The products will be used in fish farming, allowing farmers to replace fishmeal and soy with a high-quality ingredient that requires no arable land and no plant matter.

这些产品将用于养鱼，使农民能够用一种不需要耕地和植物的高质量成分代替鱼粉和大豆。

Its signature blend of plant-based protein is made from peas, healthy soy, shiitake mushrooms and rice, the firm said.

Empowered by micro-level grinding technology, the products, or the Vitasoy health plus series, provide soy goodness with quality plant protein plus additional benefits of calcium and dietary fiber, according to the company.

Operation of a new factory in South China's Guangdong province will help boost Kraft Heinz's competitiveness in the high-end soy sauce market and further expand its business in China, according to a senior company executive.

"We are aiming to become a leading soy sauce provider in the Chinese market by building an iconic brand and investing in advanced facilities in our factories," said Rodrigo Wickbold, president of Kraft Heinz Asia and China.

The Yangjiang facility, one of the largest Kraft Heinz investment projects in recent years, is estimated to produce 200,000 tons of soy sauce each year, according to the company.

"China is an important strategic market for Kraft Heinz, as local consumers have developed increased demand for high-end soy sauce products," said Wickbold.

China's high-end soy sauce market grew 9.99 percent year-on-year to about 20.2 billion yuan in 2018, according to industrial research provider Forward - the Economist.

According to the company, the Yangjiang soy sauce production base will focus on producing a soy sauce product series called Weijixian under its Master brand and will expand to more sauces and condiments in the future.

The systems allow complete automatic control from raw material management and soy sauce brewing production to finished product testing, realizing the stable, efficient and safe production of each soy sauce bottle.

Foshan Haitian Flavoring and Food Co Ltd, the largest manufacturer of soy sauce in the world, saw its market value surge to over 600 billion yuan ($84 billion) on Tuesday in Shanghai as robust demand for home-cooked products and a strong sales network buoyed sales during the first six months of the year.

The company, which produces a wide range of condiments including soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate and cooking wine, said its revenue rose by 14.12 percent on a yearly basis during the first half to 11.6 billion yuan.

Haitian's flagship product soy sauces, which accounts for 66 percent of its total revenue, however, has seen growth taper off from 16.59 percent in 2017 to 10.71 percent in the first half.

The Hurun report said the top 5 fastest risers are all from China, with other four are Pang Kang from Haitian soy sauce, Xu Hang from Mindray, Liu Yonghao and his family from New Hope, and Zhang Yong and Shu Ping from hotpot chain Haidilao.

The quick service restaurant giant is teaming up with US-based consumer staples giant Cargill Inc for the new product, which comes with high-quality protein such as soy, wheat, and special peas to create a taste akin to that of real chicken.

"Concocted by a research team in North America and produced in a factory in Thailand, Omnipork is made from soy, peas, shiitake mushrooms and rice protein, but it tries to mimic the taste, feel, texture and color of real pork.

In terms of salt-reduction, our yeast extract products have seen an enhancement in the quality and flavor of soy sauce and other salty flavoring ingredients, which can reduce salt content by as much as 50 percent.4.

However, Chinese consumers are no strangers to plant-based foods, with records of soy milk being consumed from nearly 2,000 years ago.

They tend to regard oat milk as a variation of soy milk, which is widely available at much lower prices.

We have companies from very traditional backgrounds, such as liquor, dairy, snacks, or soy sauce, becoming really strong and ranking very high in our indicator.

For now, the startup offers chickpea-based snacks, soy milk and pasta products.

Executives of soy sauce maker Haitian Flavoring, internet giant Tencent, e-commerce titan Alibaba, dairy firm Yili, hotpot chain Haidilao and electrical appliance maker Midea swept the top 10 spots on the list.

Soy milk and coconut milk have shown weak to flat growth over the years, said market experts.

In 2021, among all condiment consumers in China, 79.8 percent of them purchased salt and 76.5 percent bought soy sauce, while only less than 5 percent of them bought jam products, according to the Shenzhen, Guangdong province-based Qianzhan Industry Research Institute.

But none of them were aware of how vinegar is made, and the differences between vinegar and soy sauce.

What are common on the menu nationwide include stewed pork with soy sauce, and fish and meat palette－two signature dishes people savor during the most important holiday of the year.

In the meantime, the variety of meats used in China ranging from braised pork with soy sauce to meat used in dumplings create incredible opportunities for business players, Asvaintra added.

Although the plant-based food market is an emerging category, there has been a long history of Chinese people trying to get protein from plants, such as having tofu and soy milk from soy beans.

Traditional soy foods, such as bean curd rolls, can also be regarded as a kind of meat substitute.

"Technically, plant-based proteins are made by restructuring the texturized proteins of soy, wheat or peas, and then adding other ingredients and additives, which is a more complicated compound, by contrast.

Currently, most of vegetarian demand is met by bean products, which means the traditional soy meat market is already well established.

Although there has been a long tradition of soy milk in China and other Asian countries, the very distinctive and strong flavor of soy milk leaves growth potential for plant-based dairy alternatives－including almond milk and oat milk－according to Dino Asvaintra, president of DSM Hydrocolloids.

Local restaurant chain Shanghai Min aims to pamper diners visiting the Disneytown with traditional sautéed shrimp, noodles mixed with scallion, oil and soy sauce, as well as minced crab meat and bean curd.

Foshan Haitian Flavoring and Food Co Ltd, which produces Haday soy sauce, saw its market value surge to over 520 billion yuan ($79.3 billion) on Wednesday in Shanghai thanks to robust demand for home-cooked products.

"Joyoung has devised a self-cleaning soy milk maker that has gained traction among the younger population, who would love to embrace a healthy lifestyle but can't be bothered to be shackled to the kitchen for too long.

Starbucks has offered soy milk in China since 2007.

And more realistic textures can be achieved via soy protein techniques.

- Global food and agricultural product companies are looking to partake in the opportunities of the upcoming 3rd China International Import Expo (CIIE), making the exhibition more appetizing with offerings like civet coffee, plant-based meat, and soy sauce ice cream.

"Besides soy and pea proteins that have been widely used to produce meat alternatives in China, fungus protein is also a high-quality ingredient, which can improve food taste and nutrition," said Yang Yongping, chairman of Shanghai Xuerong Biotechnology Co, Ltd. Xuerong, a leading edible fungus supplier in China with a history of over 20 years, has recently invested in the field of plant-based meat to produce fungus-based meat substitutes, making full use of its expertise in fungus production.

His unique approach was not to trot out yet another tasteless soy or bean burger, but to explore meat's signature taste on a molecular level.

Technical buying boosted soybeans as traders expected fresh Chinese purchases of US soy as the two countries agreed on the text of a phase one trade deal last month.

Soybeans were higher on optimism about progress in US trade talks with China, the world's top soy buyer, along with traders' fears that a winter storm in the US Midwest could threaten late-maturing crops.

Crawfish can be cooked in various flavors such as spicy, minced garlic, stir-fried ginger and scallion, braised soy sauce, and innovative flavors such as cooking with salted egg yolk, cheese, and fermented bean curd.

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She has branched out from Chinese staples such as cabbage and soy sauce to imported foods like kale, Parmesan cheese and turkey.

The tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on Chinese exports and China's retaliations would not only cost U. S. soybean farmers an entire year of hard work in the field but also kill market opportunities in future, said a statement from a Brent Bible soy and corn producer in Romney, Indiana.

"Over the long haul, soybean producers are deeply concerned that China will continue to substitute American soy with soy from our global competitors," the statement said, "the losses these tariffs represent can't and shouldn't be made up by government programs.