Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology

Food ingredients and nutrition · Zhoukou, Henan

About Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology

Henan Jindan Lactic Acid Technology is a high-tech enterprise based in Dancheng County, Zhoukou, Henan Province, specialized in the production and sale of lactic acid and its derivatives, with origins in 1984. Listed on Shenzhen's ChiNext board (300829) since 2020, it presents itself as the first Chinese lactic acid company to go public on the A-share market. Its reported capacity reaches 233,000 tonnes per year.

Its catalogue includes L-lactic acid, calcium lactate, sodium lactate, potassium lactate and other lactates, lactic acid powder, lactate esters, starch milk as a by-product and degradable materials linked to polylactic acid (PLA). These ingredients are used in the food industry — preservation and acidulation of meat products, beverages and other foods — in pharmaceuticals and health, in animal nutrition, in paints and coatings and in biodegradable materials.

The company hosts research centres such as the National Lactic Acid Engineering Center and a postdoctoral research workstation, and sells from its Henan base to the domestic market and for export. Its positioning combines fermentation scale, breadth of the lactate family and application development, serving food, pharmaceutical and animal nutrition manufacturers in China and abroad.

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