. Under the guidance of the policy, my country’s feed industry has gradually entered an “antibiotic-free” era, and antibiotic alternatives are expected to usher in good development opportunities. Plant essential oil is a natural antibacterial agent that can be used as a substitute for antibiotics. In the context of the increasingly serious problem of bacterial resistance and the ban on commercial feed, the market development potential of plant essential oil is huge.

According to the “2022-2026 my country Plant Essential Oil Industry Development Trend and Development Prospects Forecast Report released by the Industrial Research Center, 2017- In 2021, the scale of China’s plant essential oil industry will expand year by year, but the market growth rate has slowed down. In 2021, the size of my country’s plant essential oil market will be around 9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%. With the release of demand in downstream medicine, feed, daily chemicals and other fields, the market size of plant essential oils will further expand.

In the international market, suppliers of plant essential oils include BASF, Firmenich, etc. At this stage, there are a large number of companies engaged in the production of plant essential oils in my country, including Shanghai Zhongrui, Yunnan Lubao Flavors and Fragrances, Qingdao Rishengyuan, Ji’an Zhongxiang Natural Plants and other companies. my country is rich in aromatic plant resources, and the essential oil production and extraction processes are increasingly mature. The development of the plant essential oil industry has raw material and technical advantages. Due to the low entry barriers to the industry, there are many plant essential oil companies in my country, mainly small and medium-sized enterprises, and product homogeneity is serious. In the future, as market competition intensifies and market demand escalates, the integration trend of the plant essential oil industry will continue to accelerate.

Industry analysts said that plant essential oils have antibacterial, antibacterial, antioxidant and other functions, and are widely used in medicine, health products, daily chemicals, It has good application prospects in food, feed and other fields. As a substitute for antibiotics, in the context of the increasingly serious problem of bacterial resistance, the plant essential oil market has huge development potential. In order to meet the growing market demand, while the scale of the plant essential oil industry is expanding, product types, product performance, and product quality are also expanding. should be continuously improved.