The demand for national health consumption continues to expand, and the markets for dietary supplements and health foods are growing steadily. Domestic professional production factories are seizing this opportunity. At the same time, regulatory policies are becoming increasingly strict, forcing the industry to transform towards standardization and refinement.

Currently, market supervision implements full-chain control over the production of health foods. Factories must comply with GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) clean production standards, build 100,000-level sterile production workshops, and establish a complete system for raw material traceability, production retention, and product testing. Medicinal and food-source raw materials such as ginseng, reishi, and honey must be used strictly in accordance with the raw material directory and clearly marked for people who are not suitable for them. Label design follows the new GB 28050 nutrition label guidelines, standardizing the labeling of nutrients and claims of nutritional effects, and eliminating exaggerated and medicalized promotional language.

For entrusted production business, the upcoming “Food Entrusted Production Supervision and Management Measures” clearly defines the responsibilities of brand owners and production factories. Both parties must sign a written agreement, clearly defining rights and responsibilities regarding shelf life after-sales, formula control, label review, etc., to avoid quality disputes. As an outsourcing production factory, the factory must actively review the promotional materials of customers and reduce the risks of violations on online platforms and offline terminals from the source.

For the dual-market of domestic and foreign markets, high-quality dietary supplement factories are synchronously establishing domestic and export business. For the domestic market, they improve SC (Specialized Certification) food production qualifications and provide third-party testing reports; for the export market, they prepare for export registration and overseas certification, adapt to different countries’ import standards, and provide one-stop services for formula development, brand customization, and packaging design.

The industry trend is clear. Small factories relying solely on extensive processing will gradually be phased out. Source factories with research and development capabilities, compliance control, and flexible customization capabilities are more competitive. Strictly adhering to the bottom line of food safety, standardizing publicity and outsourcing processes, is the core path for the long-term and stable development of health food production enterprises.