In this unprecedented context of food transition, organic food is enjoying growing success. With a market growing by 15% per year, new organic product launches now represent more than a quarter of food products in France and the market. The desire to refocus on more local purchases of processed products, but also of raw materials, has been exacerbated by the current crisis. But the possibilities in the region are not endless. The stakes are therefore still high, in terms of agricultural resources and supply, but also in terms of quality.
Meet us at the Organic Ingredients Forum
The Natexpo trade fair, with its 360° focus on organic products, also makes these issues a key focus of the event. Organic Ingredients and Raw Materials will represent, this year again, the offer of around forty organic suppliers, for food but also for cosmetics.
The Organic Ingredients Forum, at the center of this hub, will be held for 2 days. For this 4th edition, Ingrébio, partner of the show, has designed a program around the main challenges of the upstream organic sector. Around experts, suppliers and processors, the challenges of organic and responsible sourcing, the construction of sustainable sectors, but also the challenges of regulation and organic formulation will be discussed.
The challenge of organic sourcing
Indeed, in this context of strong growth and ecological awareness, the challenge of organic supply is more and more relevant. How add value to products rough ? Amandine Prelorenzo and Claire Touret, from Partner Bio, will answer this question with examples from French (legumes) and foreign (dried fruits) sectors. Organic purchases must also be responsible. Also, Jean-Christophe Briet (SWOTT) and Jean-Marc Pindat (TRADIN Organic) will question the merits of the lists of origins, permitted and prohibited, as a purchasing criterion. The Sustainability distant sectors will also be discussed with Bettina Balmer, from AKA ZEBRA, thanks to a specific focus on two Amazonian sectors: acai and Brazil nuts.
Are digital tools part of the solution to address quality issues and the need for transparency throughout the supply chain? Emmanuel Audoin, from Bureau Veritas will present the strengths and limitations of the blockchain for organic ingredient sectors.
For this 4nd edition, the major trends that guide the development of new organic ingredients will be decrypted by Ingrébio, with Gaëlle Frémont. Suppliers' innovations, whether in terms of functionalities, resources, or approaches taken, bring new perspectives in terms of formulations and product marketing. The 'super ingredients', for example, offer added nutritional value to products but require structuring and promoting local sectors. Their economic, ecological and nutritional interests will be explored by Céline Gryson, from Nutrifizz.
Advances in the formulation of organic processed products
On the transformation side, the experts of RMT TransfoBio, Audrey Lesturgeon and Rodolphe Vidal, will share the organic formulation support tools made available to agri-food companies. The RMT Transfobio has recently developed a multi-criteria methodology for assessing the impacts of transformation processes.
Finally, with European regulatory news also in full swing, an update on the developments to be anticipated for the formulation of processed organic products will be proposed by Bernard Lignon of SYNABIO.
Throughout these 2 days of the show, visitors, whether they are managers, buyers, formulators or product managers, will be able to benefit from discussions with organic players and experts on the major challenges of organic.
The detailed conference program is now available to plan your visit and take advantage of these unique exchanges.
