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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...
2025-05 SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF ALLERGY, INTOLERANCES & OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS
On 12th May, over 50 members of EU Specialty Food Ingredients participated in an internal webinar focused on the labelling requirements for specialty food ingredients in relation to allergy, intolerances, and other health conditions. The webinar provided an in-depth analysis of the EU legal framework,...
2025-04 Safety of food additives is carefully assessed by EFSA
Food additives are subject to an assessment of their safety before they are permitted for use in foods and beverages. In accordance with EU legislation, the assessment shall be carried on single additives.[1] However, this should not be interpreted as the EU legislator failing to...