Mulberry leaf extract price trends

Mulberry leaves are medicinal and edible substances in my country, rich in flavonoids, alkaloids, amino acids, organic acids and vitamins. There are about 16 species of Moraceae plants in the world, and there are about 12 species in my country, mainly distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Guizhou and other places. Mulberry leaf extract is made from mulberry leaves as raw materials through water extraction, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, concentration, spray drying and other processes.

 

Mulberry leaf extract market situation

According to the "Report on Nutrition and Chronic Disease Status of Chinese Residents (2020)", in 2020, a Chinese research team published an epidemiological survey of diabetes in China online in the top international medical journal, BMJ. The survey results showed that according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) ) diagnostic standards, the overall prevalence of diabetes in Chinese adults is 12.8%, and the total number of diabetic patients is approximately 129.8 million (70.4 million men and 59.4 million women).

Under the urgent need to control sugar, the low GI market is also rising. According to a report by Nanfang Daily, the scale of my country's low GI healthy food market reaches 176.2 billion yuan, with an annual growth rate of over 10%.

Mulberry leaf extract is one of the important raw materials in this direction. In recent years, it has also been favored by many companies and has been added to many products.

Domestic and foreign product cases of mulberry leaf extract

Product: Mulberry leaf extract + coffee;

Dosage form: instant coffee

Formula ingredients: mulberry leaf extract, dietary fiber, etc.;

Product features: mulberry leaf extract + coffee; blending mulberry leaf extract with daily coffee drinks strengthens the low-sugar properties of coffee.

 

Products: Mulberry leaves, white kidney bean candies

Dosage form: tablet candy

Formula ingredients: mulberry leaf, gymnema gymnema, Salacia extract, etc.;

Product features: Natural ingredients are selected as raw materials. Mulberry leaves and Gymnema sylvestre are both traditional Chinese substances. Domestic companies can continue to develop them in depth.

 

Product: Mulberry leaf milk

Dosage Form: Dairy Products

Formula ingredients: corn silk, mulberry leaf extract, etc.;

Product features: Integrating dairy products with nutritious and healthy raw materials, targeting the current sugar reduction needs and people, may achieve differentiation of dairy products.

 

Taken together, there are not many applications of mulberry leaf extract at present, but its potential in multiple health directions makes mulberry leaf extract increasingly recognized by big brands. And this raw material is being integrated with many categories of products in a more frequent way to serve groups who need to control sugar. In the long run, there are still many potential directions and application development ideas for mulberry leaf extract in terminal applications that can be explored.Contact us nancy@sanxinbio.com