Bringing together around forty companies, the Ingredients and Raw Materials sector from Natexpo will be an opportunity for producers of organic, cosmetic or food products to meet their future suppliers of organic ingredients.
While the lockdown has caused sales of organic products to explode, suppliers of organic ingredients have been unevenly impacted by the health crisis.
More than ever, manufacturers are looking for quality organic ingredients from sustainable sources, meeting market expectations and capable of fueling innovations in the sector.
In order to help upstream players in the organic sector to meet these challenges, the 4ème Organic Ingredients Forum will be held at the center of the Ingredients and Raw Materials hub, with the collaboration of the show partner IngrebioThe strategic challenges of this key sector will be discussed with experts, producers and processors: sourcing of raw materials, sustainability of local and international sectors, quality, advances in terms of processing and formulation, fair trade, legislation, blockchain, etc.
Suppliers of ingredients and raw materials with strong expertise
Organic ingredient suppliers benefit from a history that provides them with expertise and competence in their field. As the first company to use supercritical CO2 extraction technology in the MENA region, Apotec Bay offers high-quality botanical extracts from the best Egyptian agricultural crops. They are certified bacteriostatic and free of organic solvent residues. The company also has a fine range of essential oils (cumin, basil, chamomile, coriander, fennel, etc.).
German Caller, a supplier of multiple ingredients such as tonka bean, beeswax, chicory extract as well as numerous gums (xanthan, arabic, elemi, guar, etc.), has developed a certified organic range under the name Ceroganic, which has met with great success.
Company Worlee has a 160-year history in commodity trading. Its product range includes natural and organic ingredients such as dried fruits, spices and spice seeds, shelled nuts, teas and herbal teas, etc. The company has also been supplying ingredients for the cosmetics industry, including aloe vera, since 1983.
Born from the coming together of experts in the aromatic raw materials sector of plant origin, Premium Goods is a company offering a number of natural ingredients such as vanilla, chocolate, and coffee flavors. Note: Premium Goods and Premium Chef have created and developed the first Blockchain traceability system adapted to vanilla.
Organic cereals and seeds: a sharply increasing demand
The return to healthy and organic products benefits millers, who promote their different varieties of flour, as well as suppliers of seeds and legumes. Established for six generations in L'Etrat in the Loire department, La Dupuy Couturier Flour Mill has been a specialist in organic flour since 1962. Its Borsa range is made up of flours from multiple varieties of cereals: wheat, rye, spelt, ancient wheat, etc.
Founded in 2014, the marketing union Organic Farms regroup three historic cooperatives, all 100% organic, Biocer, Cocebi and Probiolor. In addition to animal products, Fermes Bio offers a wide range of organic cereals, legumes and plants: oats, wheat, spelt, barley, golden flax, brown flax, buckwheat, rapeseed, millet, sunflower, camelina, black and green lentils, chickpeas, etc.
Gluten-free specialist, Biogascogne supplies organic cereals and pulses with full traceability. Its production includes flours (beans, lentils, chickpeas, white sorghum, green peas) as well as seeds (green lentils, millet, brown and golden flax, buckwheat, camelina).
Perfumes and aromatherapy: the appeal of naturalness
Distributor of organic and natural aromatic raw materials for perfumes, aromatherapy and the food industry, the company HMB selects the best companies in these sectors: IFF, Firmenich, Symrise, Amedeo Giovanni… Among the organic ingredients, we find essential oils of lemon, bergamot, geranium, marjoram, etc. BLH is one of the 13 founding companies – all located in the Grasse region – of the professional collective brand Grasse Expertise, made official in 2017 after two years of reflection and cooperation.
Perfumer creator, Marie Duchêne, president of MD Fragrances has long since turned to natural products. To develop its creations, it relies on natural raw materials as varied as resins, roots, bark, balms, essential oils, etc.
