As an important lactone fragrance, peach aldehyde has good safety, stability and fragrance-fixing effect. Its downstream applications are extensive, mainly used in daily chemical flavors and food flavors (mainly used in the preparation of coconut, peach, apricot, Plum and other fruit-flavored food flavors) field, in addition to chemical flavors, tobacco, feed flavors and other fields. Commercial peach aldehyde generally contains some impurities, the main impurities include δ-hexyl-δ-valerolactone and γ-hexyl-γ-butyrolactone, etc. The amount of impurities is the key to the aroma of peach aldehyde.
The market demand for flavors and fragrances has a certain degree of rigid demand, and its market development prospects are broad. After years of development and accumulation, my country has gradually become one of the most important countries in the global flavors and fragrances market, with a market share of about 20%. Esters and lactones are widely used in fragrance formulations and are one of the most widely used products in the fragrance market, accounting for about 30% of the fragrance market. As a subdivided product of lactone fragrances, peach aldehyde is also expanding its application fields.
According to the “2021-2025 In-depth Market Research and Investment Strategy Suggestion Report on Peach Aldehyde Industry” released by Xinsijie Industry Research Center, global players in the peach aldehyde market include Kao Corporation, Soda Fragrance Co., Ltd., International Fragrance, Givaudan et al. Restricted by technology and market demand, my country’s peach aldehyde production scale was small in the early stage, and the technological level was backward. Compared with the international level, there was a big gap between the domestic peach aldehyde output and quality. In recent years, with the rapid development of the domestic flavor and fragrance market, and With the improvement of residents’ consumption level, the market demand for peach aldehyde is gradually released, and the production capacity of peach aldehyde is gradually expanded.
At this stage, my country’s peach aldehyde production enterprises include Ningxia Wanxiangyuan Biology, Shanghai Huasheng Spice, Shanghai Wanxiang Daily Chemical, Anhui Huaye Spice and other enterprises, among which Anhui Huaye Spice has the largest production scale, the largest production and sales volume, and a series of According to the company’s annual report, the company’s annual report shows that the operating income of Huaye fragrances in 2020 is about 206 million yuan, of which the main product peach aldehyde accounts for a relatively high proportion of revenue. Recently, Huaye Spices stated on the interactive platform that the first phase of the company’s fund-raising project with an 1,800-ton peach aldehyde production line has been put into operation, and will be put on the market in succession in 2021.
Industry analysts from Xinsijie said that peach aldehyde has a strong peach aroma and is mainly used in the fields of daily chemical flavors and fruity food flavors. The market demand is gradually released. In the context of the strengthening of domestic enterprises’ research and development capabilities and increasing market demand, my country’s peach aldehyde production capacity continues to grow, and the future market development space is broad.