Vegan Certification Case: Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic Acid)

Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation (stock code: 688363) is a well-known full-industry-chain hyaluronic-acid platform company in China, integrating R&D, production and sales. Leveraging its two technology platforms — microbial fermentation and cross-linking — the company has built a full-industry-chain business system for bioactive materials, from raw materials to medical end products, functional skincare and functional food, serving pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food manufacturers, medical institutions and end users worldwide.

Bloomage Biotechnology has always believed that a company's vitality comes from continuous innovation and continuous profitability, securing its core position in the industry chain, supply chain and value chain to ensure the achievement of medium- and long-term strategic goals. This year, Bloomage Biotechnology worked with SINOQUAL to successfully obtain international EU Vegan certification for its flagship product — sodium hyaluronate (also known as hyaluronic acid) — to export this quality-assured domestic product worldwide.

Hyaluronic acid is widely known for its beauty and skincare benefits, but in fact “beauty” is only one corner of its application. In medicine, “hyaluronic acid” is called sodium hyaluronate; it was first applied in ophthalmology, and has wide applications in orthopedics and sports medicine and in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Oral hyaluronic acid can also promote skin wound healing and improve osteoporosis. Compared with other countries, however, the R&D and clinical use of hyaluronic-acid products in China still have some way to go. At present, oral hyaluronic acid is widely used in health foods in developed countries in Europe and America: Japan studied the safety of 489 food additives including hyaluronic acid, and as early as 2009 the Japan Health and Nutrition Food Association set an industry standard for hyaluronic acid as a food, fully affirming its dietary safety. Korea has approved hyaluronic acid as a food additive for food manufacturing, and the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, the Czech Republic and other countries also have a number of foods containing hyaluronic acid on the market — showing that hyaluronic acid has been recognized as a food raw material in many countries.

In recent years, SINOQUAL has also obtained international Kosher and Halal certifications for the sodium-hyaluronate products of Qingzhou Guangyu Biotechnology Co., Ltd. and Baoding Feisifu Industry and Trade Co., Ltd., providing strong support for improving the international competitiveness and market share of China's medical materials.