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 24/8/2026

• Suntori/Lawson China has launched a range of fruit juice drinks with sea salt and New Zealand honey. Flavours: lemon, grape, peach, strawberry and lychee.

• Lemon Republic has launched a lemon matcha apple drink in China.

• Yuanyuyi Food’s Weiguoqing brand has added a cactus lemon drink in China.

• Hema has launched a ‘frozen or roasted’ sweet potato in China. It has been naturally saccharified and can be eaten cold or hot.

• Dingdong has launched a soy milk ice cream in China.

• Coca Cola China has launched a drink whose sales as limited to the Wudangshan scenic area.

• Wangbaobao’s brand Guozi Shoule has launched a pineapple drink in China.

• Wantwant has launched a low sugar/fat high protein milk in China.

Update 25/8/2026

• China’s shelled almond imports reached 103,700 mt in 2025 valued at USD 586 mln.
• China’s peach and nectarine production in the market year 2026/27 is forecast at 17.3 mln mt. 
• China’s cherry production in the market year 2026/27 is forecast at 1.02 mln mt.
• China’s maize production in the market year 2026/27 is forecast at 306 mln mt.
• China’s chicken meat exports rose 51% during the first 5 months of 2026, reaching 546,000 mt.
• China’s wine imports reached approximately USD 1.4 billion in 2025; down 11%.
• China’s 2025 soft drink market reached RMB 734.1 billion; up 4.9%.
• China’s 2025 coffee market reached RMB 354.9 billion, with an annual average per capita consumption of 28.57 cups.

Update 26/8/2026

• Chef Kong has won a taste award with the ‘Old Hen Noodles’, which refers to the Chinese habit to cook a hen that has stopped laying hen for the soup rather than the meat.