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2025-07 EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS WELCOMES A NEW MEMBER COMPANY!
LANXESS has become a member of EU Specialty Food Ingredients, joining an alliance of 28 companies and 15 national and sectoral associations. They are committed in a unified Mission to increase trust in specialty food ingredients towards the relevant stakeholders by: Engaging with authorities for...
2025-06 World Microbiome Day 2025
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to join today the celebrations of World Microbiome Day 2025. The human gut microbiome plays an important role not only in digestion, but in many other aspects of wellbeing and health. There are several groups of specialty food ingredients which...
2025-06 EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS ELECTS ITS NEW PRESIDENT
At its Board meeting on 17 June 2025, EU Specialty Food Ingredients elected a new President: Ms Saskia Kliphuis, Public Affairs Manager at Corbion, succeeding Mr Huub Scheres (IFF). “I am honoured to have been appointed President of EU Specialty Food Ingredients at a pivotal moment for the food ingredient sector. Our...
2025-06 FROM SCIENCE TO SHELF: HOW THE WAGENINGEN ECOSYSTEM DRIVES INGREDIENT INNOVATION
The EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ Annual General Meeting was held in a hybrid format this year, online and at the campus of Wageningen University and Research (WUR), located in what is known as the 'food valley area” in The Netherlands. Attendees had the honour of...
2025-05 OPEN LETTER ON THE NEED FOR A HIGH-PERFORMING EFSA TO BOOST THE COMPETITIVENESS OF THE EU AGRI-FOOD SECTOR
EU Specialty Food Ingredients has co-signed an Open Letter of Business and Food Industry stakeholders on the need for a high-performing EFSA to boost the competitiveness of the EU agri-food sector. The joint letter underlines the main horizontal challenges faced by industry stakeholders at the...
2025-05 FERMENTATION, ONE OF THE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES USED TO PRODUCE SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS
Fermentation is a multifaceted technology used in the production of various specialty food ingredients, including food additives, novel food ingredients, proteins, and nutrients such as vitamins and human-identical milk oligosaccharides. For detailed information about fermentation-produced specialty food ingredients, their safety, labelling, and sustainability aspects, please...