East Midlands' food and drink firms are being invited to
discover how to tap into the healthier foods market, worth more
than £7 billion in the UK each year.
The Food and Drink iNet is running a free session for firms who
work in the sector in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.
The Safe Food and Healthy Eating working party has previously
turned the spotlight on alternative ingredients available to help
manufacturers create healthier products.
Now the working party will focus on how to go about
reformulating a product and the impact that recipe changes can have
on processing and a product's characteristics.
The session takes place at Government Office for the East
Midlands, The Belgrave Centre, Talbot Street, Nottingham, on
October 29th from 3pm to 5pm.
Speakers include Marcia Nightingale, from the Food Standards
Agency, who will update businesses on initiatives and support
available in the East Midlands, including the Healthier Food,
Healthier Business programme, and food technical specialist Richard
Wigley, from The Food and Drink Forum, who will showcase examples
of products from the region that have already undergone changes to
their recipes to make them healthier.
Kevin McKay, head of catering for Nottinghamshire County
Council, will also explain about opportunities to supply healthier
options to public sector organisations.
The Safe Food and Healthy Eating working party is one of four
working parties set up by the Food and Drink iNet to explore the
opportunities that becoming more innovative can provide for
businesses.
"This is a golden opportunity for food and drink firms in the
East Midlands to discover more about reformulating their products
to make them healthier, and to give them ideas about ways that they
could tap into the healthier options market," said Food and Drink
iNet director Peter Maycock.
The Food and Drink iNet is aiming to foster innovation in the
region's food and drink sector by encouraging businesses to turn
new ideas into new business through the development of new
technologies and products. It's also hoping to stimulate new
processes, services and ways of working in the industry to help
boost the sector.