China Releases First National Standards for Melatonin, CoQ10 and Two Other Health Food Ingredients

The significance here is regulatory rather than market-driven: national ingredient standards for melatonin, CoQ10, Ganoderma spore powder and spirulina give Chinese health-food producers a unified quality baseline, which favors larger, compliance-ready manufacturers over smaller ones. It also matters for cross-border trade, since standardized raw materials make Chinese-sourced ingredients easier to qualify in export markets. The open question is whether recommended standards become mandatory, and how quickly domestic supply chains consolidate around them.