According to the "Management Measures on Health Food Registration and Filing", from July 1, 2016, health food will be transformed from the previous single registration system to the "dual track system", which is, the combination of registration and filing. Foodmate summarized and analyzed the approval status of health food products in 2020 for your reference.

I. Health Food Registration Status

Among the products approved in 2020, there are a large number of newly registered and re-registered products. Most of the newly registered products were accepted in 2014 and 2015, while the re-registered products were mainly accepted in 2017. Most of the products which want to change registration were not approved. Because of the influence of COVID-19 epidemic, the on-site inspection was suspended, the number of approvals on the health food transfer registration is small.

II. Health Food Filing Status

The filed health food is currently mainly nutrient products. The total number of filed health food products in 2020 is 1,357, including 40 imported health foods and 1,317 domestic health foods.

1 imported health food filing status

In 2020, Center for Food evaluation of the State Administration for Market Regulation issued a total of 40 health food filing certificates, and the products came from 14 companies in 6 countries or regions. The 6 countries or regions are the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, Finland, and Hong Kong, as shown in the figure below.

In terms of product dosage form, there are 28 tablets (including 8 chewable tablets and 20 normal oral tablets) in imported health food filing products, and 10 capsules (5 capsules and 5 soft capsules). In addition, there are 2 oral liquid. The dosage forms of health food filing include tablets, hard capsules, soft capsules, oral liquids and granules. In 2020, there are no imported granules that obtain filing certificates. At present, the overall number of imported health food granules is also relatively small.


From the perspective of the number of nutrient types of products, 40 products contain multiple nutrients in the majority.

In 2020, a total of 14 overseas companies obtained health food filing certificates, of which 7 companies are new companies in 2020. They are Vitamin World USA Corporation, Nature’s Care Manufacture Pty Limited, Hercules Laboratory Group Ltd., DOCTOR'S CLINICAL, INC., Ltd., SanaExpert GmbH, Martec Industries,Inc., and Queisser Pharma GmbH & Co.KG.

The number of new filing applicants in 2020 has increased, indicating that with the implementation of the “filing system” of health food, more and more overseas companies hope to enter Chinese market. From the perspective of the number of nutrients in products, the filing of imported health food products in 2020 is different from the previous years. The formula components are more complex and diverse, and the nutrients are more comprehensive.

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