The development momentum of Ganoderma lucidum health care products is swift and fierce

Business Club August 16th After entering the 1980s, with the growing maturity of artificially cultivated Ganoderma lucidum technology, Ganoderma lucidum, a wild fungus previously found only in deep forests, has become a new raw material for health foods. According to foreign media reports, Japan currently consumes about 1,500 tons of Ganoderma lucidum every year, while Korean consumption of Ganoderma is as high as 4,500 tons a year. According to reports, the annual output of Lingzhi in China has exceeded 10,000 tons. Another important byproduct of artificial cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum, Ganoderma lucidum spores, has become a rising star in Ganoderma lucidum health products. Because the ganoderma lucidum spores have superior nutrient content than their wood-covered fungi. Studies have shown that the main components of Ganoderma lucidum are polysaccharides, triterpenoids, peptides, amino acids, ergosterols, adenine, nucleosides, alkaloids, organic germanium, and various minerals. Ganoderma lucidum's main role is to: improve the body's immunity and anti-tumor effects (such as the induction of cancer cell apoptosis, etc.); anti-aging and promote the body's metabolism; cosmetic effect.

Although China is the hometown of Ganoderma lucidum (refers to Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma lucidum), it is the Japanese manufacturer that really makes the Ganoderma lucidum health product industry bigger. It is understood that Japanese manufacturers first developed a new technology for the artificial cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum using cottonseed husks and crop straw powder, so that the general public can afford Ganoderma health products. With the popularity of Japanese Ganoderma lucidum processed products, by the 1990s, Japanese Ganoderma lucidum products began to enter the US market. Most of the ganoderma products on the US market today are from Japan or South Korea. It is understood that the main health claims of Japan and South Korea for the export of Ganoderma lucidum health products to the United States are to enhance human immunity, increase energy, and skin cosmetic effects.

Technological Progress Promotes Prosperity and Development of Lingzhi Health Products

After more than ten years of development, China has formed a prosperous new industry for Ganoderma lucidum health products. In the early 90s of last century, only a dozen companies in China produced Ganoderma lucidum health products. Now, according to conservative estimates, there are about one hundred or so companies engaged in the production of Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma lucidum spore powder health products. The incidence of domestic cancer has risen sharply in the past 15 years, and Ganoderma lucidum's "Xiancao" impression is too popular among the people. Therefore, as long as it is a ganoderma lucidum health product, whether it is Ganoderma lucidum cover mushroom product or Ganoderma lucidum spore powder product, The listing was warmly welcomed. Coupled with the growing maturity of Ganoderma lucidum spore breaking technology, Ganoderma lucidum spore powder has become a new raw material for China's health care products industry. According to reports, Ganoderma lucidum spores only 4 to 5 microns in size, the naked eye can not see clearly. Ganoderma lucidum spores are covered with a tough outer shell whose main ingredient is chitin. It is difficult to open the shell of Ganoderma lucidum by ordinary physical processing methods (such as grinding process, etc.). However, Ganoderma lucidum spores contain a wealth of nutrients, including Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides, Ganoderma lucidum polypeptides, triterpenoids, amino acids and proteins. Ganoderma lucidum spores contain 70 times more nutrients than Ganoderma lucidum. Therefore, the health care value of Ganoderma lucidum spores greatly exceeds the Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body. With the promotion and application of enzymatic broken technology in China, China has begun mass production of Ganoderma lucidum broken spore powder capsules and Ganoderma spore oil and other ganoderma lucidum health products.

At present, the artificial cultivation area of ​​Ganoderma lucidum has been spread all over the provinces in the north and south. The southern Yangtze River Valley, Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong and Guangdong provinces are the main producing areas for Ganoderma lucidum, and Shandong, Jilin Changbai Mountain and Daxinganling in the north also have considerable Ganoderma yield. Shandong Ganoderma lucidum Ganoderma Technology Development Center is a ganoderma lucidum cultivation base that has risen in recent years in northern China. Products not only supply the domestic market, but also some products are exported to Japan and the United States market. The Ganoderma lucidum cultivation base set up by the China Agricultural University in the Dabie Mountains in Hubei Province is another important Ganoderma lucidum production base in China. The base annually produces hundreds of kilograms of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder and its downstream health products. Northeast Changbai Mountain and Daxinganling have already established their own Ganoderma lucidum cultivation bases. The annual production of Ganoderma lucidum and Ganoderma lucidum spore powder in Northeast China is estimated to be several thousand tons and hundreds of kilograms. Including Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan and other southern provinces and Henan and other central provinces are developing the Ganoderma industry.

In recent years, the domestic Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body has begun to appear backlog phenomenon, which seriously dampened the enthusiasm of Ganoderma lucidum producers. Recently, it has been learned that China's scientific and technological workers have successfully solved the new technology of extracting the best-selling product of the international market, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide, from Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body, thereby laying the foundation for deep processing and product appreciation of Ganoderma lucidum.

It is understood that 1 kg of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide can be sold in the international market for more than 2,000 US dollars in high prices, Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides extracted from Ganoderma fruiting body can greatly increase the value of Ganoderma lucidum products. According to reports, a domestic company has successfully extracted ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides from the ganoderma lucidum fermentation broth. This will further reduce the production cost of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides, and provide more affordable raw materials for the development of Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide health products. Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharide is expected to become a new raw material for the health food industry, and greatly promote the development of the domestic Ganoderma lucidum industry. Recently, there have been reports from foreign countries that Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides also have excellent hypoglycemic effects, even if they are taken for a long period of time without being harmful to the human body. The current incidence of diabetes is rapidly rising, so Ganoderma lucidum polysaccharides become another novel hypoglycemic health supplement.

Quality problems affect the development of Ganoderma health products industry

According to the estimation of relevant departments, the total sales of Ganoderma lucidum products in the domestic health care products market currently amount to approximately one billion yuan. With the continuous expansion of the artificial cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum in China, the total production of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder is estimated to exceed 600 tons, making China the world's largest producer of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder. Relative to Ganoderma lucidum fruit body, the production and sales of Ganoderma lucidum spore powder appeared to be slightly better. Most of the Ganoderma lucidum cultivation bases in the country have their own Ganoderma lucidum processing plants, but many companies' processing equipment is very simple, resulting in the quality of Ganoderma lucidum broken spore powder on the market. Many consumers spent a lot of money on the so-called "Ganoderma lucidum spore powder" and found no effect after taking it. Therefore, they have doubts about Ganoderma lucidum spore powder.

The first Pharmacy monograph “Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing” written in the country more than 2,000 years ago has included an item of Ganoderma lucidum and was listed as a top grade. The books of Materia Medica that have been restored in the past have included Ganoderma lucidum entries. China is also the first country in the world to develop and utilize Ganoderma lucidum medicinal materials. According to reports, about 80 kinds of 120 kinds of Ganoderma lucidum in the world are distributed in China, and the best medicinal Ganoderma lucidum is produced in China. Therefore, domestic Ganoderma lucidum cultivation and processing companies should increase cooperation with scientific research departments, and strive to make China's Ganoderma lucidum health product industry bigger and stronger, and ultimately provide more advanced Ganoderma lucidum health products for the domestic and foreign markets.