Lutein began to gain very high popularity in 2006 in China.At that time, wherever in API China or CPHI China expo,manufacturers and merchants both placed lutein in their pruduct list.Due to the effect of public opinion in international market,manufacturers in China all believed that lutein could bring extremly benefit to the plant extract industry.A large number of manufacturers decided to supply lutein.

   Therefore,Lutein price declined so severely that they can not make profit.Most suppiers had to withdraw from lutein industry.In addition,manufacturers gradually realized that they were too optimistic to consider technical standards and patent barriers in international market.The severe restrictions on heavy metal and solvents reside directly resulted in a mass cessation of lutein production.Patents in USA and India as well as other countries covered widely so that enterprises in China hardly entered international market.

   After three years’test,lutein industry become more sensible now.It is not easy to find manufacturers originally claimed to supply lutein in domestic market.At present,lutein manufacturers in China almost have stable customers and can supply continously.The excellent lutein powder enterprises with stable production technology are Xi'an HaoTian Bio-engineering Technology Co., Ltd, Shaanxi Tianrun Phytochemical Co., Ltd., JF-NATURAL, Qingdao Scitech perfume Co.,Ltd.and Handan Zhongjin Natural Plgment Co.Ltd. Lutein ester manufacturers are mainly Dalian Innobioactives Co., Ltd.and Zhejiang Medicine Co.Ltd. Xinchang Pharmaceutical Factory(XINCHANG PHARM.).It is worth mentioned that Dalian Innobioactives Co., Ltd. has technological advantages in lutein industry.They make lutein into microcapsule which to some extent sloves the water-soluble problem.

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