N°66 - Évènement /Nutraceuticals Europe Long live Nutraceuticals Both an exhibition centre and conference venue, Nutraceuticals Europe is coming back to Madrid for the third time. Following is a guided pre-tour of the two days to come dedicated to nutraceutical ingredients suppliers, the innovations in this area and plenary conferences. This year, almost 120 companies The Seminar Theatre have announced their intention to be present on 27-28 February at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in As with many other competing events - 132 Madrid, which is just a few hundred yards Vitafoods to name just one, the visitors away from the Feria de Madrid exhibition will have the opportunity to learn about the centre where the first two editions of thislatest innovations and scientific advances event dedicated to nutraceutical ingre- in the Seminar Theatre. This latter will host Nutraceuticals dients and their distributors were held. 20-minute conferences during the two-day Europe in 2018 120 companies : that is nearly 20% more event. Several hot topics will be approa- 2000 as compared to the previous edition. The ched during this new edition. main feature of this show: it will mainly Probiotics, above all, with presentations professional visitorsbe the Spanish distributors that will be - 71% of whom are given by Anton Romani, Nutra Product decision-makers attending Nutraceuticals Europe. From Manager at Disproquima, on their novel IMCD to Disproquima, from Solchem to applications and Pedro De La Fuente, 27 Inquiaroma, from Safic Alcan to Quimica R&D Manager at Nutris, on the benefits countries Masso, while passing through Nutris, of probiotics for skin care. Skin, precisely, Trades, these Spanish distributors will be will be in the limelight, through the pre- 100 showcasing the ingredients to be used in sentation given by Giam Piero Maliziola, exhibiting applications such as food supplements, Pharma & Nutrition Manager at Seppic, companies dietary products and so on. which will focus on natural nutritional Let us take the example of Quimica Masso. ingredients for the beauty of the skin The family-owned Spanish company spe- (especially for its hydration). cialized in chemical specialities offers An interesting aspect this year is the through its Nutraceuticals departments convergence of the marketing posi- the Norwegian Artic Nutrition’s DHA-rich tioning of certain ingredients. Such an phospholipid oil extracted from herring example is (male and female) sex drive roe, extracts from titrated plants (inclu- and sexual stimulation. The clinical evi- ding saffron) from the French company dence of a fenugreek extract on sex drive GPE (that it acquired in 2018), Iontec’s during andropause and menopause will ranges... Please note that Quimica Masso be addressed by Joan Martinez Gui- operates on several markets outside jarro, Solchem Technical & Development Spain (France, Turkey, Poland). Manager. As for Stefan-Emil Sitaru, Inter- ■ / Janvier - Février - Mars 2019 / N°66 / L’Actualité des Ingrédients Fonctionnels & Santé