Clinical trial data plays a pivotal role in establishing causality and determining relationships between nutrition and health. But for many the clinical research process goes awry, with missing data or poor statistical handling of data leading to problems...
In highly competitive industries, differentiation is key. The alimentary and nutraceutical sector has faced multiple challenges within the last few years, particularly, in terms of the regulation around the marketing of functional foods and their associated...
The rapid growth of mobile health technologies, apps and wearable devices in recent year provides the clearest evidence of changing times and accelerated innovation in the mHealth space. This session will explore how these new technologies are impacting...
In their presentation, Steen and Ratna reveal key findings from studies that investigate the impact and benefits of HMOs, with a focus on 2’-fucosyllactose (2’-FL), the most abundant HMO found in human milk; they will also discuss the commercial potential...
This panel discussion will bring together experts in public health nutrition to discuss the strategies that best support families and early-life nutrition, garnering new insights that can help businesses achieve success in the maternal and infant market.
Nutrition during perinatal life can influence development, and may result in long-lasting adaptations of immune, metabolic and brain functions in later life, a phenomenon known as nutritional programming. The presentation will illustrate this concept...
Today, it is recognized that the first 1 000 days of early life are decisive for the development of children and their future health and, it appears, that protein intake plays and important role. Protein, nitrogen and amino acid requirements change rapidly...
This session will look at how new scientific discoveries and emerging areas of research are impacting the innovation and NPD process. From the growing commercial and academic interest in the microbiome, to the growing focus on human milk oligosaccharides...
The market for active and sports nutrition products is growing at a rapid rate and leading to a more diverse consumer base for the category.
Today there is no typical sports nutrition consumer. Older consumers and groups such as weekend-warriors...
While other vitamins and nutrients have hit the headlines for their positive effect on health in recent years, it seems that the importance of vitamin K2 as a modulator or controller of many other processes has been too often overlooked.
The sports nutrition market is growing rapidly as consumers look to ‘get healthy on the go’, and maximise the benefits of their active lifestyles. Indeed, according to Mintel data, one in four people in the UK have consumed a sports nutrition product,...
Today sports nutrition is going mainstream – with personalised nutrition for an active lifestyle. The trend is now driving tailored products – and green, vegan, natural and non-GMO claims, linked to the ever-popular protein. Plant protein is full of promise...
The sports nutrition category remains one of the fastest growing areas of the whole nutrition industry. But the market is also rife negative publicity because of certain products on the market which do not comply with food labelling and/ or safety rules,...
This session identifies some of the most important emerging risk factors for ageing and looks at nutritional solutions to mitigate these risks.We address the complexities of the ageing process and how lifestyle and nutrition can influence these over the...
Just because populations are ageing, it doesn’t mean they want to accept it! In this debate, we will explore how to develop products and target them towards people who have additional nutritional needs but do not identify with the label “old people”.
Prof. Rick Kingston, PharmD, will look into the risks of botanical ingredients as defined by adverse event reports and Roy Upton RH, DipAyu will lay out the benefits of botanicals.
Defining the fine line between nutritional science and ‘doping’ has been a difficulty for years. But in an age of personalised nutrition and an ever greater understanding of the important role of foods and supplements in all parts of our life, has it...
In this session we take a snapshot of the key regions driving growth in sports nutrition products in different EMEA regions. Asking how regional differences in consumer knowledge, preferred formats, and retailer sentiment will affect the growth of the...
