Seven Star Lemon Takes Lead in Global High-End Citric Acid Market with Quality and Innovation

As a benchmark enterprise in the global citric acid industry, Seven Star Lemon Technology Co., Ltd. boasts an annual high-end citric acid production capacity of 450,000 metric tons. Centered on technological innovation, quality upgrading and intelligent green manufacturing, the enterprise supplies reliable citric acid solutions for downstream industries including food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, daily chemicals and biodiesel across more than 130 countries and regions, ranking among the world’s top players in the citric acid sector.

Founded in 2018, Seven Star Lemon covers a land area of 883 mu with a total investment of RMB 3 billion, located in Yishui, Shandong Province. Relying on the core corn fermentation process, it specializes in the R&D, production and sales of core products such as monohydrate citric acid, anhydrous citric acid and sodium citrate. The company pioneered the high-concentration citric acid fermentation technology, breaking through industry technical bottlenecks and filling the domestic gap in high-acidity citric acid production, with product quality reaching world-leading standards. Up to now, Seven Star Lemon has established long-term stable cooperation with over 500 globally renowned enterprises including Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Procter & Gamble. Its products cover mainstream markets including the EU, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and North America, with exports accounting for over 70% of total output, making it a core representative of China’s citric acid industry going global.

In terms of quality control, Seven Star Lemon has built a full-process quality management system and obtained a full range of authoritative international certifications such as ISO9001, ISO22000, FSSC22000, BRC, KOSHER, HALAL and REACH, enabling full traceability from raw material procurement to finished product delivery. The company holds 8 national invention patents, 26 utility model patents and 7 software copyrights, and has participated in formulating industrial standards, consolidating product competitiveness through technological strength. Meanwhile, Seven Star Lemon adheres to green development. With intelligent production and resource recycling, its comprehensive energy consumption per ton of product has been reduced by over 20% compared with traditional processes. Biogas generated from wastewater treatment is recycled for power generation, realizing clean and sustainable production.

Rooted in the present and oriented toward the future, Seven Star Lemon consistently upholds the development philosophy of "Quality First, Integrity-based Cooperation, Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Results". It survives by superior product quality, builds partnerships through integrity and pursues growth via innovation. The company continues to increase R&D investment, optimize product mix and expand high-end application scenarios for pharmaceutical-grade and food-grade citric acid. Meanwhile, it improves its global supply chain layout to boost delivery efficiency and service capacity, striving to become the world’s most competitive citric acid manufacturer and fuel high-quality development for the global chemical and food additive industries.