Breaking the bottleneck at the source: Yong'an Pharmaceutical, together with its subsidiary Yong'an Kangjian, launches three major sports nutrition raw material brands

(Source: Qianjiang Yong’an Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)

As the sports nutrition market moves from “wild growth” to “refined, meticulous cultivation,” a fundamental question comes to the surface: for those products that tout high efficiency and purity, what technical confidence do they truly rely on? The answer lies at the very top of the industrial chain.

In the field of sports nutrition, the ability to control inputs from the source determines the quality boundaries of the final products. Yong’an Pharmaceutical, together with its subsidiary Yong’an Kangjian, based on its deep accumulation in global raw material fields, officially launched three strategic raw-material brands—INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine, INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein, and Taurisync® taurine. This is not only an expansion of the product portfolio, but also a reinvention of end-to-end industrial-chain value—from the source to the end customer.

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INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine

When “purity” becomes a technical creed

Creatine is a widely recognized A-class supplement ingredient in the sports nutrition industry and is synonymous with strength and endurance. The criteria for evaluating creatine quality focus on three core indicators: content, dicyandiamide, and creatinine.

Dicyandiamide is a key byproduct in the creatine production process, and it is also the central yardstick for measuring process quality. In most creatine products on the market, the dicyandiamide content is typically between 50–200 ppm, while INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine provides a solution with deeper technical depth.

Creatinine, meanwhile, is an impurity produced when creatine degrades under humid and hot conditions, and it is an important indicator for assessing a product’s shelf stability. INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine uses an optimized crystallization process and packaging plan to effectively suppress the formation of creatinine, ensuring the product’s high stability throughout its shelf life.

As a drafting unit for industry standards on creatine, Yong’an provides multiple product options:

Monohydrate creatine (standard type): monohydrate creatine content ≥ 99.97%, meeting basic application needs.

INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine Type I (standard type): monohydrate creatine content ≥ 99.99%, dicyandiamide ≤ 100 ppm, creatinine ≤ 100 ppm. It aligns with international mainstream standards and meets the fundamental needs of mainstream fitness users.

INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine Type II (purity grade): monohydrate creatine content ≥ 99.99%, dicyandiamide content ≤ 10 ppm, creatinine ≤ 50 ppm. This benchmark standard far exceeds common industry practice, offering quality commitments comparable to international top-tier brands for professional athletes and high-end brands.

In terms of functional dimensions, it not only helps enhance muscle elasticity, reduce the risk of sports injuries, and promote post-workout repair, but also can help regulate metabolic levels and intervene in comprehensive syndromes of age-related muscle loss. It extends the application boundary of sports nutrition into healthy aging and everyday health management.

It is precisely thanks to the hard-to-match quality of INNO-MUSCLE® monohydrate creatine that Muscle Doctor® uses it as the core raw material to achieve a quality closed-loop from the source to the end customer. With outstanding product performance, it has earned widespread market recognition and become a national sales-leading brand in the creatine category.

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INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein

Breaking dependency on imports

If creatine is the engine for strength, then protein is the foundation for repair. For a long time, whey protein has held the “front-row seat” in sports nutrition, and the introduction of INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein is now breaking that pattern.

This product uses chicken egg white ovomucoid protein as its raw material, with protein content as high as 84%. Through directional enzymatic hydrolysis, it builds a protein structural system with coordinated multiple molecular-weight fractions:

◎ small-molecule peptides (<1000 Da) account for about 30%, enabling rapid absorption;

◎ medium-molecule peptides (1–10 kDa) account for about 28%, ensuring a sustained supply;

◎ large-molecule proteins (>10 kDa) account for about 42%, achieving slow/controlled release.

This scientific formulation gives the product high bioavailability and low gastrointestinal burden. Data across multiple dimensions further confirms its competitiveness:

First, higher utilization.

The protein efficiency ratio (PER) of chicken egg protein ranks among the best among all natural proteins. Based on this advantage, the net protein utilization rate of INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein reaches 94.7%, which is 4.3 percentage points higher than whey protein.

Second, its functional performance is not inferior to whey protein.

A functional evaluation study from Jiangnan University shows that regarding time spent in exhaustive exercise, post-exercise blood lactic acid concentration, and muscle glycogen recovery effects, INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein performs comparably to whey protein. In addition, across four core dimensions—SOD (antioxidation), LDH (cell protection), IL-6 (inflammatory signaling), and IL-10 (anti-inflammatory recovery)—the two are highly synchronized. Moreover, its branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) content is even higher than that of whey protein, providing an even better amino-acid profile for muscle building and immune support.

Third, a clear cost advantage.

Compared with ordinary whey protein, costs are reduced by more than 30%; compared with whey protein isolate, costs are reduced by more than 50%. More importantly, this is a stable supply raw material that is 100% domestically produced, completely eliminating dependence on imports.

Fourth, a better mixing/preparation experience.

Whey protein often has a milky odor, tends to clump when mixed, and can precipitate under high temperatures. By contrast, INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein has excellent processing adaptability: it has a light taste, dissolves quickly with no clumping, and remains stably soluble even above 80℃. It is suitable for both hot and cold drinks, as well as baking.

With characteristics such as zero lactose, zero cholesterol, heat-resistant rapid solubility, high absorption rate, and controllable cost, INNO-IMMUNE® hydrolyzed ovomucoid protein is becoming an ideal choice for scenarios including sports nutrition, healthy nutrition for older adults, weight management, and everyday nutrition.

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Taurisync® taurine

Deep cultivation for 25 years, serving the world

In Yong’an’s raw-material matrix, Taurisync® taurine is a special presence. Its specialness lies not only in the product’s quality, but also in the industry depth behind it.

Global patented technology moat: the company’s independently developed patented production process has already received invention patent authorizations in multiple countries including China, the United States, Europe, and Japan, building a solid technical barrier.

Ultra-large-scale stable supply: annual production capacity of 78,000 tons, modernized production lines, and a mature supply-chain system, steadily meeting large-volume procurement needs of customers worldwide.

Stringent quality assurance: patented technology ensures high-quality taurine; all indicators are better than those in the pharmacopeia standards, enabling continued service to many well-known brands worldwide.

In the context of sports nutrition, Taurisync® taurine regulates cell osmotic pressure, maintains calcium ion homeostasis, and exerts an endogenous antioxidant role. It demonstrates unique synergistic value in alleviating sports fatigue, protecting cardiac muscle cells, and promoting post-exercise nervous relaxation. Its application areas cover sports nutrition, animal nutrition, and dietary supplements, providing core support for the development of multiple categories such as functional beverages, pet foods, and health foods.

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The sports nutrition market has never lacked concepts; what it lacks is technical strength and supply-chain assurance capable of turning concepts into reality.

As the core platform through which Yong’an Pharmaceutical develops the healthy large-industry sector, Yong’an Kangjian has built a complete closed-loop across the entire industrial chain—from upstream raw materials, to midstream manufacturing, to downstream brands. The upstream layer is grounded by independent patents and ultra-large-scale production capacity; the midstream layer builds a high-quality raw-material matrix centered on taurine, creatine, and protein, and also has smart manufacturing capabilities for all dosage forms, including tablets, powders, soft candies, soft capsules, hard capsules, and liquid beverages; the downstream layer, through mature brand matrices and market solutions, precisely reaches diverse consumer groups.

In an industry cycle full of uncertainty, certainty is the scarcest form of competitiveness. Yong’an Kangjian is driven by “raw materials + manufacturing + brands,” turning industrial-chain advantages into a stable channel for brand partners from the source to the end customer. When technical strength and supply-chain assurance converge at a single point, we are willing to define the next decade of sports nutrition together with every partner.

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