Driven by downstream sectors, my country’s food-grade carbon dioxide production is gradually increasing

The chemical formula of carbon dioxide is CO2. It appears as a colorless, odorless, non-flammable gas at normal temperature and pressure, and its aqueous solution is weakly acidic. As an asphyxiating gas, carbon dioxide can be harmful to the human body when its concentration reaches a certain level. According to different purity, carbon dioxide can be roughly divided into two categories: industrial grade carbon dioxide and food grade carbon dioxide. At present, my country’s food-grade carbon dioxide preparation technology has gradually matured, and can be roughly divided into shallow low-temperature adsorption distillation methods, catalytic oxidation and shallow low-temperature adsorption distillation combined methods, adsorption and low-temperature distillation combined methods, etc.

Food-grade carbon dioxide is widely used in carbonated beverages, food preservation, tobacco, cold chain logistics and other fields. Among them, carbonated drinks have become the largest application field of food-grade carbon dioxide in my country. In recent years, my country’s carbonated beverage production technology has gradually improved, production costs have gradually decreased, product prices have gradually been accepted by mass consumers, and market penetration has gradually increased. After years of development, the types of carbonated beverage products have gradually increased, with increasingly rich flavors, which can meet the diversified consumption requirements of consumers, and market demand has gradually grown. Against this background, the size of my country’s carbonated beverage market is gradually growing. In 2022, my country’s carbonated beverage market size will be 686.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.58%. Food-grade carbon dioxide is an important raw material for carbonated drinks, and its market demand is gradually growing.

According to the “China Food Grade Carbon Dioxide Industry Market In-depth Research and Development Prospects Forecast Report 2023-2028” released by the Industrial Research Center, At this stage, my country’s economy and society are developing rapidly, and residents’ living standards are gradually improving, and they are more concerned about the freshness and shelf life of food. Food-grade carbon dioxide has been widely used in the field of food preservation due to its good preservatives, antioxidant properties, anti-emulsification properties and other advantages, and market demand has further grown. As my country’s food-grade carbon dioxide companies gradually expand their production capacity and improve production efficiency, their output has gradually increased. In 2022, my country’s food-grade carbon dioxide production will be 762,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.42%.

Industry analysts said that at present, there are a large number of food-grade carbon dioxide companies in my country, the market concentration is relatively low, and a stable market has not yet been formed. competitive landscape. my country’s largest food-grade carbon dioxide companies mainly include Kemet Gas, Heyuan Gas, Juhua Co., Ltd., Haohua Technology, Kailong Chemical, Xingkeyuan Technology, Qinlan Chemical, Baicheng Gas, etc. There are still a large number of small and medium-sized enterprises in my country’s food-grade carbon dioxide market. These enterprises are small in scale and have low market competitiveness. As my country’s large-scale food-grade carbon dioxide companies gradually rise, production technology continues to advance, and market competitiveness gradually increases, while the living space of small and medium-sized enterprises is gradually squeezed, and may be absorbed or disappeared in the future, and market concentration is expected to increase .