The Fi Daily issue 2

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the Fi daily F O O D

I N G R E D I E N T S

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

E U R O P E

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Victory for Barry Callebaut

Winner takes all: Amanda Hamilton, presenter of the Fi Excellence Awards; Sofie de Lathouwer, marketing director food manufacturers Western Europe for Barry Callebaut, and Olav Van Caldenborgh, CEO of Caldic, who sponsored the awards

Belgian chocolate and cocoa ingredients manufacturer Barry Callebaut was crowned overall winner of the 2011 Food Ingredients Excellence Awards at a glittering ceremony that took place at the Novotel Roissy Paris yesterday evening. The company’s Terra Cacao chocolate, which is made with premium cocoa cured via a controlled fermentation technique, caused “genuine excitement” among the judges, scooping not only the confectionery category award but also the coveted cross-category accolade. “Barry Callebaut demonstrated a novel approach that may completely change the procurement of a much loved product,” said Henry Dixon, chairman of the judging panel. This new method of producing cocoa results in top-quality cocoa with zero defects and off-flavours, thereby improving cocoa farmer livelihoods,

according to Barry Callebaut. The judges were impressed by this “phenomenal back story”, which they believe has “the potential to fundamentally revolutionise the chocolate supply chain”, said Dixon. The bakery category award was given to Munton for its Maltichoc partial cocoa powder and chocolate replacer. The judges described it as a “natural, clean label ingredient that offers manufacturers and consumers real cost benefits”. In beverages, National Starch Food Innovation triumphed. The company’s beverage emulsifier Purity Gum Ultra impressed the judges with its ability to “provide manufacturers with significant cost savings whilst delighting consumers”. Chr. Hansen picked up the prize for best dairy ingredient, with its patent-pending carmine colour Red Strawberry Fragaria 100 WS. The

judges praised Chr. Hansen for “answering real consumer demand for a consistent and high quality product”. Purac’s response to the ongoing sodium reduction issue earned it the award for best savoury/meat innovation. PuraQ Arome NA4 is a clean label, natural salt replacer, an ingredient the judges said “has wide applications across the savoury sector with multi-dimensional benefits”. Lastly, Culinar Include from Lyckeby Culinar was named winner of the snacks category. “It is an exciting idea that may invigorate a challenging sector”, said the judges. This year’s Excellence Awards attracted a record number of entries; the judging panel evaluated 80 ingredients in their quest for the ultimate innovation. This year is Henry Dixon’s last year of presiding over the judging panel after

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15 years of involvement in the awards in the capacities of judge and chairman. At the ceremony he gave a heartfelt speech in which he thanked the judges for their contribution to an award scheme “the industry should be justly proud of”, and outlined some of the challenges the industry currently faces. “During the last 15 years, the food industry has continued to evolve and innovate to overcome different and varied challenges, from increased regulation to the rise of private label, the globalisation of flavours and the drive towards cleaner labels,” he said. “In the past few years the tough economic climate means there has never been greater pressure to reduce costs. And all this while commodity prices rise. Finally it has been shown time again that consumers love a good back story – the where, how and why of the food and drinks they consume.”

Inside

Conference Programme

Two independent tracks, with 20 modules to pick and choose from page 23

New Product Zone

See the latest ingredient innovations in the New Product Zone page 36

Exhibitor Listing

A-Z exhibitors with stand numbers page 25

Floor Plan

Exhibitors’ stands and other areas page 28

Seminar Programme

Topical presentations, free-of-charge page 40

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