Recent Developments in The Sauce Industry
Aug 12, 2025
Recent Developments in the Sauce Industry
Technological Innovation and Industrial Upgrading
Intelligent brewing technology: Chubang soy sauce upgrades the traditional "sun dried night dew" process to a quantitative production mode through a modern sun drying matrix and intelligent temperature control system, achieving industrial transformation of intangible cultural heritage brewing techniques. At the same time, Huang Shanghuang applied patented intelligent control system to develop unmanned cooking technology, established a full process traceability system, and was awarded the title of Jiangxi Province Intelligent Manufacturing Demonstration Enterprise.
Innovation of Healthy Products: The industry is accelerating the promotion of "reducing salt without reducing taste" technology. A leading enterprise has launched a special grade soy sauce with 30% salt reduction through targeted enzymatic hydrolysis technology, reducing the salt content to below 12 grams/100ml; Fermented bean curd enterprises use dynamic gradient fermentation to reduce salt content by 40%. Nanshan Po chili sauce combines 300 years of intangible cultural heritage techniques and modern craftsmanship, and has obtained export qualifications from 190 countries worldwide.
Market trends
Consumption upgrade: The demand for natural food ingredients and sauces is increasing, and the application of umami ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms and seaweed is expanding. Fermented products are upgraded in flavor level through amino acid conversion technology.
Channel transformation: 83.6% of salad dressing is sold through supermarkets, with online channels accounting for 5.6%; Huang Shanghuang diverted to the private domain of stores through Tiktok and take away platforms, and the online business in the first half of the year led to a profit growth of 26.9%.
Pattern evolution: More than 6000 seasoning enterprises have less than 30% CR10, and traditional brands such as Haitian and Lee Kum Kee are competing with healthy new forces such as Qianhe and Songxian in the high-end market.
