Meihua Holdings Group Co. Ltd.
APAC
Langfang
,
China
Multinational
FOUNDED
2002
HEADCOUNT
10000+
FUNDING
Public
Keywords:
fermentation, amino_acids, metabolic_engineering, bacteria, sweeteners, animal_nutrition
BUSINESS
Meihua Holdings Group is a Shanghai-listed (600873) Chinese corn-deep-processing group producing amino acids and related fermentation products across an integrated chain spanning strain design, fermentation, separation and extraction. Its range includes monosodium glutamate/glutamic acid, branched-chain and other amino acids (threonine, tryptophan, valine, isoleucine, leucine, glutamine, proline), trehalose, xanthan gum, nucleotides and corn by-products. It serves food, animal-nutrition, pharmaceutical and personal-care markets in over 50 countries.
BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT
Core; large-scale industrial microbial fermentation producer of amino acids from corn feedstock, with major production bases in Tongliao (Inner Mongolia), Wujiaqu (Xinjiang) and Jilin and an in-house strain R&D/synthetic-biology center.
TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM
submerged microbial fermentation; strain engineering / synthetic biology; downstream separation and extraction
PRIMARY PRODUCTS
monosodium glutamate / glutamic acid; threonine; tryptophan; valine; isoleucine; leucine; glutamine; proline; trehalose; xanthan gum; nucleotides