In recent years, China's condiment industry has developed rapidly, with a total output more than 10 million tons, becoming a new economic growth point in the food industry.
From the demand for condiments, the main demand for condiments is catering industry, food processing industry and family kitchen. Among them, the rapid development of catering industry plays a great role in promoting the development of condiment industry.
According to the roughly estimated international proportion, the sales volume of condiments in China's catering channels is 150 billion yuan, and the proportion of condiments in it is breaking through the critical point of 10%. That is, for every 10 yuan consumed by the catering industry, 1 yuan is used for condiment consumption. The industry's "small products, big markets" pattern is taking shape.
From 2001 to 2011, the sales of condiment industry increased sharply from 27.723 billion yuan to 19.789 billion yuan, with a compound annual growth rate of 17.47% and an average annual growth rate of 50%. According to some data, the annual turnover of condiments in the world can account for about 10% of the total sales of food industry, while the total output value of China's food industry in 2010 is 6.31 trillion yuan, of which the sales revenue of condiments industry only accounts for 2.4%. If the sales volume of food industry reaches 10%, the market of condiments will reach 631 billion yuan, which is now. The condiment market capacity is about four times, so the condiment market has huge growth space in the future.
The condiment industry has the characteristics of fast development, large output, many varieties, wide sales and good economic benefits. In recent years, China's condiment industry has developed greatly. Enterprises rely on science and technology, through scientific research, adopt new technology and equipment, create new products, and with strict quality management, ensure product quality, while increasing varieties, also make products achieve large-scale production. With the efforts of condiment factories all over the country, a large number of high-quality products and new varieties have been created successively. The emergence of famous, special, excellent and new products has accelerated the renewal of products. At present, the main sales channel of condiments is catering. The rapid development of catering industry has led to the development of condiments, and also made the condiment market develop rapidly.