The development of natural food additives and ingredients based on agricultural and sideline products is one of the development trends of food additives products in China.Consumers reject synthetic food additives because of concerns about food safety.Although the government and academia to existing food additive has carried on the strict and meticulous toxicology research and evaluation, formulate the corresponding laws and regulations and use standard, ensure the food safety of the consumer, but the attention of consumers for health, more inclined to use natural animals plants and food additives as raw materials and processing of natural food additives.

Natural pigment, fragrance and antioxidant have become the focus of research and development.Even synthetic food additives are becoming safe and non-toxic.

The demand for the health function of food additives is also one of the main directions of the development of food additives industry.Typical food additives with health functions include isomerized lactose, oligofructose, oligogalactose, oligoxylose, sorbitose, soybean oligosaccharide, etc. Oligosaccharides can be used by bifidobacteria in the intestinal tract to promote the proliferation of bifidobacteria and form a beneficial bacterial community advantage. Sugar alcohol products such as xylitol, sorbitol, mannitol, lactose alcohol, maltitol, etc., characterized by low calories, do not stimulate insulin secretion, can reduce diabetes, prevent obesity, prevent dental caries.Phospholipid is an important component of cell membrane and plays a role in protecting cells and transporting metabolites.

Edible phospholipid can repair the biofilm damaged by free radical, thus delaying the aging of organism.The main varieties are soybean lecithin and lecithin.Free radicals and polyphenols in the body can trap free radicals.Although there is still a lack of theoretical research and practice, but the health care function of these substances has received great attention. Low calorie, low absorption of food additives have a great market advantage. Nowadays, more and more people are suffering from physiological disorders caused by obesity. In the face of these dysfunctional individuals, they can only get low-calorie food.Therefore, sweeteners with high sweetness, low calorie and low fat content are getting more and more popular in the market.High-sweetness, low-calorie, non-toxic and safe sweeteners, such as aspartame, alliin, sucralose, acetylsulfamide, sugar alcohol, as well as sucrose polyfatty acid ester, sorbic acid polyester and other fat substitutes emerged, the future market prospects will continue to be optimistic.