Binzhou’s Grain Industry Transitions from “Grain Processing” to “Food Production”
BINZHOU, China
On September 20, the team of "Trip of Media to Silk Road and Yellow River" arrived in Binzhou of Shandong, a major city in the grain industry. According to News Office of Binzhou Municipal Government, in recent years, Binzhou has accelerated the extension of its industrial chain and the development of a complete industrial chain, gradually transitioning from "grain processing" to "food production". Binzhou Zhongyu Food Co., Ltd. is a microcosm of the development of the grain industry in Binzhou.
When people think of wheat, they often associate it with products like steamed buns, bread, and noodles. However, at Zhongyu, a single wheat grain has been transformed into over 500 products across ten series, utilizing the full value of the wheat. While an ordinary enterprise can only produce flour and by-products with a total product value of around 3,700 yuan when processing a ton of wheat, Zhongyu can produce a wider range of products such as flour, fine-dried noodles, vital gluten, special-class edible alcohol, dietary fiber, Erythritol, and protein peptides, with a total product value of around 9,140 yuan. This represents a 147% increase in output value compared to ordinary processing.
Source: News Office of Binzhou Municipal Government