Research and development progress of grape seed related products

Abstract

The current research progress of variety, dosage and functions of the general food, health food and cosmetics produced from grape seeds were reviewed in this paper. Common foods include national standard grape seed oil and grape seed extract food additives, grape seed powder, and grape seed tableting candy. There are more than 370 health foods produced from grape seed oil or grape seed extract, in the main dosage forms include capsules, tablets, or al liquids and powders. The main functions include anti-oxidation, remove chloasma, enhance immunity, lowering blood lipid, and so on. Grape seed powder, grape seed extract and grape seed oil are all cosmetic raw materials approved for the record of national standards, and more than 4,900 non-special cosmetics have been registered, almost covering all cosmetic categories. There also have been studies on drugs from grape seed, but there are no relevant drug approvals. The price of grape seed and grape seed powder on line is comparable with that of rice and flour, the oil is 5~10 times of the raw grape seed, and the extract is more than 30 times of the raw material. The price of related capsules and tablets further doubles, and the sales volume is far higher than that of unpacked capsules or pressed tablets. Obviously, the grape seed deep processing product has larger development space, profit space and broad market prospect.

Keywords

• grape seed
• product development
• standard