Plant extracts promote the development of health industry in China
The existences of many problems such as the rapid development of society, the aging of population, the surging pressure of work and life, the sub-health status of residents, the imbalance of nutrition and chronic diseases provide a huge space for the development of nutritional functional food, and the great health industry has ushered in the development opportunity.The "2019-2030 Healthy China Action" points out that we should adhere to the people-centered development philosophy, firmly establish the concept of "big health, big health", at the same time, we should adhere to the principle of prevention first, combining prevention and treatment, promote the transformation from treatment as the center to health as the center, and improve the health of the people.
Plant extract refers to a product that is formed through an extraction and separation and concentration process where natural plants are used as raw materials, such as directional obtain and enrichment of one or more active ingredients effectively without changing its chemical structure products, generally have certain features, especially the medicine food homology and new food raw materials, etc., are widely used in functional food. Functional food is an important way to improve physical fitness and nutrition intervention for chronic diseases, covering nutritional food for the elderly, formula food for special medical use, special dietary food, health food and functional general food. It is the gold sector with the most market demand and development potential in the health industry.
The reconstruction and integration of the nutritional functional food industry and the natural plant extract industry in the context of big health conforms to the guiding ideology of the "2019-2030 Healthy China Action" which promotes transformation from treatment as the center to health as the center.
