The 2017 “Sept. 17 China Nuts Health Week” Opening Ceremony & Summit Forum, which is initiated by Specialized Committee for Nuts and Roasted Seeds of China National Food Industry Association (CNSA) and created by China Nuts and Roasted Seeds Industry, was launched this week. It is known that over 100 million people participated in the event leading nationwide healthy and scientific diet last year.

Nuts health week launched again

Weng Yangyang, person in charge of CNSA said under the innovation and transformation of economic new normal situations in China, the nuts and roasted seed industry in China has undergone unprecedented change: with improvement of people’s living standard, accelerated nuts and roasted seed product consumption upgrading and product upgrading, and segmentation of material, culture and spiritual consumption demands, and collision and integration of new online marketing mode and traditional marketing mode, the international degree of domestic nuts and seeds food market is higher and competition is more fierce; with popularization of food nutrition knowledge, and enhanced awareness of people for health, their requirements for food safety and nutrition health are higher. Moreover, since FDA released five healthy functions of nuts in 2007, the “Chinese Dietary Guide” issued by Chinese government also contained nuts and seed food. In May 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission of China issued the latest “Chinese Dietary Guide 2016”, and again listed nuts and seeds food to daily dietary structure chart (recommended amount shall be 25-35g per people per day). 

Under such a general background, under leadership of CNSA, the nuts and roasted seed industry in China founded Sept. 17 China Nuts Health Week, which will be held from Sept. 17 to Sept. 25 every year.