Day 2

  Track 3: Responding to Market Trends to Add Value in Juice and Liquid Food
09.30 Opening Remarks from the Chair
09.40 Examining the Resilience of Premium Products and Identifying Opportunities for Further Growth

  • Assessing the impact of the recession on value and volume of juice sales
  • What do consumers see as a premium juice product?
  • Assessing the prospects for further growth in smoothies

Hans Lanzinger
Managing Director, Hermann Pfanner Getränke, Austria

10.10 Capitalising on the Growth of Juice in Foodservice

  • Identifying the most important channels for soft drink purchases in foodservice
  • Assessing the main consumer segments targeted for out-of-home consumption and the main drivers of purchasing behaviour
  • Finding new consumption occasions for juice
  • Comparing price points for juice products in foodservice with retail juice products

Roger Suddaby
Foodservice Team Manager
The Nielsen Company, UK

10.40 Juice Break
11.10 Enhancing the Health Benefits of Fruit Juice with Added Functionality

  • Identifying the most important functional benefits of juice for consumers
  • Examining the drivers for functionality in different consumer segments
  • The impact of EU health claims legislation on marketing functional juice products
  • Practical cases and technical aspects

Ulrich Killeit
Head, Technical Marketing EMEA, DSM Nutritional Products Europe, Switzerland 

11.40 Increasing the Perceived Value of Juice in The Context of Tighter Supplies

 Marc Pessers
Global Citrus Brand Director
Firmenich, Switzerland

12.10 Identifying Key Growth Drivers for Juice Products

Alice Diepenbrock
Research Manager, Euromonitor International, UK

  Track 4: Technical Issues in Juice Production
09.30 Opening Remarks from the Chair
09.40 Phytochemicals, Antioxidants and Evidence of the Protective Effects of Fruit Juice Consumption

  • Identifying phytochemicals and antioxidants in fruit juices
  • Authenticity and on-pack labelling of antioxidant content
  • Health benefits and evidence required for approved claims

Professor Alan Crozier
Senior Research Fellow School of Medicine, University of Glasgow, UK 

10.10 Quality Assurance for Juice Products

  • Examining the dangers of fruit juice adulteration
  • Assessing the latest analytical methods to verify the authenticity of fruit juice, including different varietals and producing regions

Michèle Lees
Director of Collaborative Research, Eurofins Scientific, France

10.40 Juice Break
  Track 5: Juice Consumption Trends Around the World
11.10 Examining Changes in Consumer Demand for Juice in Russia

  • Quantifying the impact of the recession on juice consumption in Russia
  • Identifying the market segments which have demonstrated most resilience and recovered quickest
  • Assessing opportunities to increase juice consumption outside the major metropolitan areas
11.40  Growth Trends in the Juice Market in Turkey

  • Quantifying current levels of per capita juice consumption in Turkey
  • Identifying the main competitors for juice in the beverage market in Turkey
  • New product developments in fruit juice products

Ebru Akdag
General Secretary, MEYED – Fruit Juice Industry Association, Turkey

12.10 Latin America

  • Comparing estimates of fresh juice consumption with RTD consumption
  • Capitalising on the drivers for increased RTD consumption
  • Developing new juice products targeted to the needs of different consumer segments
  • Packaging formats for juice products in Latin America

Javier Artiach
Director, Iberia and Latin America, Canadean, Spain

12.40 Lunch
13.55 Opening Remarks from the Chair
14.00 Update on the Progress of EU Health Claims Legislation
14.30 Identifying Key Drivers of Profitability in Juice Companies: A Strategic Analysis
Alex Masters
Editor, Business News, Foodnews, UK 
15.00 Examining the Impact of Growing Fresh Fruit Demand on the Juice Industry

  • Assessing trends in global fresh fruit consumption and the impact of increasing demand in China
  • Examining the level of correlation between fresh consumption and price of raw material for processing in different markets
  • Analysing the capacity to switch processing cultivars to fresh consumption or to plant new crops dedicated to the fresh market

Francesco Caponetti, Corporate Key Account, CFT SPA

15.30 Closing Remarks from the Chair