Eurasia Consult scans the food news from China on a daily basis.

On this page, we regularly drop a few lines of what we believe to be interesting information picked up during all that scanning. We will select items that do usually not reach the international media. We will make an effort to start with a clean page each Monday.

Update 18/1/2026

• The value of the 2024 Chinese stevia market was RMB 1.037 billion; up 10.2%.
• The value of the 2024 Chinese fried chicken market was RMB 94 billion; up 17.5%.
• A bakery in Anhui province has launched a ‘carrot milk bread’.
• The value of the 2025 Chinese chicken soup noodle market was RMB 2.190 billion; up 75.2%.
• Zhejiang province exported 215.13 mt of honey in the second half of 2025; good for 77.76% of the national export volume.
• Jiangzhong has launched a herbal tea that strengthens the stomach.
• Haoxiangni has launched a series of black date products that are marketed as good for male health.
• Zixiancao has launched an energy drink using dendrobe.
• Sanyuan has launched a Beijing Yoghurt.
• Laoganma Flavour posted a revenue of RMB 5.39 billion for 2025.

Update 29/1/2026

• According to the National Bureau of Statistics China’s grain output reached 714.88 mln mt in 2025; up 1.2%. The following list shows the figures for the main types.

Type	volume (mln mt)
Wheat	140.07
Corn	301.24
Rice	209.04

• A first 23 mt batch of Indonesian durian has been imported by China.
• The value of the 2025 Chinese market for school meals is estimated at RMB 642.1 billion.
• Two old Beijing brands, pickle maker Liubiju and brewer Shuanghesheng, have jointly developed a beer flavoured with Liubiju’s peanut-sesame paste.
• Puruisheng and Yuantai Bioengineering have signed an agreement to jointly build a oligosaccharide plant for infant formulae.
• Huoqiu (Anhui) produced 500 mt of foie gras in 2025.
• Bamboo is regarded as a potential superfood in China.
• Three Calves (San Zhi Xiaoniu) has launched a lactose free milk.
• The value of the 2025 Chinese market for functional foods is estimated at RMB 28.8 billion.
• Rising Chinese marriages may lift births in 2026, offering short-term relief to infant formula players.
• Yunnan has produced 138,900 of coffee beans in 2025.
• Chenguang Bioengineering is investing RMB 80 mln in a monkfruit sweetener plant.
• Mengniu Dairy has launched a light yoghurt.
• Eastroc has launched two new types of tea flavoured energy drinks.
• Hema has launched a taurine enriched energy drink.
• Fengxing has launched a boiled chicken flavour milk beverage.