Agenda

  7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
  8:30 - 9:10 am

Keynote Address: Consumers and Heart Health - Speaker: Barbara Katz, President,  HealthFocus International - Barbara Katz discusses consumer concerns about heart health, a concern borne of an aging Baby Boomer population. Katz will reveal data from the comprehensive HealthFocus Trend Study on shopper health and nutrition attitudes, as well as details from the HealthFocus Sodium Study. Explore consumers' level of understanding, willingness to take action to improve heart health, and ingredients of interest, while also delving into consumer interest in such ingredients as Omega-3s and their understanding of topics such as trans fat and sodium.

 
Flavors & Colors
Product Development Advances
Healthful Foods & Beverages
Emerging Ingredients
Beverages & Prepared Foods
9:15 - 9:55 am  Flavors for Confections - FONA International
A Culinary Approach to Creating Premium Products - International Food Network
 Dairy Proteins - Erie Foods International Inc.
 Bisulfate of Soda - Natural Acidulant - Jones-Hamilton Co.

 Optimizing the Functional Beverage Development Process - Fortitech Inc.

10:00 pm - 10:25 pm Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 11:45 am Applications Lab A - Using Colors - Sethness Caramel Color
Applications Lab B - Reducing Sugar: The Truth versus Myths - Ajinomoto Food Ingredients
 
Ingredient Systems for Weight Management
Product Development Advances
Healthful Foods & Beverages
Emerging Ingredients
Beverages & Prepared Foods
11:50 am - 12:30 am  Healthy Weight Managment: A Galaxy in Itself - Beneo Inc.
Collaboration's Impact on Product Innovation:  Friend or Foel - Lascom Solutions  Soduim Reduction: Solutions and New Technology - Jones-Hamilton Co.
New Impact Nutritional and Antimicrobial Agents - PL Thomas
 Functional Naitive Texturizing Solutions Addressing Today's Food Formulation Needs - National Starch Food Innovation
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 am - 2:45 pm Applications Lab A - Join the Texture Revolution!  Designing Beverage Texture - TIC Gums
Applications Lab B - Formulating for Better Nutrition - Tree Top
                         Ingredient Systems for Weight Management Product Development Advances Healthful Foods & Beverages Emerging Ingredients Beverages & Prepared Foods
  2:50 - 3:30 pm Weight Management - New Ingredients -       PL Thomas R&D Challenges of Probiotics - Ganeden Biotech Inc. Innovation in Energy Management - Isomaltulose, the next generation sugar for balanced and sustained energy - Beneo Inc. Coconut: The Whole Nut - iTi Tropicals Inc. Strategies for Healthier Fried Foods - Ashland Aqualon Functional Ingredients
3:35 - 5:00 pm R&D Applications Seminar Chicago Expo and Happy Hour
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
 
Baked Goods
Healthful Foods & Beverages
Meats  & Marinades
Flavors & Flavor Enhancers
Starches, Gums & Fiber
8:30 am - 9:10 am Functional Native Flours for Clean-label, Gluten-free  Baked Products - National Starch Food Innovation
Replacing Sugar is No Piece of Cake - International Food Network
Collagen Ingredient and Meat Broth for Quality and Flavor of Meat Products - Proliant Meat Ingredients

 Sweet, Natural and Healthy - Formulating Good Tasting Reduced Sugar Products - Comax Flavors

Improving Quality and Reducing Cost of Meat & Poultry Products with Plant Based Insoluble Fibers - SunOpta Ingredients
9:15 am - 9:55 am Sourdough and Nutrition, a Practical Approach Through Sourdough Solutions - National Starch Food Innovation
Stevia: the Good (Reduces Calories), the Bad (Taste), and the Ugly (Cost)! - Wixon Inc.
   The World of KOKUMI -  Ajinomoto Food Ingredients
Development of Reduced-Calorie Foods using Non-Caloric Ingredients - International Fiber Corp.
10:00 am - 10:25 am Refreshment Break
10:30 am - 11:45 am Applications Lab A - 20 + Functions - Eggs Can Do That, Too! - American Egg Board
Applications Lab B - Building Flavors Naturally - California Figs
11:50 am - 1:00 pm Lunch Break
 
Product Development  Advances
Healthful Foods & Beverage
Meats & Mariandes
Confections
Proteins

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm R&D Tax Credits - The Hidden Treasure - McGladrey
Sustainable Energy, Recovery and Pre Sport Nutritional Ingredients - PL Thomas  Cost Reduction Opportunities  in Meat Products Using Novel Fiber Ingredients - International Fiber Corp.
Sugar Reduction in Chocolate and Compound Coatings - Roquette America Inc. Collagen Proteins: Meeting the Challenges of Functional Food Design - GELITA

 Product Develoment Advances
Healthful  Foods & Beverages Prepared Foods   Starches, Gums,   & Fiber
1:45 pm- 2:25 pm  Managing Risk in an Age of Complexity: Innovation Without Losing Sight of the Details - Lascom  Solutions  
Beyond Calcium: Bone Health thru Vitamins and Mineral Fotification - BASF Keeping it Real - Culinology's Role  in  Food Product  Development -  Research Chefs Association Hydrocolloid Synergies: Their Applications in Foods - Ingredient Solutions
2:30 - 3:45 pm

 Applications Lab A - TBD

Applications Lab B - TBD