Nisin in Chinas food industry application market prospects

Along with social progress and economic development, health awareness is gaining in popularity, the state of concern about food safety is increased to unprecedented heights, especially the "Food Safety Law" was promulgated, China has entered a new food safety regulation stage, toxic and harmful to humans and some chemical preservatives are banned, and some use was gradually reduced, while some non-toxic to human biological preservatives, because the relative safety of the human body, its application volume and range of applications increasingly more widely. Nisin has been approved for use as the first biological preservative, can be used in dairy products, meat products, beverage and other industries as a powerful antibacterial agent. Nisin in recent years the rapid and stable development of downstream industries, as well as the health food industry development, greatly contributed to the nisin markets rapid development.

Nisin is a fermentation product from the preparation of a polypeptide antibiotic extracted substances, also known as nisin or nisin, the English name of Nisin, a white flowable powder. Was discovered in 1928, 1944, officially named Nisin, 1953 to sale of goods, 1969 Food and Agriculture Organization / World Health Organization (FAO / WHO) confirmed that nisin is safe, efficient, and reliable food preservatives. In 1983, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to determine the Nisin is generally recognized as safe products (GRAS), and approved for use. Formally approved by U.S. FDA in 1988 for food. To date, nisin has been more than 60 countries around the world and the region is used as a preservative. Nisin can effectively kill or inhibit food spoilage caused by Gram-positive bacteria, such as lactic acid bacteria, Clostridium botulinum, Staphylococcus aureus, Listeria monocytogenes, Corynebacterium, Pediococcus, that string of bacteria, mycobacteria, Heat corruption bacteria, especially bacteria that produce spores, such as Bacillus, Clostridium, Bacillus thermophilus, Bacillus and other deadly botulinum has a strong inhibitory effect. Under certain conditions, such as the joint action of complexing agent EDTA, nisin can kill bacteria and other gram-negative bacteria.

In China, the Ministry of Health in 1990 GB2760-86 in the formal approval of nisin can be used for canning food products, plant protein foods, dairy products, meat products. As applications of nisin and the deepening of security studies, the Ministry of Health issued a public notice in recent years, to 2010, nisin has been approved for milk and dairy products, canned edible fungi and algae, eight treasure porridge, canned, prepared meat products, cooked meat products, beverages, condiments, cereals products, convenience rice products, cooked seafood category.