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By Lynda Searby
Taste is key to product acceptability, yet it is not always straightforward to
formulate functional foods that deliver on flavour as well as health
Demand for functional foods continues to rise and many market estimates point to them commanding around 5% of the total global food market in the next five years. With such rosy forecasts, it is easy to see why fortification of products with minerals, vitamins, omega 3s and other healthy ingredients will continue to be top of many food manufacturers’ NPD agendas.
But while functional foods might be a marketer’s dream, they can equally be a product developer’s nightmare, as Mark Fanion, communications manager with US custom premix manufacturer Fortitech, explained: “There are numerous challenges to overcome in order to address both the consumer’s need for healthy products and the manufacturer’s need for delivery systems free from formulation issues such as appearance, taste, texture and flavour.
Food ingredients Europe 2007 in London
The Food World
23,000 Food Ingredients Professionals Expected to Attend Food ingredients Europe 2007 in London
Maarssen, 1 July 2007 – Fi Europe 2007, to be held this year in London, will bring together key players in the food ingredient industry including manufacturers, suppliers, scientists, technologists and food ingredient buyers.
Attendance figures are expected to top the 2005 show (Fi Europe is a bi-annual event) with 23,000 food industry professionals anticipated. And there will be plenty for visitors to see, taste and feel. Over 1,000 exhibitors from 100 countries will display a diverse array of international food ingredients and manufacturing products and services.
Natural Ingredients Show to Run Alongside Fi Europe
This year, Natural ingredients (Ni) will run alongside Fi Europe 2007 as a co-located self-standing event. Greg Cherry, Event Director, commented, “Putting the only dedicated natural ingredients show and the largest food ingredients show in Europe under one roof means that exhibitors and visitors will benefit from the best of both worlds.”
Ni is a uniquely comprehensive event which showcases cosmetics, personal care, food, medical remedies and nutraceuticals. It will provide a highly professional cross-sector platform for networking, exchanging ideas and identifying the latest ingredient trends and developments.
International Milk Prodution Chain Fair
The Food WorldThe biggest milk chain fair in Latin America changes and gets a new shape
Feileite – International Fair of the Milk Productive Chain
"New Values. More Quality"
Date: October 30 through November 3, 2007
Time: From 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Place: Imigrantes Exposition Center - SP
Information: (11) 5067-6767
e-mail: feileite@agrocentro.com.br
On October 30 through November 3 the sectors making part of the milk productive chain will have the opportunity to verify the birth of an event that is already great and mature from its beginning, and which is able to leverage the business volume of the producers and the companies included in that segment.
Worldwide Food Expo ’07
The Food WorldOctober 24-27 2007 McCirmick Place, Chicago, IL USA
If you’re looking for growth and opportunity in the global food and beverage industries, you can’t miss Worldwide Food Expo ‘07.
Worldwide Food Expo is the year’s largest food and beverage processing and packaging event in the world, covering more than a million square feet with exhibits and featuring 1,000 of the world’s leading suppliers. More than 25,000 attendees from 100 countries will visit the show to learn about new technologies, trends and ideas.
Sifel Morocco 2007
The Food WorldInternational Fruit & Vegetables Trade Fair
06 to 09 December 2007 Agadir – Morocco
SIFEL Morocco (International fruit & vegetables trade fair) will be held December 06 to 09, 2007.
The 5th edition promises more attractions. A rich exhibition and conference program which aims to develop the business exchanges between the operators in the national and international market.
A competition held parallel to the show, gives a chance to innovative products to winning the award, the products have been listed by the co-organiser in all exhibition categories: technology, production, services, etc.
WORLDFOOD UKRAINE 2007
The Food World10th Ukrainian International Food Industry Exhibition
30 October - 2 November 2007 International Exhibition Centre Kiev • Ukraine
World Food Ukraine is an event that offers huge potential to exhibitors who are looking to establish their business in a country which displays all the signs of accelerated growth in the near future. 2007 will be the 10th edition of the event.
The food retail market continues to develop at a steady rate. Agriculture and food manufacturing are major industries in Ukraine and consequently domestic suppliers are strongly represented in the market. However, consumers are demanding a greater variety of food products from international companies and potential accession to the World Trade Organisation would see Ukraine’s markets open up wider to international suppliers. Those who are establishing their brands in the market now, are likely to benefit the most when the huge growth potential of the food retail sector is realised in the future.
DISF 2007 Seafood Expo 2007
The Food World29 - 31 October, 2007 Dubai, UAE
"The first of its kind in the Middle East Exclusive Trade Exhibition on SEAFOOD "
We wish to inform you that Orange Fairs & Events of Dubai will be organizing the Dubai Int’l Seafood Expo 2007, from 29 – 31 October, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dubai.
Exhibition: Seafood Expo 2007 - Dubai
Dates: 29 - 31 October, 2007
Balkan Food & Drinks 2007, Balkan Packaging 2007
Via Expo
INTRODUCTION
Latest innovations were displayed at Balkan Food & Drinks and Balkan PAC, which took place in Sofia, Bulgaria, between 21-24 November 2007. The emphasis remained very much on the perfect marketing opportunities for new partnerships and joint ventures, an overview of modern technology and versatile solutions
The 10-th jubilee edition featured companies from 22 countries, who demonstrated a wide range of food, drink and equipment, packaging, packaging and filling lines, machinery, etc.
EXHIBITIONS IN A NUTSHELL
Represented companies from 22 countries
2 National participations: Italy and Czech Republic
3250 visitors from 25 countries
56% top management
90% came to do business, either to find partners or to re-new relations with existing ones
32 specialists attended the training seminar ‘How to prepare a project for the EU programs’
70 experts went to the Export Forum
Innovations at IFFA
By Maureen Byrne
IFFA once again proved itself to be an excellent event for companies involved in all aspects of meat production and packaging
From 5 to 10 May, Messe Frankfurt was the focal point for visitors to the IFFA exhibition, which this year was more successful than ever. Exhibitors were delighted with the quality and quantity of contacts made with professionals looking for
innovations and solutions in the meat sector.
The fair occupied 120,000 m2 of floor space. There were 913 exhibitors, who welcomed 61,478 trade visitors, representing a 7% increase in numbers over the previous show in 2004, when 57,534 attended. After Germany, the top European visitor nations were Russia, Spain and Italy; and the leading overseas nations were the USA, Brazil, Australia and Japan.
The whole meat production spectrum was covered by exhibitors, including slaughtering, processing, packaging, ingredients, testing, control, and safety/hygiene equipment.
In the added value processing sector, there were some interesting innovations from Hoja. For low fat frying of a variety of meats, the company uses cast iron frying surfaces to give a ‘home made’ taste. Jörg Hoja explained: “Many companies use Teflon surfaces for frying, but that doesn’t give the taste of frying. Our machines can
run up to 300oC, which reduces frying loss (for some products down to 5%). The surface of the meat is seared to give a crisp crust and retain the juices so that it looks and tastes fried.”
Filling for the future
By Claire Rowan
Filling technology is becoming faster, more accurate and more efficient
every year as suppliers innovate to meet the demands of the market
Beverage manufacturers are continuing to innovate to meet the demands of modern drink consumers. Smoothies, tropical flavoured fruit drinks and near waters, health drinks and energy drinks all jostle for position with traditional favourites throughout Europe, and technology has to keep pace and offer continuously greater flexibility, high throughputs, and ease of cleaning and changeover.
The trend towards healthy and natural beverages in plastic bottles in particular is putting pressure on manufacturers to optimise cold filling techniques that preserve the quality of the end product without the need for preservatives and avoiding the damage possibly caused to sensitive components by hot filling.
KHS’s new filling system, which picked up the Gold award at the Intervitis Interfructa exhibition in Stuttgart, Germany in April, was specifically developed for aseptic cold filling of non-alcoholic beverages in plastic bottles at a rate of up to 60,000 bottles per hour. Said to be the first system of its kind, KHS’s Innofill DNRV draws on a dry sterilisation process and involves the automation of the traditionally manual operations found in conventional filling plants, such as the rapid changeover from normal pressure to counterpresure filling; the changeover of bottle mouth sizes; and cleaning in place regimes. Full automation of these functions has been designed to reduce any intervention in the isolator area, and therefore downtime.