ShanghaiMay 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On May 20, the 2026 China International Bakery Exhibition kicked off at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) in Hongqiao. As a subsidiary of Savencia, the internationally renowned dairy group, Sinodis showcased several of its well-known brands at the exhibition, including Elle & Vire Professionnel, Valrhona, Corman, JOYHANA, Lescure, Adamance, and Milkana Professional. Marking its 30th anniversary in the Chinese market, Sinodis, grounded in its long-standing practice of continuously building a robust product portfolio and introducing high-quality global food products to China, comprehensively demonstrated its deep expertise and innovative ambitions in the fields of baking, pastry, and desserts, committed to providing professional solutions for Chinese food service professionals.
Thirty Years of Dedication: Continuously Strengthening the Product Matrix and Deepening Roots in the Chinese Market
Since entering the Chinese market in 1996, Sinodis has traversed an extraordinary 30-year journey: starting as an importer of food products, it gradually evolved into a comprehensive service provider offering one-stop solutions, and pioneered digitalization within the industry. Over these three decades, Sinodis has established offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, and set up four Chef Studios, bringing together a team of “Extraordinary Star Chefs” covering the four major areas of pastry, baking, cuisine, and beverages, providing clients with integrated technical support from brand development to market promotion.
For thirty years, Sinodis’s mission has remained unchanged — to inspire Chinese food service professionals to explore world-class flavors together and collaborate to create culinary delights. By continuously strengthening its product portfolio, deepening service capabilities, and leading digital transformation, Sinodis is steadily advancing towards its goal of becoming a professional solution provider for China’s food service industry.
Brand Synergy in Action: Gathering French Artisanship to Forge New Value in the Chinese Market
Sinodis is always committed to bringing world-class brands and products into the Chinese market. Through a multi-brand synergy strategy, it fully leverages the unique strengths and professional expertise of each brand, offering Chinese food service clients a comprehensive range of products from dairy, chocolate, and butter to fruit purees and semi-finished goods. This synergistic system integrates global resources with local insights, creating comprehensive value for food service industry clients that transcends any single brand. At this year’s exhibition, Sinodis celebrated significant milestones for two of its core brands and showcased a new cream product from the Corman brand.
Among them, Elle & Vire, originating from Normandy, France, celebrated its 80th anniversary, conveying its commitment to quality and passion for sharing delicious food under the theme “80 Years of Passion, Sharing the ‘Flavors’ of the Future.” Since its founding, Elle & Vire has dedicated itself to passing on the unique dairy expertise and knowledge of Normandy to chefs worldwide. Its cream, butter, and dessert bases are all made with 100% French milk sources, fully reflecting Elle & Vire’s adherence to and inheritance of Normandy’s dairy craftsmanship. From Normandy to China, Elle & Vire continues to deliver sincere and heartfelt delicious experiences to food service professionals with its exceptional dairy products.
Another century-old brand, Valrhona, celebrated the 40th anniversary of its classic product — the Guanaja 70% dark chocolate. In 1986, Valrhona created Guanaja, a chocolate with a cocoa content as high as 70%, which was unprecedented in the market at the time and immediately became a classic product in the chocolate industry. Valrhona selects cocoa beans from various origins, including Trinidad, Dominica, and Jamaica in the Caribbean of Central America, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in West Africa, and Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, subtly blending their unique aromas to create Guanaja’s bittersweet and elegant flavor profile, with a remarkable bitterness revealing complex and rich notes of fruit, coffee, molasses, and flowers. For 40 years, it has continuously pushed traditional boundaries, becoming a taste benchmark in the hearts of pastry chefs and chocolate lovers worldwide.
Furthermore, Sinodis continues to focus on localized product innovation and development. At this year’s Bakery Exhibition, it showcased a new product from the Corman brand — Classic Whipping Cream (36% fat content). This Corman Classic Whipping Cream has a simple ingredient list, containing only raw milk and carrageenan. Designed with a European cream system, its color, aroma, and taste are rich with local characteristics, featuring a classic milky white color, pure dairy aroma, and a silky texture. Its dense texture blends smoothly with other ingredients like chocolate and fruit purees, presenting a delicate sheen, making it a professional choice for Western-style desserts. In 2025, Sinodis launched its first locally produced whipping cream — Corman Pure Whipping Cream (38% fat content). This clean-label whipping cream contains only 100% raw milk in its ingredient list, offering a rich, silky taste and the natural pure white color of milk, opening a new chapter in the development of high-end whipping cream in China. The Corman Classic Whipping Cream (36% fat content) exhibited this time is another masterpiece on Sinodis’s path of localized innovation. Sinodis is setting a quality benchmark for locally produced cream with the Corman series, driving continuous innovation in the industry.
At the same time, the Sinodis exhibition area also displayed a rich product lineup from classic brands such as JOYHANA, Lescure, Adamance, and Milkana Professional, fully demonstrating the powerful synergy of the group’s multi-brand strategy and offering food service clients more diverse, high-quality choices.
Embracing Trends and Digitalization: Committed to Becoming a Professional Solution Provider
Currently, China’s food service consumer market is undergoing profound changes. The consumption scenarios integrating online and offline are becoming increasingly diverse, placing higher demands on the product innovation and service responsiveness of food service professionals. Facing this trend, Sinodis actively embraces market changes and digital transformation, dedicated to improving industry efficiency through digital tools and empowering client business growth.
The company’s self-developed integrated digital platform — MySinodis — breaks away from the traditional single function of sales order placement. Besides allowing users to query products and manage orders anytime, they can also access cutting-edge industry trends, participate in online live courses, watch professional chef demonstrations, and learn related techniques and operations. Moreover, the platform regularly shares various creative recipes, including masterpieces, becoming a source of creative inspiration for every pastry chef. The creation of MySinodis aims to provide food service clients and professionals with a one-stop online platform for professional solutions, helping clients grasp market trends in a timely manner, combine their own advantages, stimulate potential creative capabilities, and support the long-term development of their businesses. In the future, the platform will continue to be improved, adding new functions to meet the future development needs of the industry and fully support the digital transformation and sustainable development of the food service industry.
Mr. Denis VERGNEAU, General Manager of Sinodis, stated: “I am very pleased to participate in this year’s China International Bakery Exhibition once again and take this opportunity to look back with everyone on Sinodis’s 30-year journey of deep cultivation in the Chinese market. Over the past three decades, we have rooted ourselves in the Chinese market and witnessed the rapid development and transformation of the baking industry. Looking ahead, Sinodis will continue to embrace market trends and digital transformation, committed to providing professional solutions for China’s food service industry. We believe that through continuous innovation and local deep cultivation, Sinodis will join hands with industry partners to write the next brilliant chapter for China’s baking and food service industry.”
After 30 years of dedication, the original aspiration remains unchanged. Sinodis will continue to uphold its commitment to quality and pursuit of innovation, providing comprehensive solutions for China’s food service industry with a powerful product matrix, a professional team of star chefs, and a leading digital platform. Standing at the new starting point of this year’s Bakery Exhibition, Sinodis will join hands with every food service professional to create a bright future of culinary delights.