2015-02-05 14:52

 

Maca fire the government is leading the development of industry standards

 

CNDSN February 5th news] (Information Times) the end of last year, a phenomenon called "Maka" (also known as Ma KA) herbs attract the attention of consumers. Because the claimed to have "impotence" effect, the South American herbs planting, sales in Peru and the national health care products market is a "fire", especially the Spring Festival is drawing near, Maca sales climax. However, the fiery behind, controversy ensued. Prices prices, shoddy and efficacy is not clear at present the existence of consumer disputes, have according to the insiders, the current production and consumption aspects of Maca still exist certain blindness, the relevant specification policy also be introduced.

Visit: "overnight success" Maca to sell stock

Data show that Maca is actually a cruciferous plant native to South America and widely cultivated in the Andes, mainly in central and southern Peru, and as a result of soil climate conditions and Peru close, so as early as in 2002, the plant was introduced to Yunnan, Lijiang and Shangri La is currently the main planting areas of domestic maca.

Maca jump red is almost "overnight", it is understood that because of its marketing played "Yang", "comparable to Cordyceps" concept, so in November last year before the harvest period, Maca has become a "red" all over the north and south of the darling health products from a known only in part area of Yunnan plant.

In Guangzhou, the plant Maca sales mainly concentrated in the medicine market and some have qualified pharmacy sales of Chinese herbal. Chinese herbal medicine road a sales in pharmacies forward in Haizhuqu District, the pharmacy staff told reporters that since Maca is claimed to have "impotence" effect, the shop plant Maca almost every day in the hot. "In our shop is currently the main selling Huang Ma card and purple Maca, Huang Ma card is currently engaged in a price about 0.4 yuan a gram, in addition the purple Maca is 0.9 yuan a gram, but now also sell out." The staff told reporters, consumers buy Maca is nearby residents, every time is a few hundred grams that buy, mainly for the soup seasoning, but sometimes there are some consumers directly thousands of G that bought, claimed to be "tonic".

In Chinese herbal medicine distribution Qingping medicine market, the reporter also saw, at present the main circulation of Maca species are yellow, purple, black three, and some dealers also plant Maca placed in a conspicuous position, one dealer told the reporters, since December last year, the market demand for Maca volume has ascension than ever, in addition to the daily retail outside, some of the operators to health care products or pharmacies terminal also frequently take goods.

In addition, super in Maca also together back to the lively, such as Xingang road Huarun Wanjia in Chinese herbal medicine sales counters, the reporter saw the counter has yellow, purple, black three kinds of Maca sales, but because the sales price is relatively high, the cheapest Huang Ma card is close to 1 yuan a gram.

Market: enterprise products by "Maka" grab the market

In addition to plant Maca hot, with a claimed Maca as health food raw materials extraction was also with heat, the reporter visited China Nepstar chain drugstore DASHENLIN, found that these Maca health food also occupy the sales counter of a place.

According to reporter visited the statistics, at present, Maca health products mainly for Peru imports and domestic production, and has been widely in pharmacy distribution. But the domestic Maca health products production mainly concentrated in the health care products companies, such as Guangdong, Xiamen, Yunnan and other places have corresponding products manufacturers, and different manufacturers of Maca products, a bottle of sales price at present 200 yuan to 300 yuan, and the claim from the "Peru import price reached 400 yuan a bottle, wherein," refreshing "and" Yang "is the product of the main selling points.

Compared to the health care products manufacturing enterprises of Maca extraction in full swing, the pharmaceutical enterprises is "far behind" launched a self-developed Maca products. Such as wide drug group last year in the MR appearance, the company under the Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain (600332, shares) and Huang Da Health Limited company also launched the "Baiyun Mountain Tiema in September last year" (Maca ginseng, polygonatum solid beverage), according to the medical group is introduced, the product will be in accordance with the 5 to 1000000000 of total sales to.

In addition, in Guang Yao group into Maca, Hornsey Pharmaceutical (300147, shares) will be action, according to internal sources, at present the company's new product Maca has been the completion of R & D, and this year will be a certain time period into the market.

Status: the chaos called on the industry standard

However, behind the Maca fiery, some industry chaos began to fade in the symptom, among them, the price is high, quality is uneven and the effect is not clear at present controversial point. According to long-term relations in Yunnan and Guangdong medicine supplier Zhang Yang (a pseudonym) expresses to the reporter, since Maca jumped red, limited to Lijiang and Shangri-La planting of Maca is widely planted in Yunnan, but the quality is be quite different, some traders from some low price area acquired a large number of Maca, and then claim to be Lijiang or Shangri-La production after the price sold to North Canton and other places, the price also turned over several times.

"As these low-cost Maca, due to the similar appearance and other factors, that was where production." Zhang Yang also said, at present Guangzhou plant Maca sales price still is in reasonable range, but in Beijing, Shanghai and other places, some even tens of thousands of yuan a kilogram of maca. According to the insiders, the lack of industry standards, Maca fiery actually more full of blind consumption, and production enterprises can really by "Maka" fire long, is still unknown.

But for the price and quality of Maca chaos, the relevant departments have already begun to tackle measures, in November last year, "the preparation of the Lijiang Maca cultivation operation procedures" to complete and the formation of the draft, and led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan provincial government drafted by the Yunnan provincial product quality standard of Maca is underway, expected this year will be officially published.

In addition, Maca "Aphrodisiac" and other effects remains controversial. A public hospital of traditional Chinese medicine pharmacists expresses to the reporter, in fact at present about Maca effect is still not clear, although foreign studies have claimed that part of components of Maca is the balance of hormones and other effects, but also has the paper points out that the so-called effect of Maca and placebo is actually. "In fact, the material in the local Peru Maca is a kind of similar to the herbs soup condiment, but whether to raise the ability does not evidence." The experts say. *

(original title: Maca fire the government is leading the development of the industry standard)

Editor: Blue