N°64 - Évènements /Avant-première Vitafoods Asia Higher stakes in Singapore Vitafoods Asia has de nitely taken off. Building on the success of its previous edition, this year’s event aims to go even further. New exhibitors and new activities willbolster this exhibition, which is to be held for the second time in Singapore. 90 This year’s edition of Vitafoods Asia will be They will be offering... USD billion 2021 marked by new proposals likely to draw the market for functional interest of nearly 5,500 expected visitors. • Fermentalg will be attending Vitafoods Asia for foods and drinks Amongst them, a fi rst on the Asian market, a Pro-the second time, with a stand set up under GOED’s in the Asia-Pacifi c biotic Resource Centre, a place where the technolo-pavilion. The highlight of its stand: DHA Origins Region (+9.9% by 2025). gies applied in this sector, the product developments550, the new microalgal oil grade. With a high DHA and consumer analyses all converge. According to concentration (550 mg/g), this oil does not undergo 1.5 the International Probiotics Association (IPA), theany physical or chemical concentration process. For USD billion market for probiotics is experiencing an unprece- Jean-Louis Caradec, Sales Director, “this high-per- Market for omega-3s dented growth and is projected to reach $43 billionformance algal origin offers answers to major pro- 5,500 over the next few years. blems in the nutrition market: naturalness, ethics, Also, out of the same concern of showing to the Asiansustainable development, vegan, allergen-free, free expected visitors market all the opportunities related to omega-3s, from heavy metals or pollutants”. In fact,such expec- 300 please note the presence of an Omega-3 Resource tations are no longer specifi c of a particular region of Centre and of a Tasting Centre, where visitors willthe world: they are tending to become global. exhibitors (+40% be able to discover new applications for these fatty 132 versus 2017) acids. Visitors will also be able to test their omega-3• Novastell, a subsidiary of Avril Group since July 11 levels for free. 2017, is participating for the second consecutive year in Vitafoods Asia. The company will introduce national pavilions The ageing population to its customers a wide range of phospholipids, leci- (including three new ones: New Zealand, thins and essential fatty acids, a range expanded in Poland, Singapore) Asia currently accommodates 60% of the population early 2018 with speciality vegetable oils produced by over 60 years of age in the world. Between 2016 Kerfoot, another subsidiary of the group. The Nutri- French exhibitors and 2050, the proportion of the elderly populationtion Health & Performance division of Novastell also •Avril SCA •Bariatrix Europe will more than double, passing from 547 million tocommercializes a whole range of natural tocopherols •BCF Life Sciences over 1.3 billion. Asia is therefore bound to becomeon certain markets. For the Asian markets, AOIS, •Fermentalg an experimental lab of healthy ageing - a backgroundthe Business Unit of Avril specialized in vegetable •Laboratoires Activa •Laboratoires SVM tendency which is driving the sale of nutraceuticalsoils and ingredients, relies on a commercial offi ce •Lesaffre Internationalon certain markets, such as Japan, where 47% of based in Singapore, which offers to its increasingly •Lustrel Laboratoires •Metarom France the population consumes these products. demanding clients know-how, innovation and Euro- •Omnipharm Within this context, the presentations to be givenpean origin products. •Plantex •Polaris within the Life Stages Theatre are more than welcome - they will be designed around specifi c • Lesaffre Human Care LHC will be present as an nutritional needs at different stages of a person’sexhibitor for the second time at Vitafoods Asia in life, from babies to the elderly. These strong-growthSingapore. LHC will focus, in particular, on vaginal markets represented by this patchwork of countrieshealth via its ingredient obtained from a patented that make up the Asia-Pacifi c Region - from India yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae,which may to New Zealand while passing through South-East beused in two types of applications: food sup- Asia, China, etc.), are attracting ingredient suppliers. plements and topical use products. Three related Almost 300 suppliers will be attending the exhibi- articles have been publishedsine the bc eginningof tion this year. Including newcomers, such as the Irish thisyear: the fi rst one, regarding pregnn womnat e group Kerry, the French Plantex, to mention only a withrecurring vaginal infections, howed that whns e few. Except for this latter, another dozen of French consumed orally, this uniquenatural ingredent dimi-i exhibitors will also be present in Singapore. nishes by 54% the risks of Candida albicas iectionnnf ■ / Juillet - Août - Septembre 2018 / N°64 / L’Actualité des Ingrédients Fonctionnels & Santé