Probiotics are microorganisms that are believed to provide health benefits when consumed, which facilitate digestion, gastrointestinal movement while oppress the growth of disease-causing strains.

There have been 500 million probiotics consumers in the globe. The year-by-year growth rate can realize 15% in some European countries. The probiotics products industry has developed a matured market in the developed countries.

In developed countries, probiotic products have been mature and developed highly with fast growth rate. Probiotics, vitamins and plant extracts are known as the three major products in healthcare industry. In terms of application, probiotics market can be divided into three categories, including raw materials, dietary supplements and food. Compared with raw materials and dietary supplements, food has the largest market shares.

In China, the market demand for probiotics products appears a soaring increase recently. In 2016, the market scale of probiotics products realized over RMB50, 000 million around the country. As health care industry develops, the potential market for probiotics would further expand in China. It is predicted that the market scale of probiotics products would reach to RMB145 billion by 2022 in China.

Chinese probiotic market is believed to become mature gradually in the next few years. The probiotics and probiotic fermented milk products will be popular in China someday as well. The market for probiotics industry in China is believed to be promising in the next few years.

Figure No.	Figure Title
Figure 1	Market scale of probiotic products in the globe, 2011-2016
Figure 2	Consumption structure of probiotics in the globe
Figure 3	Market scale of probiotic products in China, 2011-2016
Figure 4	Demand structure of probiotics market
Figure 5	Probiotics downstream products
Figure 6	The predicted retail market scale of domestic yoghurt in general in China, 2017-2022
Figure 7	Numbers of enterprises at national scale in health-care foods industry in China, 2012-2016
Figure 8	Assets scale of healthcare industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 9	The total sales revenue of health-care foods industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 10	The total profit of health-care foods industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 11	The numbers of pharmaceuticals manufacturers in China, 2011-2016
Figure 12	Total value of assets in pharmaceuticals industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 13	Sales revenue of pharmaceuticals industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 14	Total profit of pharmaceuticals industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 15	The numbers of feed enterprises in China, 2011-2016
Figure 16	Total value of assets in feed industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 17	Sales revenue of feed industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 18	The total profit of feed industry in China, 2011-2016
Figure 19	Business structure of Guangzhou Biostime in 2017
Figure 20	Business structure of Shanghai Jiaoda Onlly in 2017
Figure 21	Business structure of Kingworld Medicines Group in 2017
Figure 22	Business structure of Sirio Pharma in 2017
Figure 23	Predicted market scale of probiotic products in China, 2017-2022

Table No.	Table Title
Table 1	Ten major renowned brands and manufacturing enterprises of probiotics industry in China
Table 2	Laws and regulations on dairy industry
Table 3	List of bacterial species applicable to foods
Table 4	List of bacterial species applicable to infant foods
Table 5	Retail market scale of probiotic powder products in China, 2011-2016
Table 6	Retailing market scale of children probiotic powder products in China, 2011-2016
Table 7	Probiotics consumption in China, 2011-2016
Table 8	Retail market scale of domestic yoghurt in China, 2010-2016
Table 9	Retail market scale of domestic stirred yoghurt in China, 2010-2016
Table 10	Retail market scale of domestic solidified yoghurt in China, 2010-2016
Table 11	Standard for confected milk beverage and fermented milk beverage
Table 12	The economic indicators of milk beverages and plant protein beverages manufacturing in China, 2014-2016
Table 13	The economic indicators of fruits and vegetables juice manufacturing in China, 2014-2016
Table 14	The retail market scale of infant milk powder in China, 2011-2016
Table 15	Market scale of cosmetics and growth rate of that in China, 2011-2016
Table 16	Operating condition of Chr. Hansen, 2011-2016
Table 17	Operating condition of Yakult, 2010-2016
Table 18	Timetable of global distribution of Yakult
Table 19	Timetable of Yakult distribution in China
Table 20	Operating condition of DSM, 2011-2016
Table 21	Brief introduction of DuPont probiotic products
Table 22	Probiotic products in Guangzhou Biostime
Table 23	Major economic indicators in Guangzhou Biostime, 2013-2016
Table 24	Revenue of Guangzhou Biostime in terms of products, 2015-2016
Table 25	Operating condition of Shanghai Jiaoda Onlly in terms of products in 2016
Table 26	Revenue and profit statistics of Shanghai Jiaoda Onlly, 2012-2016
Table 27	Operating condition of Shanghai Jiaoda Onlly in terms of regions in 2016
Table 28	Main economic indicators of Kingworld Medicines Group, 2013-2016
Table 29	Revenue in terms of products of Kingworld Medicines Group, 2015-2016
Table 30	Revenue in terms of products of Sirio Pharma, 2012-2016
Table 31	Revenue and profit statistics of Sirio Pharma, 2012-2016
Table 32	Revenue in terms of regions of Sirio Pharma, 2012-2016
Table 33	Basic information of Beijing Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
Table 34	Sales revenue and profit of Beijing Hanmi Pharmaceuticals, 2012-2016
Table 35	Profitability indicators of Beijing Hanmi Pharmaceuticals, 2012-2016
Table 36	Basic information of Hanchenshi (Shenyang) Children’s Products
Table 37	Probiotic products information of Hanchenshi (Shenyang) Children Products
Table 38	Total assets and total liabilities of Hanchenshi (Shenyang) Children Products, 2013-2016
Table 39	Revenue and profit of Hanchenshi (Shenyang) Children Products, 2013-2015
Table 40	Asset- liability ratio and profitability indicators of Hanchenshi (Shenyang) Children Products, 2013-2016
Table 41	Sales revenue and total profit of Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Group, 2012-2016
Table 42	Profitability indicators of Xiuzheng Pharmaceutical Group, 2012-2016
Table 43	Basic information of Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group
Table 44	Revenue and profit statistics of Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group, 2012-2016
Table 45	Profitability indicators of Hangzhou Minsheng Pharmaceutical Group, 2012-2016
Table 46	Basic information of Hutchison Healthcare Company
Table 47	Basic information of products of Hutchison Healthcare Company
Table 48	Basic information of PT Solution Biotechnology
Table 49	Probiotic products in PT Solution Biotechnology
Table 50	Major economic indicators in PT Solution Biotechnology in 2016
Table 51	Basic information of Harbin Meihua Biotechnology