Supplier Seminar Theatre
One of the most popular features at Vitafoods Europe...
The Supplier Seminar Theatre was one of the most popular visitor features at Vitafoods Europe.
This free-to-attend, 3-day programme was packed with visitors interested in new products, developments and discoveries from the exhibitors
Exhibitors demonstrated their products directly to an attentive targeted audience.
Customers saw the products in action and had their burning questions answered there and then.
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Scroll down to view the full programme or jump to a specific day to see who spoke about what:
TUESDAY 10 MAY
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
THURSDAY 12 MAY
Tuesday 10th May
| 10.30-11.00 | Aker Biomarine |
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Sustainable management of krill in the Southern ocean Speaker: Nina Jensen, Conservation Director WWF-Norway |
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| 11.05-11.35 | Symrise AG |
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Functionality and Good Taste – A Discrepency in Itself? Speaker: Dr. Simone Peschke, Symrise AG, Holzminden/Germany, Head of Competence Center Health & Nutrition |
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| 11.40- 12.10 | Naturex |
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Ultimate ingredient concepts for the development of nutraceutical and functional foods Speaker: Benjamin Voiry, Business Manager – NAT life |
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| 12.15-12.45 | DSM Nutritional Products |
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Guard your Heart: Nutritional Solutions for Cardiovascular Health. The Health Concern, The Consumer Demand, The Nutritional Solutions, Fruitflow Speaker: Jacob Bauly, Market Development Manager Europe, Africa, Middle East |
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| 12.50-13.20 | Bioreal (Sweden) AB |
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Cardiovascular benefits of AstaREAL, natural astaxanthin Speaker: Petra Kindlund, Nutritionist, BioReal (Sweden) AB |
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| 13.25-13.55 | Ingredia Nutritional |
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Newly-approved Safe Ingredient for Effective Weight Management Speaker: James Komorowski, M.S, Vice-president of R&D for Nutrition21, Phd Alain Baniel, R&D manager at Ingredia Nutritional |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Davos Life Sciences |
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Tocotrienols: The Unsaturated Vitamin E to Fight Metabolic Syndrome Speaker: Prof Yong Chuan Wong, Scientific Advisor, Davos Life Science PTE LTD |
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| 14.35-15.05 | EPAX AS |
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Metabolic Syndrome: Managing Risk with Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids Speaker: Gretchen Vannice, MS, R.D, Omega-3 RD, Portland, OR, USA |
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| 15.10-15.40 | Naturex |
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Medicine Hunting for Super Plants Speaker: Chris Kilham, Ethnobotanist and Consultant |
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| 15.45-16.15 | Catalent Pharma Solutions |
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Catalent Pharma Solutions Launches New Probiotic Softgel Capability Speaker: Dr. Claudia Valla, Product Development Manager, Italy, Consumer Health - Catalent Italy |
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| 16.20-16.50 | Valorial |
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Examples of Health ingredient Innovations from members of the French Food Cluster Valorial : POLARIS technological approach for high potency healthcare ingredients and NAT’INOV sustainable and natural antioxidants (Nat’Fresh®) Speakers: Roland Conanec - Project manager, CBB Développement/Valorial, Elise Moreau - Sales manager, Nat’Inov, Frédéric Thareau -Sales manager, Polaris |
Wednesday 11th May
| 10.30-11.00 | Cognis GmbH |
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Heart Health Ingredients keep the beat - Success story of plant sterols and outlook into areas beyond cholesterol reduction Speaker: Christina Ehrhardt, Global Research Manager |
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| 11.05-11.35 | Croda Europe |
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Ensuring the responsible sourcing and supply of omega 3 ingredients Speaker: Steve Mellor, Technical Manager Croda Health Care and Andrew Jackson, Technical Director, International Fish Oil and Fishmeal organisation (IFFO) |
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| 11.40- 12.10 | Naturex |
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The advantages of using granular extracts compared to powdered extracts in tablets and capsules Speaker: Thomas Ughetto, Business Manager – NAT activ |
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| 12.15-12.45 | Ingredia Nutritional |
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Innovation at your fingertips: how to reduce the time to market with Ingredia Nutritional Speaker: Sandrine Cuisenier, Marketing Manager at Ingredia Nutritional |
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| 12.50-13.20 | DANISCO |
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"Litesse®, the Better Fibre - Improving satiety, digestive health and beyond." Speaker: Kirsti Tiihonen Ph. D., R&D Group Manager, Health & Nutrition |
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| 13.25-13.55 | Lonza Ltd |
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ResistAid™ - a natural immune enhancer Speaker: Mrs. Frauke Warrikoff, Marketing & Sales Manager, Nutrition |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Kemin Health Europe |
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Enlivitea™ Antioxidant Formula Speaker: Samanta Maci, Technical Services Manager, Europe |
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| 14.35-15.05 | LGC |
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Stevia: Analytical testing for a new food ingredient Speaker: Frank Jaksch, Founder and CEO ChromaDex, Inc. |
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| 15.10-15.40 | Chr. Hansen A/S |
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Bifidobacterium BB-12 plus fiber for constipation Speaker: Sune Schmoelker, Commercial Development Director |
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| 15.45-16.15 | Horphag Research |
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The beauty of Pycnogenol® for healthy juvenile skin Speaker: Dr. Frank Schoenlau – Scientific Director |
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| 16.20-16.50 | Fortitech |
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Formulating Products That Appeal To Men Speaker: Johnny Thylin, Ph.D., MBA - Technical Director at Fortitech Europe ApS |
Thursday 12th May
| 11.05-11.35 | Immitec |
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Wellmune WGP® - Immune Health & Stress Management Speaker: Dr. Don Cox, Ph.D. SVP R&D, Biothera Healthcare Group |
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| 11.40- 12.10 | Analyze and Realize |
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Struggling with health claims: How to move forward? Speaker: Iris Hardewig, PhD, Head of Nutritional Business Consulting, analyze & realize ag |
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| 12.15-12.45 | Ajinomoto Omnichem |
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Effect of OmniVin (Grape seed extract) on oxidative stress in humans - clinical study results. Speaker: Kristof van Belleghem |
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| 12.50-13.20 | NSF |
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Supply Chain Quality: The A-Z Guide of what to look for by NSF International Speaker: Mr Ed Wyszumiala, General Manager, Dietary Supplements & Functional Foods, NSF International |
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| 13.25-13.55 | Hankintatukku |
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Vitacell SOD 10 - a unique primary antioxidant Speaker: Ansa Viskari |
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| 14.00-14.30 | Gelita |
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Collagen Peptides Stimulating Body Functions - A scientific outlook Speaker: Martin Walter |
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| 14:35-15:05 | EHPM |
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Health Claims: new EU policy, new challenges, new actions Speaker: Lorene Courrege |
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