Table 3.

Leading Chinese manufacturers of amino acids and hydroxy acids

Product	Company name, location	Type	STN	Estimated production (2019)
Amino acids	Fufenga, Shandong	P	HK: 0546	1.1 million t glu, starch sweetener 650,000 t, 176,000 t thr, 200,000 Lys
	Meihuab, Hebei	P	SHA: 600873	758,799 t glu, 9399 t medical aa, 1,795,794 t animal feed aa.
	Eppenc, Ningxia	P	–	300,000 t, 660,000 t lys (2018)
	Global Biochem Technology Groupd	P	HK: 00809	186,000 t lys, thr, corn sweetener 299,000 t
Citric acid	Ensign Worlde	P	–	600,000 t (2018)
	Luxin Jinhef	P	–	360,000 t (2018)
	Tiantian Citric Acidg	P	–	300,000 t (2018)
	Cofcoh	S	SHE: 000930	340,000 t (2018)
Malic acid	Changmao Biochemical Engineeringi	P	–	5000 t (2018)

glu L-glutamic acid or monosodium glutamate, lys L-lysine, thr L-threonine, trp L-tryptophane, P private company, S state-owned company, STN stock exchange number

^ahttp://www.fufeng-group.com

^bhttp://www.meihuagrp.com

^chttp://www.eppen.com.cn

^dhttp://www.globalbiochem.com/html/index.php

^ehttp://www.ensignworld.com

^fhttp://www.rzbc.com

^ghttp://www.ttca.com.cn

^hhttp://www.cofco.com/cn/BrandProduct/COFCOBiochemical/

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