Arshine Weekly Report For Main Food Additives and Vitamins week 44 of 2022--Arshine Food——Efficient & Professional Supplier of Food Additives

Arshine Weekly Report For Main Food Additives and Vitamins week 44 of 2022

Oct. 28. 2022

Arshine Weekly Report For Main Food Additives and Vitamins

43rd-44th Week of 2022

Key words of this week: COVID 19 become worse for some places.

CATEGORY	PRODUCTS	41st-42nd week (Oct 2-15th)	43rd-44th week	Nice Stock	Remark
Acidifiers	Citric Acid Monohydrate (CAM) Citric Acid Anhydrous (CAA) Trisodium citrate,dihydrate (TSC)	Since the end of September, the manufacturer has received many new orders. Now the price has increased slightly. In the near future it will not drop any more.	Ensign increased price because their price was low. TTCA decreased price because their price was high. Although now demand is not as much as it in end of Sep, but corn price increased so much especially in Shandong Province (all manufacturers of citric acid are in Shandong). So Manufacturers do not have any reason to decrease the price now.	We always have contracts with manufacturers. You are welcome to send inquiry, if you have target price, pls inform.
	Tartaric acid	Manufacturers of Yellow phosphorus stopped offering, they would like to deliver all pending orders first, Valid date of Phosphoric acid is only one day now. Manufacturers reduce production and market demand is strong, so price will be increasing.	Yellow phosphorus decreased a lot, Phosphoric acid price decreased a little as well.	We have good price for 75% and 85%, exported to EU and Mid-east with big quantity.
	Phosphoric acid	The price of tartaric acid mainly depends on maleic anhydride. Maleic anhydride is one of the few products which is not increasing after National Holiday. It is totally oversupply. At present, almost all the changes in the supply side that can affect the price of maleic anhydride, such as the unexpected shutdown of the maleic anhydride factory. Next week manufacturers of maleic anhydride will reduce production.	The price of tartaric acid mainly depends on maleic anhydride. Maleic anhydride price decreased again this week.	Pls send inquiry
	Malic acid	Price is stable	Price is stable	We can issue HC for Malic Acid for Turkish Market.
Thickeners	Xanthan Gum	Covid situation in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang is very serious. All manufacturers are in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. Manufacturers can not deliver goods, so they have to reduce production, otherwise their warehouse will be booming. Price is already increased $100/mt. ETD is in Dec.	Covid situation in Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang is still very serious. One of manufacturer has confirmed covid cases in their factory so it was closed for almost one month. Other manufacturers do not have confirmed cases in their factories, but delivery is also affected, in order to release the pressure of delivery, manufacturers will decrease capacity to avoid too many stocks in warehouse. Price is stable, just lead time is very long now. ETD is in Dec if confirm order now.	1, Fufeng 200mesh, 3mt, in warehouse now. - GB food grade, not suitable for EU market. 2, Fufeng 200mesh, 20mt, ETD end of Oct. - GB food grade, not suitable for EU market. 3, Fufeng 80mesh, 20mt, ETD in Nov - GB food grade, not suitable for EU market.
	CMC	Price is stable	Price is stable.	for all Viscosity we signed contract nice price with factories
	Gelatin, Sodium Alginate, Gellan Gum, Carrageenan, Konjac Gum, Pectin	Pls send inquiry for these Gum products, I will share price and market trend accorcing to your iqnuiry.	Pls send inquiry for these Gum products, I will share price and market trend according to your inquiry. Now we got strong support from manufacturers.	Pls send inquiry
Sweeteners	ACE-K	Price is stable	Price is stable.	Pls send inquiry
	Aspartame	Demand is too weak, price is decreasing	Demand is too weak, price is decreasing	2mt 300mesh, 20kg/drum	Sinosweet stock is unsuitable for Egypt
	Cyclamate	Price is stable	price is stable	Pls send inquiry
	Sucralose	Price is stable	Price is stable	We sold 3mt stock with good price. Pls send inquiry I can combine purchasing to offer good price to you.
	Dextrose Mono	Price is stable in China recently we got many orders from Europe because of price increasing of European manufacturers.	Price increased because of strong demand	We got hundred tons big order recently, pls send inquiry I can combine purchasing to offer good price to you.
	Sorbitol	Recently we got many orders from Europe because of price increasing of European manufacturers.	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
	Maltitol	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
	Xylitol	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
	Erythritol	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
Vitamins	Ascorbic Acid (If you need other Vitamins, pls send inquiry)	Price is the same against the price before National holiday.	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
Preservatives and Antioxidants	Potassium Sorbate	Price will not be decreasing anymore in Oct. Reason is mentioned already last week.	Price is stable after increasing	We only have 6+14mt stock with good price
	Sodium Benzoate	International crude oil prices have risen sharply, and domestic crude oil prices will also rise in 1-2 weeks. The price of sodium benzoate is currently unchanged, and the trend is to increase. We are going to sign some big contract of sodium benzoate with manufacturers, pls tell me your demand in Oct-Nov, I can report to purchasing team to prepare stock for you.	Price is the same as last week. International crude oil prices did not change so much. Raw material of sodium benzoate is methylbenzene, because of weak demand, methylbenzene price decreased a little bit. In near future, price of sodium benzoate will not be increasing.	Pls send inquiry
	Calcium Propionate	Price is stable	Price decrease 200-300 RMB per ton. Reason is raw material supply is more than demand.	Pls send inquiry
Flavor enhancer	Monosodium Glutamate	MSG price will be increasing for a little bit. Policy of Meihua is ZERO stock, Fufeng has some stock. Price trend will be according to what Fufeng will do.	RMB price increased a little bit, but USD is stronger than before, and sea freight decreased, so CIF price in USD may decrease as well. But RMB price increased from manufacturers.	We signed 6000mt contract with Meihua in 2021. We are Grade A customer of Meihua. Pls send inqury if your customer can accpet this brand, or I can send samples. Or we can offer Fufeng brand.
Nutritional dietary supplements	Inositol	After National holiday, low season started in China. Now manufacturers would like to increase price for exporting, but customers do not pay for it.	Market demand is weak, price is decreasing	5mt
	Creatine monohydrate	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
	Taurine	Same as last week	Same as last week	Pls send inquiry
Basic chemicals (leavers)	Sodium Bicarbonate	Market trend will be similar as Sodium Benzoate, because of same raw material.	Market trend will be similar as Sodium Benzoate, because of same raw material.	Pls send inquiry
Basic chemicals (leavers)	Ammonium Bicarbonate	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
Food flavor	Vanillin	Price is stable	Price is stable, it will not be decreasing in near future, good time to do purchasing.	Pls send inquiry, and share your target price.
Food flavor	cocoa powder	Price is stable	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
Emulsifier	Propylene Glycol	International crude oil prices rose from $73 to $79. Basic chemical products are on the rise. However, propylene glycol is a fine chemical product, and the demand is very weak, so the price is lowered. Relying on the demand side, it is difficult to increase the price of propylene glycol, and the price of propylene glycol mainly depends on the cost. Food-grade prices are currently at their lowest point this year. Customer can consider to start to do purchasing.	Demand is too weak.	Pls send inquiry
	Glyceryl Monostearate	Price is stable	Raw material increased	Pls send inquiry
	Soy Lecithin	Affected by the decline in raw materials, prices fell slightly in October	Price is stable	Pls send inquiry
Humectant (phosphate)	Sodium Tripolyphosphate Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate Tetrasodium pyrophosphate Sodium Hexametaphosphate	Sapp price increased from mid of Sep, now price is stable, as same as price in July. Manufacturers will increase the price again, if European manufacturers has problem for producing.	sapp decreased and stop increased	25mt sapp 23mt stpp
Protein Products and Peptides	Vital wheat gluten	Price is stable	Price is stable	1FCL, 22mt, lead time is 2 weeks
Protein Products and Peptides	Isolated Soy Protein-Emulsion	Price is stable	Price is stable