In May 2025, the National Health Commission of China released the latest "Standard for the Use of Ingredients in Special Medical Purpose Formula Foods", in which Polydextrose was listed as a core raw material in the category of "Soluble Dietary fiber". According to data from the China Food Additives Association, China's annual production capacity of polydextrose has exceeded 150,000 tons, a 300% increase compared to 2020, making it the world's largest producer.

Policy dividends continue to be released

In 2023, the "Healthy China 2030" Nutritional Diet Guidance Outline clearly raised the daily dietary fiber intake standard to 30 grams

In 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation included polydextrose in the list of raw materials for health food

Leading enterprises such as Baolingbao and Quantum Hi-Tech have established intelligent production lines

Ii. Technological Breakthrough: The fourth-generation preparation process has been introduced

The "enzyme-chemical coupling method" preparation technology jointly released by Shandong University and Jiangnan University at the end of 2024 has caused a stir in the industry:

Conversion rate improvement: Glucose utilization rate has increased from 62% to 89%

Purity breakthrough: Impurity content is less than 0.3% (the international standard is 1.5%)

Cost reduction: The production cost per ton has decreased by 23%, and the market quotation remains stable at 18,000-22,000 yuan per ton

Academician Sun Baoguo of the Chinese Academy of Engineering pointed out: "The designability of the molecular structure of polydextrose makes it irreplaceable in the three major fields of sugar substitutes, prebiotics, and fat substitution."

Iii. Explosive growth of application scenarios

(1) The main battlefield for dairy product innovation

Mengniu's "Xianyue" series of yogurt achieved sales of 4.7 billion yuan in 2024, with its core selling point being the addition of 8% polyglucose. Yili's research and development center disclosed that it is testing the synergistic effect of polydextrose and plant-based proteins.

(2) Revolution in the Baking industry

A certain contract manufacturer in Dongguan has developed a "0-trans fatty acid cake" that uses polydextrose to replace 50% of the oil, extending the shelf life to 45 days. It has already received orders worth hundreds of millions of yuan from Sam's Club.

(3) The blue ocean of special medical foods

In the latest approved nutritional powder for diabetes by China Resources Double 鶴, polydextrose, as a slow-release carbohydrate carrier, can stabilize the postprandial blood glucose curve (clinical trials show that blood glucose fluctuations are reduced by 34%).

Four. Challenges and opportunities coexist

Despite its rapid development, the industry still faces:

Insufficient consumer awareness (Research shows that only 29% of consumers understand its efficacy)

International standard differences (The EU requires the marking of the warning statement "May cause diarrhea")

The competition among substitutes (the price war of resistant dextrin intensifies)

The Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology predicts that by 2028, the market size of polyglucose in China will exceed 20 billion yuan, and its share in the dietary fiber sub-sector is expected to reach 45%.