Angel Yeast Co., Ltd., China's largest yeast production and export company, recently completed the research and development of medium-type yeast extracts and reached the international advanced level. The yeast high-end market in which European and American companies have monopolized this position has been opened.
According to reports, yeast extracts are substances that are leached from the yeast body using yeast endogenous enzymes themselves. These substances are rich in nutrients and are widely used in the microbial culture industry. Chinese yeast extract products have low quality, low free amino acid content, poor product solubility, and are mainly marketed at low prices. High-grade reagent-grade medium yeast extract products need to be imported from abroad. At present, China imports 1400 tons of high-grade culture-type yeast extract products, which are mainly used for the fermentation of high-grade biotechnology products.
The scientific and technological achievements appraisal organized by the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province recently showed that Angel Yeast Co., Ltd. has obtained special bacterial strains for high protein and high nucleic acid baker's yeast. The yeast protein content reached 60% and the nucleic acid content reached 15%. Using sophisticated control and standardization process procedures, special culture medium yeast extract products such as E. coli and Lactobacilli have been produced, and their efficacy and technical specifications have reached the level of foreign high-end products.
Yao Xi, director of the Angela Research and Development Center, said that the yeast extracts developed by the company will be widely used in biological laboratories and fermentation industries, enabling higher yields and higher potency of fermented products, improving product quality, and reducing production. cost.
Angel Yeast Co., Ltd., headquartered in Yichang, Hubei Province, is the largest and fourth-largest yeast producer in Asia. In the first half of this year, the company’s operating income was 766 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23%. The company's products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions. In the first half of the year, its export revenue reached 285 million yuan, an increase of 36% over the same period last year.