Native salt with low iodine content in Tibet is harmful to health. The government made great efforts to increase iodized salt sales with more and more subsidy in the past decade. From 1999 to 2008, iodized salt market share grew from 24% to 66%, reducing simple goiter ratio in children of 8 to 10 years old from 29% to 4.8%.

From 2009 on, the government is to provide RMB30 million subsidy each year in Tibet to reduce iodized salt price from RMB1.5/kg to RMB0.5/kg.

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BOABC Insights 1

News Flash 1

1.1 Food Additive Industry’s News Update & Policy Review 1

1.2 Monthly Review of Major Food Additive Enterprises’ Development 2

1.3 New Technology & New Products 2

Food Additive Industry’s Developments 2

2.1 Preservatives, Antioxidants & Freshness Agents 2

Benzoic Acid Exports in Dec., 2008 2

2.2 Flavor-Enhancers 3

Saccharine Production Kept on Slipping in Jan. ~ Nov., 2008 3

2.3 Thickening, Stabilizing & Texture-modifying Agents 5

Monthly CMC Export Quantity & Price Increased in 2008 5

2.4 Nutritional Fortification Substances 5

More Subsidy Provided for Iodized Salt Consumption in Tibet 5

2.5 Food Colorants 6

Vast Market Prospect for Granular Food Colorants 6

2.6 Food Flavors 6

Guangxi to Develop Flavor Processing Industry 6

Market Price of Food Additives 7

3.1 Market Price of Preservatives, Antioxidants & Freshness Agents 7

3.2 Market Price of Flavour-enhancers 7

3.3 Market Price of Thickening, Stabilizing & Texture-modifying Agents 8

3.4 Market Price of Nutritional Fortification Substances 9

3.5 Market Price of Food Colorants 9

3.6 Market Price of Flavours 9

Food Additive Imports & Exports 10

4.1 Food Additive Imports & Exports 10

Food Additive Imports in Dec. 10

Food Additive Exports in Dec. 11

4.2 Food Additive Imports & Exports by Enterprises 12

Exports of Chinese Sorbitol by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 12

Exports of Chinese Benzoic Acid, its Salts & Esters by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 13

Exports of Chinese Carboxymethylcellulose and its Salts by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 14

Exports of Chinese Citric Acid by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 14

Exports of Chinese Vitamin C by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 15

Exports of Chinese Vitamin E by Enterprises in Nov., 2008 15

Food Additive Consumption 16

Food Additive Consumption for Different Food Products 16

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