Registration of Health Food keeps increasing: until 13 December 2019 a total of 396 have been approved, while in the same period 27 products have benefitted of the fast-track filing procedure.
China
Oct 31, 2019
More than 60% of those are herbal products, such as for instance Flos lonicerae buccal tablet (éé¶è±åæ²åå«ç), Suanzao kernel schisandra fruit poria cocos capsule é
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Other mainstream ingredients include propolis (more than 37 approved products, accounting for about 9%), and grapeseed extract and oil (about 21%), Co-enzyme Q10, collagen, spirulina. The Market seems also showing interest to soybean extract health-foods.
Amongst less-performing ingredients â in terms of applications â we see colostrum milk powder.
Rarely seen yet interesting products also include a Vitamin A beverage (with anti eye-fatigue function), a Garlic oil product (with lowering blood-lipids function), and a probiotic stachyose product (with laxative and immune-enhancing functions) In terms of formulation, with referral to this period, the majority of the health-food seems to be offered in capsules (64%), followed by tablets (18%) , fluid oral solution (7%), powder 5%.
Note: this Vitamin A - health-food beverage highlights functions to support eyesight against myopia, tardy eye, eye pain and ocular fatigue. Ingredients include lutein, vitamin A, taurine, and Zinc, as declared on label
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