In 2025, as the global food supply chain undergoes a deep restructuring, China's frozen onion are becoming an emerging force in the international market that cannot be ignored, thanks to the synergistic advantages of the entire industry chain. This "golden vegetable" originated from the East, through technological innovation and standardized production, transforms the freshness of the fields into convenience and nutrition for global consumers' dining tables. The core password of its foreign trade competitiveness is hidden in every link from planting to export.
As the world's largest onion producer, China's raw material supply capacity for frozen onion has formed a significant scale effect by 2025. Six major production areas, including Meilis District in Heilongjiang Province and Jiuquan District in Gansu Province, rely on unique climate conditions and mature planting techniques to achieve an annual total output of over 8 million tons, of which more than 30% is used for quick freezing processing.
The technological breakthrough of frozen diced onion in China is rewriting international standards. The ultra-low temperature freezing technology can lower the center temperature of onions to -35 ℃ within 30 minutes, forming uniform and fine ice crystal structures, and maximizing the retention of nutrients such as vitamin C and sulfides in the original onions. The Maillard reaction process developed by Shandong Jingrong Food involves constant temperature frying at 95 ℃ for 2.5 hours, which not only removes some moisture but also stimulates the sweet and fresh taste of onions, resulting in a thawed product with a texture similar to freshly cut onions and an extended shelf life of 18 months. This technological innovation has enabled China's frozen diced onion to rapidly replace traditional dehydrated onions in the Japanese, Korean, and Southeast Asian markets. The export volume is expected to exceed 500 million US dollars by 2025, an increase of 33.3% compared to 2019.
With the popularization of healthy eating concepts, frozen diced onion, as a convenient ingredient with zero additives and high fiber, are becoming the preferred ingredient for international catering chains. In the global frozen vegetable market by 2025, the demand growth rate for onion category will reach 13%, far exceeding the industry average level. Chinese companies have keenly captured this trend and are expanding into emerging markets such as the Middle East and Africa through e-commerce platforms, with an expected 30% increase in overseas customer base. In Japan, Jingrong Food's frozen diced onion have entered the ready to eat meal packs of convenience stores such as 7-11; In Europe, Jiuquan onions have become the designated ingredient for pizza chain brands due to their high dry matter content. This diversified layout of "traditional channels+emerging markets" effectively disperses the risks of a single market.
Looking back at the timeline of 2025, the rise of China's frozen onion strips foreign trade is not accidental. This is the result of the combined effects of large-scale production, technological innovation, policy support, and market insights, and it is also a vivid epitome of China's agricultural modernization process. When the morning sun shines on the onion fields in Jiuquan, Gansu, and when night falls, the conveyor belt of the speed freezing workshop is still running. These golden particles that cross mountains and seas are telling the story of Chinese food going global with their quality. In the future, with the deepening of the "the Belt and Road" initiative and the continuous upgrading of cold chain technology, Chinese frozen onion strips are expected to occupy a more important position in the global value chain, so that the world can taste the fresh and delicious food from the East.
Post time: Jun-04-2025