| Sponsors | Biography |  | Kudos Blends combines chemistry with baking to lead the worldwide development of alternative raising agents for salt reduction initiatives. Salt reduction is on the agenda for every baker and premix producer, and Kudos Blends has developed KUDOS™ Potassium Bicarbonate to replace sodium bicarbonate as the industry standard. With the extensive range of PELL™ baking powders, including low sodium products, we can provide bakers with raising agents that optimise the quality, texture, taste and shelf life of baked products, whilst reducing the sodium content. The team that researched and developed this innovative solution will be available at Stand 3H80 to answer technical, practical and application questions. |  | PureCircle is the global leader in the production of high purity stevia products. PureCircle is leading the industry with the development of a strong sustainable natural supply chain. Stevia is now being grown for PureCircle in more than 15 countries across South America, Africa, Asia, and the United States; it provides a sustainable cash crop for rural farming communities in each region. As part of its leadership of the stevia industry, PureCircle has pioneered the industry trust mark Stevia PureCircle® that educates consumers about the benefits of stevia and provides a strong base of trust for both consumers and Food & Beverage companies alike. www.purecircle.com |  | KLBD (also known as the Kashrut Division of the London Beth Din) is one of the world’s leading Kosher certification agencies operating in 50 countries across 6 continents and certifying many multi national food processors and ingredient manufacturers alike.
Our food technologists and chemists have broad experience of most raw material categories, coupled with a database with tens of thousands of ingredient combinations.
KLBD is committed to offering a professional and affordable global kosher certification. Our inspectors and certification team, together with our worldwide representatives and agents work around the clock to guarantee an efficient service.
Our team look forward to welcoming visitors to our Stand 3H33 to answer any technical questions or direct Kosher certifying applications. www.klbdkosher.org |  | Purac is a leading company in food preservation, biobased chemicals and lactic acid based bioplastics and the worldwide market leader in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides. Purac has 80 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and marketing of these
products in a broad range of industries. Purac operates production plants in the USA, the Netherlands, Spain, Brazil and Thailand and markets its products through a worldwide network of sales offices and distributors. Purac is headquartered in The Netherlands and is a part of CSM. www.purac.com – Stand 2D13 |  | European consumers have increasingly high expectations of natural products that look attractive and appetizing. Naturex is committed to offering a comprehensive color palette through its NATcolor™ range. These ingredients can perform beautifully bringing vibrant and brilliant shades to products. Selected from nature, they are developed for their colourant strength, appearance and stability, without the need for synthetic colour. Naturex manufactures natural specialty ingredients for the Food & Beverage, Nutrition & Health and Personal Care industries. Naturex employs over 1000 people and has 11 production units located all over the world. In addition, the group has several sales offices worldwide. www.naturex.com |  | A private family business for 78 years, Roquette is one of the world’s leading starch processors, offering over 700 sophisticated products – all obtained from renewable resources – to a wide range of industrial sectors. Focusing on nutrition/health and plant chemistry, it is dedicated to the innovation needed to meet today’s and tomorrow’s challenges. www.roquette.com |  | SPRIM ADVANCED LIFE SCIENCES is a Global CRO and a leader in the health ingredients, food and nutrition fields, with principal scientific platforms located in Madrid, Milan and San Francisco.
SPRIM operates from 20 offices in 15 countries worldwide, and has a highly qualified international team of scientific and regulatory experts.
Given SPRIM's experience with health and nutrition, we are confident that we can offer a unique cooperative model that includes program planning, design and implementation of clinical trials, regulatory support, scientific publications, and scientific support of claims as per EFSA 1924/2006.
www.sprim.com |  | Royal DSM N.V is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. By connecting its unique competences in Life Sciences and Materials Sciences DSM is driving economic prosperity, environmental progress and social advances to create sustainable value for all stakeholders. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials. DSM’s 22,000 employees deliver annual net sales of about € 9 billion. The company is listed on NYSE Euronext. More information can be found at www.dsm.com. |  | Consumers are seeking healthier foods in response to current medical and dietary guidelines. Our challenge is to reduce sodium content without changing product characteristics such as flavor, texture and appearance. Innophos provides solutions with a broad range of phosphates for reduced sodium applications in the baking, meat and dairy industries. Products include CAL-RISE®, a unique non-sodium calcium based slow acting leavening agent for healthy baking, CURAVIS® So-Lo 93 and SuperBind™ HB-CT for meats and TEXTUR-MELT™ LS-Cheese 50 for dairy applications.
Innophos is a leading producer of specialty grade phosphate products for the Food and Pharmaceutical market segments. Innophos combines knowledge of phosphate technologies, ingredients and processes to enhance products, increase consumer appeal, and add nutritional value and convenience. |  | The Healthy Marketing Team (HMT) are global specialists in Strategic Direction and Brand Positioning within nutrition, health and wellness categories. The HMT is lead by industry thought-leader Peter Wennström. Peter is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in functional foods marketing and is the father of the FourFactors®Brand Analysis system. The HMT is comprised of twelve global and specialist consultants from Europe, Asia, South America, North America and Australasia. Since inception, the HMT has undertaken projects in over 40 countries across food, beverage, ingredients, dietary supplements and OTC pharmaceutical categories. The vision and mission of the HMT is to give clients expert guidance in the increasingly complex global landscape of health and wellness; and to help clients better target their markets by understanding the reasons for failures and success.
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ARTINIA is available from Stratum Nutrition®, a Novus International Business, Empowering Product Innovation with branded specialty and functional ingredients for foods, beverages and dietary supplements. Our ingredients are consumer relevant, supported by science and the backing of a multi-national company. Learn more at www.EU.StratumNutrition.com. |  | |  | |  | |  | |  | |
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