On September 2, the 2nd China New Consumer Health Industry Forum with the theme of "Uniting Industry Forces, Promoting Healthy Dietary Consumption, and Helping Popularization of Dietary Consumption" was held at the Beijing National Convention Center.

As the only forum dedicated to the food field at the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services, experts and scholars participating in the conference discuss nutrition and health and jointly interpret the scientific consensus on food sweeteners.

　　Chen Junshi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and honorary chairman of the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center, said that we need to adjust our eating habits and dietary structure, and the production and processing of food also needs to be transformed in the direction of nutrition and health, which is also the responsibility of the food industry.

New consumer behavior needs scientific support, so publicity and education is very important, and we need to spare no effort to publicize it to eliminate consumers’ misunderstandings about zero sugar and zero sucrose.

Academician Chen pointed out that the "Scientific Consensus on Food Sweeteners (2022)" organized by the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center is a good exploration and attempt, which will help the public to improve the level of dietary health, scientific understanding and use of sweeteners. And through scientific and reasonable diet and exercise habits, actively respond to the national policy of three reductions and three health.

　　Bian Zhenjia, president of the China Nutrition and Health Food Association, also said that there are many zero-sugar, zero-added and low-energy foods on the market, but to meet the needs of consumers' changing eating patterns and eating habits, design, develop and produce products that meet the needs of the people. There is still a lot of room for food companies to meet new products for dietary health needs.

Enterprises are the leaders of innovation. The majority of food production enterprises should strengthen food research and development, strengthen product innovation and management innovation, and develop and produce healthy and nutritious foods that consumers love.

It is hoped that in the near future, there will be many products in our market that meet the national "three reductions and three health" to meet the tastes of the public.

　　Zhang Jinjing, an inspector of the State Administration for Market Regulation, believes that the new consumer health industry has complied with consumers' needs for nutrition and health.

Since the outbreak, the public has become more and more concerned about the claims of health and related products.

Consumers hope to understand products intuitively and scientifically and accurately from product labels and claims. Enterprises need to be supported by scientific evidence, and on the premise of compliance, transmit this information to consumers scientifically, so as to bring to the sustainable development of the industry.

　　Huang Jian, vice president of Yuanqi Forest (Beijing) Food Technology Group Co., Ltd., a representative of the industry, introduced that Yuanqi Forest took a year and a half to set up a research institute before its establishment. consumer demand.

After such a long period of continuous exploration and scrapping millions of products, Yuanqi Forest finally chose the field of sugar-free as a breakthrough point, which is also a choice in line with the general trend of health.

　　When it comes to nutrition and health, it is important to pay attention to its important premise, food safety.

Ma Chunliang, director of the Food Production Safety Supervision and Administration Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, mentioned in the theme sharing of "New Trends in Food Supervision, Innovative Development of the Food Industry" that my country's food industry has entered a new stage of development, and the people are concerned about food safety. The beautiful needs of people have changed from eating full to eating well, pursuing nutritious and healthy food, and food safety is an important prerequisite for nutrition and health.

Market players at all levels must actively implement their main responsibilities and adhere to high-quality development, so as to meet the new needs of the people for a better life.

Regulatory departments should also guide enterprises to carry out quality improvement actions, guide enterprises to pursue excellent quality, increase investment, innovate product research and development, improve production processes, improve product quality, effectively enhance the supply capacity of high-quality products, and continuously meet the people's demand for food. New expectations for safety.

　　Fan Yongxiang, deputy director of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, said that the new consumption is very in line with the country's general policy and requires standard work to provide a basis for industry development.

The construction of the standard system needs to consider not only the development of the industry, but also the requirements of mandatory standards such as quality and safety. The overall level of my country's standards is already at the forefront of the world.

In the new era of the post-epidemic era, the food industry is facing new situations, new environments and new challenges. It needs the joint efforts of government departments, scientific research institutions, industries and consumers to achieve new development goals in the new stage.

　　"Putting food safety first is the most basic sincerity of a food company." Huang Jian of Yuanqi Forest said that the principle of "food safety first, four strictest, and one system" has been established within Yuanqi Forest.

In order to further grasp the quality and safety of products from the source, Yuanqi Forest has now established 5 self-owned factories, realizing first-hand control from quality, research and development, and channels.

Perseverance in product, R&D, innovation and other aspects will become the driving force for the continuous advancement of Yuanqi Forest.

　　To help the public understand more about sweeteners so that they can choose the right food for their needs.

At this forum, "Food Sweetness" was jointly written by Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center, Institute of Nutrition and Health of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Food Hygiene Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association, and Health Communication Branch of Chinese Preventive Medicine Association. According to the Scientific Consensus on Agents (2022) (hereinafter referred to as the "Consensus"), the replacement or partial replacement of added sugars with sweeteners is the development trend of the food industry, and the specific content will be released in the near future.

　　It is reported that the food additive sweetener has been widely used in the world for more than 100 years, and it can be seen in the food, medicine, daily chemical and other industries.

At present, there are more than 20 kinds of sweeteners approved for use in my country, among which the common ones are erythritol, xylitol, aspartame and so on.

　　"Experts from various countries believe that the use of sweeteners in accordance with relevant regulations and standards will not cause harm to human health." Zhong Kai, director of the Kexin Food and Health Information Exchange Center, said that the safety of sweeteners has been approved by international standards. It has been affirmed by many international food safety agencies such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.