Specializing in white kidney bean extract for 15 years, with a domestic market share of up to 60%, who is Tianbao Birch Biological?

In the late 1990s, white kidney bean extract, which can inhibit the activity of human amylase and reduce the digestion and absorption of starch in food, was first developed in the United States and is widely used in food and beverages and health care products for weight management and blood sugar regulation. [1]

In 2008, a group of Chinese masters and doctors of biology studying abroad made a breakthrough in the production process of white kidney bean extract and brought it back to their home country, founding Tianbao Birch Biologicals in Yunnan, a high-quality production area for white kidney beans. [2]

Fifteen years later, they not only will be a small white kidney bean into a scale of more than 2 billion innovative industries, with its white kidney bean extract as raw material products have occupied about 60% of the domestic market share, but also to promote the establishment of the white kidney bean industry clusters in Yunnan, to help ecological poverty alleviation and rural revitalization, so that the "white bean" into a "golden bean". "Golden bean"! [3][4]

Why is white kidney bean extract so effective? Focusing on the development and application of white kidney bean extract for 15 years, what is the story of Tianbao Birch Biological? In this article, we will take you to learn more about Tianbao Birch and white kidney bean extract from the aspects of Tianbao Birch's corporate profile, corporate advantages, product introduction, and customized services.

Table of Contents

I. Introduction of Tianbao Birch

Advantages

Main Products

Customized service

V. Qualification/Honor

Partners

VII. Exhibition Preview

Contact Us

IX. Recommended Reading

X. Reference Sources

I. Introduction of Tianbao Birch

(A) Company Profile

Yunnan Tianbao Birch Biological Resources Development Co., Ltd, founded in 2008, is a national high-tech enterprises, specializing in new small and medium-sized enterprises, mainly engaged in the research and development, production, sales and commercial application of white kidney bean extract (also known as α-amylase inhibiting protein, α-AI) development services. [5]. [5]

Tianbao Birch Biological has obtained the Food Circulation License, Food Production License (SC), US FDA certification, HACCP certification and other related qualifications and certifications, and is the first domestic manufacturer to obtain a full set of qualifications in the field of White Kidney Bean Extracts, and one of the mainstream international suppliers of Kidney Bean Extracts. [1][4][6]

Tianbao Bio has provided raw material support and application solutions for thousands of nutritional and health food companies, and its partners include COFCO Health, Yunnan Baiyao, and more than 2,000 well-known domestic and international health companies and food companies. [3]

In 2021, Yunnan Tianbao Birch's Kunming plant produced 150 tons of white kidney bean extract, creating an end-product market of more than 2 billion yuan in collaboration with customers. [3] According to China Food Network in 2022, products based on Tianbao Birch's white kidney bean extract have accounted for about 60% of the domestic market share of similar products. [4]

(ii) Industrial upgrading

　　

 

White kidney beans are one of the largest export agricultural products in Yunnan Province, generating nearly 100 million U.S. dollars in foreign exchange each year, and have made great contributions to the export of foreign exchange and poverty alleviation in high-altitude mountainous areas. But for a long time, the local white kidney bean processing to canned kidney beans, fillings and other primary products, added value has not really been developed.

The traditional white kidney beans as primary edible agricultural products, 12 yuan per kilogram. Through the high-tech deep processing of Tianbao Birch Biological, white kidney beans are extracted and comprehensively utilized to tap the value of great health, purified white kidney bean extract (α-AI), rapeseed extract, plant lectin (PHA), white kidney bean dietary fiber, kidney bean special starch, D-inositol, non-starch polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, peptides of the kidney bean, polyphenols of the kidney bean and so on, which are respectively applied to bioproducts, cosmetics, health food and FMCG products, and the value of each kilogram has been developed to more than 3,000 yuan. The empowerment of science and technology has extended the industrial chain for white kidney bean industry, created dozens of times of value-added, and made an important contribution to the transformation and upgrading of local agricultural industry and rural revitalization. [3]

 

In addition, as a drafting unit, Tianbao Birch Biological also formulated the import and export business standards of white kidney bean extract industry; promoted the establishment of "Yunnan Food Industry Association Kidney Bean Industry Cluster Professional Committee", participated in the "Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Major Special Project" and "Kunming International Science and Technology Cooperation Base - International Cooperation Base for Kidney Bean Industry". Participated in the construction of "Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Major Project" and "Kunming International Science and Technology Cooperation Base - International Cooperation Base for Kidney Bean Industry"; declared the EU "Horizon 2020" international scientific and technological cooperation project, and carried out industrial chain collaboration with several key counties and other countries/regions in kidney bean cultivation. In cooperation with the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other domestic and foreign agricultural research institutions, the company provides growers and agricultural organizations with education, training and technical output on green ecological and sustainable scientific cultivation methods, so as to improve the cultivation yield and quality of white kidney beans and assist the sustainable development and upgrading of the white kidney bean industry cluster in all aspects.

(III) Development History

2005~2008: The founding team made a breakthrough in the separation and purification of kidney bean components and became one of the leading teams in the separation and industrialization of international kidney bean components. The founding team decided to go back to China to start their own business due to the abundant resources of white kidney beans in Yunnan, China, which are driven by the masses, but the development and utilization of which are still at the stage of no deep processing technology.

2008: Yunnan Tianbaohua Bio-Resource Development Co., Ltd. was established, and the founding team returned to China with the core technology to carry out the project.

2010: Tianbao Bio was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the China Association for Science and Technology, and was recognized as a national "high-tech enterprise".

2016: Completed all the product testing and clinical trials of white kidney bean extract, obtained the "Food Production License" (SC), the U.S. FDA certification, and became the first Chinese enterprise in the field of white kidney bean extract with a full set of production qualifications. [7]

In 2017: Control Card® White Kidney Bean Extract was officially launched.

2018~2023: The company has more than 2,000 customers, and has set up overseas joint ventures and production lines in Australia, the United Kingdom, Laos and other countries, and has been recognized as "Specialized, Specialized, Specialized and New SMEs", and its products have already accounted for about 60% of the domestic market share. [3][4]

Second, the advantages of the enterprise

(A) raw material advantages

　　

 

Yunnan Province is currently the largest growing area of high-quality white kidney beans in China. The local white kidney beans are planted in high altitude and high UV areas above 1800 meters, with sufficient light and lower average temperatures. As a result, the grains of white kidney beans are fuller and have a higher content of protein and other components. The white kidney beans used in the production of Tianbao Birch Biologicals come from the alpine mountainous areas of Dali and Lijiang in Yunnan, and are grown in a standardized, green and sustainable way without the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers using the agricultural science and technology achievements of the Institute of Grain Crops of the Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which guarantees the quality and safety of the white kidney beans.

　　

 

At the same time, Yunnan Tianbao Birch Biologicals cooperates with Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences to collect and organize global kidney bean varieties, molecular breeding, and good seed breeding, and selects and breeds several new high-yield and high-resistance lines with protein content over 20%, α-AI content over 7%, and amylose inhibitory enzyme activity over 10000 U/G. [3] The white kidney beans used in the current production have been selected and upgraded with high α-AI varieties, and many indexes have reached the international top level. [3] The white kidney beans used in the current production of Tianbao Birch Biologicals have been selected and upgraded with high α-AI varieties, and a number of indexes have reached the international top level, which has established its germplasm advantage in the industry.

(ii) Technological Advantages

　　

 

The core R&D team of Tianbao Birch Biologicals consists of overseas masters, PhDs and post-docs from the UK, the US, Switzerland and other countries, with many years of overseas R&D and working experience, including one national special allowance recipient, one national high-level talent special support program inductee, and one provincial academic and technical leader. [5]

In order to promote the industrial development of white kidney bean extract, Tianbao Birch Bio has conducted a series of research and certification work on white kidney bean extract, completed various product tests and clinical trials on white kidney bean extract, established China's first full set of information on white kidney bean extract, accumulated more than 40 core technological achievements, and has a number of new application scenarios of human clinical trials in progress. [7]

At present, Tianbao Bio has obtained 6 core invention patents authorized, including "Amylase Inhibiting Protein Extraction Process", "Heat Stable Protected Amylase Inhibitor and Its Usage" and so on. The patented technology enables Tianbao Bio to maintain the α-AI spatial structure of white kidney bean extract intact in production; the extraction process does not require the addition of chemical additives to ensure the purity, quality and safety of the product. [7]

(C) Scientific research cooperation

Tianbao Bio has established scientific research cooperation relationships with many domestic research institutes, colleges and universities and enterprise R&D organizations, including the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China Agricultural University, COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences and other well-known domestic institutions, as well as the United States of America, the University of California, the United Kingdom, the University of Newcastle, Australia, the University of Melbourne and other well-known foreign colleges and universities.

In addition to cooperating with Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences to carry out white kidney bean breeding work, Tianbao Birch Biological has also set up "Yunnan Tianbao Birch - COFCO Nutritional and Health Research Institute Functional Food Joint Laboratory" with COFCO Nutritional and Health Research Institute for applied research experiments.

In 2019, Tianbaohuah Biological cooperated with COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute and Soochow University to establish an academician workstation in Yunnan Province: Academician Chen Xiaodong's workstation, to jointly carry out research on the iterative development of the alpha-amylase inhibiting protein of white kidney beans and production process technology, and to develop customized alpha-amylase inhibiting protein products of white kidney beans and comprehensive solutions for diversified applications. [8]

From 2019-2022, Tianbao Birch Biological and the First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom, the University of Melbourne in Australia, and the University of Sydney in Australia, are also carrying out basic and clinical research in a number of innovative directions, respectively.

III. Main Products

(I) Control Card® White Kidney Bean Extract

Controlled Card® White Kidney Bean Extract targets the Asian population's high-carbohydrate eating habits by inhibiting amylase activity in the body, reducing the body's digestion and absorption of starch, thus helping people to reduce the body's largest source of calories.

The whole process does not require dieting or abstinence, does not change eating habits, does not change the taste of food, and does not affect the absorption of other nutrients, so it is widely used for weight management and assisting in blood glucose management. For brands, there is no need to change the shape and flavor of the product, just add the Control Card® White Kidney Bean Extract to the original formula to add the health attributes of weight management to their products.

Controlled Card® White Kidney Bean Extract is produced by a number of Tianbao Birch Biotechnology's patented process (ZL200910094244.X) and special equipment. It is extracted from new varieties of White Kidney Bean planted on the Yunnan Plateau, which is characterized by its stability, fine texture, strong adaptability, high activity and so on.

Controlled Card® White Kidney Bean Extract has completed relevant tests including toxicology experiments, animal experiments, human clinical function experiments, etc., and obtained relevant certificates of product safety and efficacy, which can be used as common food raw materials applied in the fields of food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, and health care products. The Kunming production plant of Tianbao Huahua Bio-technology has passed the SC certification, and is equipped with a perfect food quality research system and testing platform, with construction standards meeting the requirements of food production.

In addition, Tianbao Bio has established a perfect and strict quality management system from raw material selection, incoming inspection, production process control, finished product quality inspection to finished product storage, transportation, customer feedback, etc. Through standardization, automation, informationization, digital control of the extraction process and on-line monitoring system, the traceability of each batch of products is guaranteed.

(II) Application Cases

After more than 10 years of development in the market application field, Zouka® white kidney bean extract has provided raw material support and application solutions for more than 2,000 domestic and foreign health enterprises and food enterprises, and has been applied to pre-prepared vegetables, dietary supplements, meal replacement powders, cookies, energy bars, puffed foods, jellies, pressed confectionery, soft candies, dairy products, liquid beverages, solid beverages, and other products. The following is an introduction to some of the innovative application cases of Zonka® White Kidney Bean Extract:

1、No-cook rice

For people who crave for the delicious taste of rice but are worried about the high glycemic index of traditional rice, Tianbao Bio has collaborated with a number of organizations to develop Control Card® No-Cook Rice. The no-cook rice with white kidney bean extract will not destroy the flavor of the rice, and also reduce the cooking process. Simply soak the rice in warm water for 10 minutes according to the ratio, and then you can get a rice with "Glycemic Index (GI) only about one-third of the traditional rice", realizing the pleasure of enjoying rice without any burden.

Tianbao Birch has joined hands with Yoka Health to promote the marketing of ControlCard® No-Cook Rice through joint exhibitions and commercial endorsement. The product was selected as a finalist for the FFI Food Formula Innovation Forum 2023 Innovative Work and won the first prize in the first "Talents Gathering in Panlong District of Kunming" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Creation Competition, and has been on-line for 4 months. In 4 months after the launch, the sales volume exceeded 120 tons and GMV exceeded 1200w.

In April 2023, Ten Pao Birch and Mikka Health jointly launched Mikka Sang Zero® White Kidney Bean No-Cook Rice Travel Pack again. The packaging design of the travel pack is more portable, lightweight and compact, suitable for travel, business trips and outdoor activities and other scenarios, whether it is hiking through the mountains, or city tours, you can easily carry and enjoy healthy green carbon food at any time.

2、WONDERLAB White Kidney Bean Pressure Candy

The innovative germplasm variety, Brassica alba L. 1 (YWL1), jointly developed by Tianbao Bio and the Grain Crops Research Institute of Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has a higher proportion of amylase inhibitors, higher activity and higher yield. The white kidney bean extract extracted through this variety has outstanding activity performance and possesses a number of unique and advantageous properties. At present, it has been specially supplied to WONDERLAB, a well-known domestic health and nutrition brand and a strategic partner of Tianbao Birch.

3、Control Card® Sauce Pack

Controlled Card® Sauce Packet is a seasoning packet of white kidney bean extract, which is a customized product developed and produced by Tianbao Bio together with Netflix brand to match with Netflix cuisine. It can be used with self-heating rice and snail powder. Before eating, sprinkle the extracts of the Controlled Carb® Seasoning Packet on the rice or snail noodles, which can allow consumers to enjoy a carbohydrate meal with reduced starch calories without changing the original flavor of the food or affecting the original way of consumption.

Customized service

With its own advantages in white kidney bean research and leading position in the industry, Tianbao Bio can provide partners with customized services from new product development, qualification clearance, production support to marketing and promotion of white kidney bean extract:

Service	particulars
Basic academic research and open application support	Based on the research results of Tianbao Birch, patented technology, certification qualification, etc., provide key materials including but not limited to approval qualification, research and testing report, etc.
New product development feasibility support	With rich experience in downstream application research and development of white kidney bean extract and the support of three-dimensional product development technology team of multiple cross-disciplines, we can provide feasible solutions for new product development and guarantee a higher success rate.
Global Product Library	Gathering international cutting-edge research results, market dynamics and product information, providing enterprises with a variety of related product customization solutions, and assisting brands in new product research and development.
Promotion and marketing support	Integrate domestic and foreign high-quality industry resources, marketing platforms, industry sales talent, the use of industry exhibitions, industry media channels, to provide more marketing and promotion of cooperation platforms
Production support	Cooperation with a number of well-known domestic OEM manufacturers, to help brands screen the right manufacturers to tailor-made products to meet the market's personalized needs.

V. Qualifications/Honors

(A) State-level high-tech enterprises

Since 2010, Yunnan Tianbao Birch Bio-resource Development Co., Ltd. has been continuously recognized as a national high-tech enterprise.

(II) Specialized, specialized and new small and medium-sized enterprises

In 2023, Yunnan Tianbao Birch Biological was recognized as a specialized, special and new small and medium-sized enterprise by the Department of Industry and Information Technology of Yunnan Province.

(iii) China's Ministry of National Science and Technology "Technology Innovation Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" established project

In 2010, Tianbao Birch Bio was awarded the project support of "Technology Innovation Fund for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China.

(IV) China Light Industry Federation Science and Technology Progress Award

In 2020, "Research on Nutritional Balance Technology of Food Regulated by Glycolipid Metabolism and Demonstration of Precision Manufacturing Application" conducted by Tianbao Huahua Biologicals in cooperation with COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute was awarded the Third Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of China Light Industry Federation. [9]

Partners

Tianbao Huahua Biological has reached a cooperative relationship with more than 2,000 famous health and food companies at home and abroad, including COFCO Health, Yunnan Baiyao, Xianle Health, Wahaha, WONDERLAB, Shuanghui, Junle Bao, and Ogilvy & Mather Pharmaceuticals.

VII. Upcoming Exhibits

Ten Pao Birch confirms its participation in FBIF Food Innovation Fair, which will be held at Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center (Bao'an) on June 14-16, 2023! Booth number: A10, Booth area: 60㎡.

FBIF Food Innovation Fair will be held at Shenzhen International Convention & Exhibition Center (Bao'an) on June 14-16, 2023, with an area of 62,000 square meters , consisting of 900+ exhibitors covering a wide range of categories such as dairy products, beverages, snacks, wines, spices and many other segments such as ingredients, foundry, packaging equipment, marketing, supply chain, etc., as well as 7 organizers exclusively planned event zones. The exhibition scale is growing at an average annual rate of 64.4%, and the number of visitors to this exhibition is expected to exceed 30,000 people. FBIF Food & Beverage Innovation Forum will be held at the same time of the exhibition.

At that time, Control Card will bring a variety of innovative white kidney bean extract products, welcome all new and old friends to visit and negotiate at Booth A10!

VIII、Contact Tianbao Birch

Yunnan Tianbao Birch Biological Resources Development Co.

Address：No.A-423,No.1520 Haiyuan Middle Road, Wuhua District, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China.

Tel：+86 400-680-2370

Company Email: concal@163.com

Official website: http://www.tbhbio.com/

Reference Source.

[1] Xinsiwei.com (2021), White Kidney Bean Extract Industry Market Depth Research and Development Prospect Forecast Report, by 2021-2026

[2] Yunnan.com (2019), "Zhong Yu: The National Slimming Plan of a Returnee Doctor".

[3] Yunnan Net (2022), "White beans become golden beans! Science and technology to make white kidney beans high-quality revitalization of the countryside".

[4] China Food Network (2022), "Yunnan White Kidney Bean Extract Industry Enters New Track".

[5] Tianbao Birch Biological website: About Us

[7] Yunnan Net (2019), "The Eighth Yunnan Youth Entrepreneurship Governor Award" Nominee Zhong Yu: Leading the Industry with White Kidney Bean Industry, Building a Green Future with Science and Technology".

[8] Tianbao Birch official website (2020), "Chen Xiaodong academician workstation stationed in Tianbao Birch Biotechnology, jointly promote the development of plateau white kidney bean industrialization".

[9] Tianbao Bio official website (2022), "COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute and Tianbao Bio's Cooperative Research Project Won the Third Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of China Light Industry Federation".