On June 15, the Forum on Innovative Development of Natural Food Ingredients and Raw Materials Industry, co-hosted by Shanghai Food Additives and Ingredients Industry Association and Shanghai BoHua International Exhibition Co., Ltd., was successfully held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). Wang Yiyou, Technical Director of Anhui Garlicare BIO-TECH CO.LTD., was invited to attend and deliver a keynote speech. 

Centered on the theme Development Path of Functional Foods Based on Agricultural Product Processing, Mr. Wang drew on China’s abundant garlic industrial resources to elaborate on garlic’s medicinal and edible homologous value, efficacy of coreS active ingredients, deep processing technologies, key technical breakthroughs and directions for product innovation. He highlighted cutting-edge technologies including encapsulation, microcapsule embedding and spray drying, which effectively address prominent challenges of garlic products such as pungent odors, easy degradation of active components and low bioavailability. He also presented innovative application solutions of garlic across multiple sectors: condiments, nutritional health food, snack food, pet feed and biological pesticides.

As an enterprise specializing in intensive deep processing of agricultural products and R&D of functional foods, Garlicare BIO-TECH leverages advantages in agricultural resources to actively explore modernized and functionalized development pathways for traditional food materials. Its participation in this industry forum not only showcased the company’s technological expertise and innovative achievements in garlic deep processing, but also provided practical solutions for the domestic transformation of agricultural products into high-value-added functional foods, boosting high-quality development of the natural food ingredients sector.

This forum constitutes a key component of the 27th Hi & Fi Asia-China (Health & Natural Ingredients Asia-China). Covering a total exhibition area of 200,000 square meters,.the event brings together over 2,500 domestic and international exhibitors and is expected to draw 120,000 professional visitors for exchanges. As a benchmark industry event for Asia’s food raw material sector, the exhibition runs alongside the 16th China International Health Products Expo, 2026 Asia Natural & Nutritional Health Products Exhibition and 2026 Asia Organic Products Fair, forming a vital platform driving integrated development of the global natural food ingredients and healthy raw materials industry.