L-arginine market size continues to grow, and my country’s technological maturity has improved

​​​​L-arginine, also known as (S)-2-amino-5-argininoic acid, has a molecular formula of C6H14N4O2 and is an organic compound. L-arginine appears as a white crystalline powder, easily soluble in water and insoluble in ether. L-arginine is a semi-essential amino acid widely used in medicine, health products, chemical synthesis, food processing and other fields.

Methods for preparing L-arginine include protein hydrolysis, direct fermentation, chemical synthesis, precursor addition fermentation, and enzymatic methods. Among them, fermentation method is widely used in L-arginine production enterprises in my country. Chinese enterprises and related scientific research institutions have begun research on L-arginine fermentation methods since the late 1980s. After years of experience accumulation, its technological maturity has continued to improve. The ARG28 arginine strain can produce 132g/L L-arginine in a 5L bioreactor, making it the highest-producing arginine mutant strain currently.

L-arginine is mainly used in medicine, health products, chemical synthesis, food processing and other fields. In the field of medicine, L-arginine has the effects of regulating blood pressure, resisting atherosclerosis, and inhibiting tumor growth, and can be used to produce compound amino acid injections and anti-tumor drugs; in the field of health products, L-arginine has the effects of regulating It can be used as a nutritional supplement due to its functions such as nitrogen balance and reducing protein dissimilation; in the field of food processing, L-arginine can be used as food flavoring, preservatives and additives.

With the increasingly strong demand for downstream applications, the development speed of my country’s L-arginine industry continues to accelerate. According to the “2023-2028 China L-arginine industry market in-depth research and development prospect forecast report released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that my country’s L-arginine market size will reach 890 million yuan in 2022. In terms of the global market, the global L-arginine market size will reach 4.97 billion yuan in 2022, a year-on-year increase of 9.8%. The United States is the world’s largest producer and consumer of L-arginine, accounting for nearly 30% of the market. In the future, with the advancement of technology and the continuous expansion of application scope, the market size of L-arginine will further grow.

The major global L-arginine manufacturers include Japan’s Kyowa Industrial Co., Ltd. (KYOWA), Japan’s Ajinomoto Group (Ajinomoto), South Korea’s Daesang Group (Daesang), Germany’s Evonik Group (EVONIK), the United States’ Amresco, etc. In terms of the local market, my country’s L-arginine industry currently has low concentration and lacks leading companies in the market. The main manufacturers of L-arginine in my country include Pingju Biotech, Chuangzhiyuan Biotech, Caiwei Biotech, etc.

          Industry analysts said that L-arginine is widely used in many fields and the industry has good development prospects. In recent years, benefiting from technological progress, my country’s L-arginine production capacity and output have increased. In terms of market competition, the concentration of my country’s L-arginine industry is low. It is expected that companies with high-end L-arginine large-scale production capabilities will occupy a larger space in my country’s market in the future.