EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS
Specialty food ingredients have technological and/or functional benefits and are essential in providing today’s consumer with a wide range of tasty, safe, healthy, affordable, qualitative and sustainably produced food. They are key segment in the European food industry that is used in many of consumer foods and have consequently become part of our daily life.
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is THE voice of specialty food ingredients in Europe. EU Specialty Food Ingredients represents its members by:
– Engaging with authorities for the continued development of a fair regulatory environment;
– Being a transparent and credible partner, committed to science and knowledge sharing;
– Developing understanding of the role and benefits that specialty food ingredients play today and tomorrow, starting with food manufacturers.
And thus: increasing trust in specialty food ingredients towards the relevant stakeholders.
2024-10 LABELLING OF SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ALLERGY, INTOLERANCE & OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS
EU Specialty Food Ingredients has prepared a comprehensive brochure for its members that focuses on the labelling of specialty food ingredients in relation to allergies, intolerances, and other health conditions. This informative document uses real-life examples to clearly explain the regulatory provisions that apply to...
2024-10 Five requests towards a sustainable, resilient and innovative EU food system
EU Specialty Food Ingredients urges the EU decision makers to remain committed in delivering within this new mandate an ambitious, innovative, achievable, and coherent Sustainable Food System Framework (SFSF) proposal enhancing the sustainability, resilience and innovation of the EU food and food ingredients industries in...
2024-09 New infographic: Understanding the threshold for nanoparticles
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is happy to present its new infographic 'Understanding the threshold for nanoparticles'. In the EU, a nanomaterial is defined by the proportion of solid particles in a material, where 50% or more of these particles fall within the size range of...
2024-09 Our life with specialty food ingredients
Can you imagine a world without variety in food and grocery? Without specialty food ingredients, countless products would lose their characteristic colours, textures, flavours or nutritional value. Many foods would expire quicker and various solutions for special dietary regimes like fat-, sugar-, and salt-reduced products,...
EU Specialty Food Ingredients Activities
Latest Updates from EU Specialty Food Ingredients
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30-09 CCNFSDU
-EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ Delegation attends the 44th Session of Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) in Dresden, which discusses topics followed by the EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ Nutrition Committee.
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12-09 1st AGRI-FOOD CODE PLATFORM EVENT
-As a signatory of the EU Code of Conduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices, a delegate from EU Specialty Food Ingredients participates in the first in a series of agri-food code platform events, focusing on unlocking our sustainability initiatives. This inaugural event focuses on the Code’s objective to ensure sustainable sourcing and traceability in food supply chains.
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04-07 INTERNATIONAL TRADE
-A delegate from EU Specialty Food Ingredients hears from EU trade partnership with several third countries at a meeting organised by DG Trade.
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26-06 EUROPEAN FOOD FORUM
-EU Specialty Food Ingredients participates to the AGM of the European Food Forum, which drives policy debates for sustainable food systems. On this occasion, the activity report covering activities from its inception in November 2019 until May 2024 is presented.
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