date:May 29, 2012
The Xian-based joint-venture firm, XiAn Haotian Bio-Engineering Technology, was set up in 2003 with a notion to release a new product each year.
This year the firm has cultivated a curcumin (turmeric extract) and colourant. The turmeric plant is native to India but can be grown in China as the weather and soils are suitable. It is widely used as an anti-inflammatory ingredient, a spice or colourant across the food, beverage and supplements industry.
Speaking to FoodNavigator-Asia at Vitafood