Russian show highlights food industry challenges

You can see & withness that more & more food manufacturer's would turn to Health food manufaturing. You see the most important things is to eat health food & natural food than process food.

Russian show highlights food industry challenges
24/11/2004 - This week’s Ingredients Russia show in Moscow will highlight the importance of healthy food, a sector which has seen spectacular growth in western Europe over the last few years. But structural problems continue to dominate the Russian market, where local ingredients suppliers are in short supply, Angela Drujinina reports.

Experts from the food and ingredients sectors will discuss the health trend at the ‘Food Ingredients of the 21st Century’ forum which is running alongside the ingredients show. A keynote presentation will be made by Dutch firm DSM Nutritional Products, focusing on new international trends in health foods, while local nutritional experts include Professor V. B. Spirichev and Professor L. N. Shatnyuk of the Russian Institute for Food, which helps develop new food ingredients.

Healthy eating options will not be the only subject under discussion at the show. The Russian meat sector will also be debated, although the emphasis will be on the use of technology to improve quality rather than on the much publicised problems of boosting domestic demand.

Despite ongoing structural problems, Russia’s food industry is expanding rapidly, and the food ingredients sector has been forced to keep pace. According to Ross Stobie, director of ITE LLC, the organiser of Ingredients Russia, this year’s exhibition is 15 per cent larger than the previous event – clear evidence of the rapid growth in the food industry.

Two major supplier nations have also taken pavilions this year. “The appearance of the Chinese and US national groups is a significant development for the event and is further proof of the growing international importance of the Russian market,” said Touby. Read More...

Russian show highlights food industry challenges

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