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 15/12/2025

• China has produced 2.46 mln mt of enzymes in 2024; up from 420,000 mt in 2014.
• Lucking Coffee has launched a series of coffees brewed with Yunnan Hongmi beans, with a sweeter tone..

Update 16/12/2025

• China has produced 20.3553 mt of pears in 2024; up 5.0%.

Update 17/12/2025

• Dingdong has launched a black yoghurt with GABA and coloured with cuttle fish ink. It is market for promoting sleep.
• In the first 9 months of 2025, China’s 338 breweries produced 309.525 mln hls of beer; up 3.74%.

Update 18/12/2025

• The value of the 2024 Chinese hops extract market was RMB 360 mln.

Update 19/12/2025

• According to the China Sugar Association, China’s current self-sufficiency rate for sugar is 71.2%.