The potential for identifying new and interesting foods and supplements from berries and other food plants found in regions of South America and Africa remains bountiful, according to one botanical expert.
Organisers of Vitafoods 2014 want submissions for the next year’s conference that runs in conjunction with the Geneva ingredients and finished expo on May 6-8 next year.
Chr. Hansen has narrowed its growth forecast for 2012-13 after a major natural colour customer in South America chose to return to synthetics, and carmine prices declined.
Global dietary supplements regulations and their relation to markets in South America was the theme of an event of a congress hosted by the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) in January.
Raisio has signed an agreement to see its branded cholesterol
lowering ingredient enter the Ecuadorian market in yoghurt - a move
it says will take advantage of great market potential.
Growing consumer preference for natural products, as well as
increasing concerns related to weight and disease, are making the
herbal stevia more and more sought after.
Inter Farma is branding its South American bovine-sourced
chondroitin sulfate as Dynatin CS, and is marketing it on the dual
platforms of US Pharmacopoeia certification and hailing from a
BSE-free country.
Fortitech has experienced such steady growth in demand for its
premix solutions in South America that it is increasing its
presence in the region in a bid to make the most of opportunities.
Ireland's Glanbia and Uruguay's Conaprole have joined forces to
help develop the market for dairy ingredients in Latin America. A
new joint venture company, Conabia, based in Mexico, will develop
sales throughout Central...
