08/05/2026
📈 Weekly Food Ingredients Market Update
⬆️ Price Up
• STPP & SAPP
Raw material costs continue to rise, pushing market prices upward.
• Acesulfame-K & Aspartame
Supply remains tight with limited spot availability. Prices stay firm.
• Xanthan Gum
Major suppliers are increasing prices due to higher raw material costs and supply pressure.
• Creatine Monohydrate
Lead time has extended to late May. Market expects further price increases.
• Inositol
Factory supply is tight and low-priced cargo is becoming limited in the market. Prices are expected to continue rising in the short term.
• MSG
Demand remains strong in both domestic and export markets, while production costs stay high.
⬇️ Price Down
• SLES
Market prices continue to soften.
• L-Lysine 98.5% / 70%
Supply is relatively sufficient and market prices remain under pressure.
• DL-Methionine
Weak market demand continues to push prices downward.
➡️ Stable
• Maltodextrin
• L-Threonine
• GDL
• Lactic Acid
• Vitamin C
Vitamin C supply remains relatively stable, although major factories currently have longer production schedules.
🔍 Industry Trend
In addition, as we shared before, there has recently been a major development in the sorbic acid industry.
A research team from Fujian Normal University published a study in Nature Communications demonstrating the possibility of producing sorbic acid through yeast fermentation instead of traditional chemical synthesis.
Although the current yield is still only 1.84 g/L, several critical technical barriers have already been solved, including reducing product inhibition and significantly improving pathway efficiency. The team has also completed a workable process in a 50L fermenter.
With downstream food companies paying more attention to “natural source” and “clean label” ingredients, this could become an important long-term shift for the sorbic acid industry. Based on the development pace of similar synthetic biology products, pilot-scale production may become possible within the next 3–5 years.
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Most of the above products are available with stable supply from us.
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