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- China is rich in
aromatic plant resources.
- The annual
production of natural flavors is around xxxxx
MT/year and nearly half of which has been
exported to overseas countries.
- The strength of
Chinese natural flavors production lays in
essential oil, most important of which include
mint oil, eucalyptus oil, litsea cubeba oil,
cassia oil, aniseed star oil.
- The annual
production of synthetic flavors is around xxxxx
MT/year. Also over 50% of synthetic flavors are
exported every year.
- The Chinese
isolate flavors are competitive in the world,
most important of which include menthol, natural
citral and heliotropin.
- Generally China
is weak in the R & D work of chemical synthetic
flavors due to the fact that China lacks
capital.
- Some Chinese
synthetic flavors are competitive in the
international market not for their high quality
but for their cheap price, like phenyl ethyl
alcohol, vanillin.
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report is omitted.)
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