FlavourTalk Raw Materials Exhibition (11th March) is the twelfth of the highly acclaimed table-top events, which offers delegates a unique opportunity to meet suppliers of raw materials from companies in Europe and beyond.
The CBD sector has witnessed a phenomenal increase in awareness, propelled by surging consumer interest. This has led to something of a gold rush among innovative challenger brands. But for all its potential, the category faces a minefield of regulatory,...
The Ingredients Show will take place on 30 March – 1 April at the NEC Birmingham and is the only UK show dedicated to Nutra and Food & Drink Development.
The leading buying and sourcing event for the global nutraceutical industry, Vitafoods Europe returns to Geneva on 12-14 May 2020 showcasing the latest developments in nutraceutical ingredients, products, manufacturing and equipment.
Our online event, Healthy & Functional Dairy 2013, will explore the factors driving current consumer demand for products such as Greek yogurt and whey protein-enriched milk beverages, and the future development of this thriving category.This free-to-attend...
Fat, salt and sugar reduction in bakery isn’t new, but do formulation capacities and potential match up to ever-growing demands from both consumers and governments?Overcoming technical hurdles has become the norm in bakery reformulation, and some ingredients...
How do you convince a consumer to buy your fat-free donut on impulse when the full-fat, extra chocolate version is on display too?The global bakery sector has developed an array of better-for-you products, overcoming lots of technical hurdles to get there,...
Should fat, salt and sugar reduction in bakery be regulated – or is industry doing enough?Bakery manufacturers face increasing pressure to develop healthier variants as global obesity and diet-related illness spiral. Industry has been making efforts and...
In this roundtable debate we ask how the industry can meet increasing demand for nutritional oils (and particularly for omega-3s from a variety of sources).What are the best ways to produce meaningful amounts of nutritional lipids? Is it better to increase...
The omega fatty acid market (comprising of functional food, drinks and supplements) was worth US$30 billion, yet most populations are deficient. In her presentation Diana Cowland will compare the market for omega fatty acid-fortified food and drink to...
Nutritional lipids have long been suggested to have an impact on our health. From healthy hearts and arteries to vision and learning. But what about more subtle measures of our wellbeing like mood and behaviour. In this webinar Professor Alex Richardson...
Think you have a handle on the global functional and healthy dairy market? Congratulations if you do, because the dairy sector is changing so quickly it can be hard to read.This global snapshot from probably the world’s best healthy food trends pundit...
Consumers want foods that are ‘wholesome’, ‘authentic’, and above all ‘natural’, although few of them can articulate what this means.And they are not alone. Regulators have not had a good stab at defining ‘natural’ either. The US Food and Drug Administration...
The panel debate will address the following questions:What does research tell us about what consumers regard to be ‘natural’? Is ‘natural’ a rather nebulous – and constantly evolving – concept? Does it amount to more than just a list of acceptable or...
If an ingredient starts with an x, sounds like a chemical, or isn’t in your kitchen cupboard at home, it’s going to be regarded with suspicion by some consumers on both sides of the Atlantic, who want foods that are ‘wholesome’, ‘authentic’, and ‘natural’,...
With a class action lawsuit filed almost weekly in California against companies using the word ‘natural’ (in the absence of a useful legal definition), should food marketers think twice about using the term in the US market? How many of these cases ever...
Regulatory pressure has forced the probiotic sector to think hard about how its products are presented to world. The alignment between the vast body of science and regulatory parameters varies greatly with regions and countries so what marketing tools...
Global pre- and probiotic markets are in good health, with a vast body of science that stands at some 7000+ publications over many decades. But can the functional foods category leader stay out in front as regulatory systems clamp marketing tools?
The Schwarzenegger in the room, protein continues to dominate sports nutrition product formulation. Is it all about whey and soy? Can we produce high quality protein-based products and reduce costs? What about growing the consumer base? Register for our...
