Sponsor Profiles
2022 Sponsors
Applied Food Sciences
For over 20 years, Applied Food Sciences (AFS) has supported brands in the natural products industry with our innovative functional ingredients. Quality is transparent through organic farming, responsible sourcing, and full traceability. From rural farmers to the largest companies in the world, we care about every stakeholder and collaborate to make better ingredients for food, beverages, and nutritional supplements.
Batory Foods
It all began with sugar—Batory Foods’ primary ingredient when we were founded in 1979. Through mergers and partnerships, Batory transformed itself into the broad-line national distributor it is today. Although we’re still known for our impressive selection of sweeteners, we’ve expanded to carry everything from dairy powders and proteins to fibers, oils and shortenings, starches and grains to fruit concentrates and savory sauces. We offer organic and non-GMO ingredients in various categories for clients catering to those market segments. Whether you’re manufacturing foods or beverages, co-packing or revitalizing a brand, we offer the ingredient selection you need.
Cargill
As a global ingredient leader, Cargill offers an extensive portfolio of ingredients to meet your formulation goals for sugar reduction, label-friendly, non-GMO and beyond – together with proven application expertise to successfully tailor solutions to your unique challenges and goals. Our food ingredients portfolio includes stevia, erythritol, plant proteins, label-friendly starches, pectin, lecithin, plant sterols, nutritive sweeteners, oils and shortenings, salts, chocolate and more.
Contract Packaging Association
The Contract Packaging Association is the national, nonprofit trade organization for the Contract Packaging industry. Formed in 1992 for contract packaging firms and those businesses related to them, CPA promotes the growth and welfare of member firms through its industry exposure and programs.
CPA members are comprised of the nation’s leading contract packagers, which perform all packaging functions; from the simplest to the most complex and from the glamorous to the hazardous. Our members offer these packaging services to an extremely wide variety of consumer goods companies and these services range from manual and semi-automatic to full-speed, high performance packaging lines.
Evergrain Ingredients
Introduced in 2020, EverGrain is a sustainable ingredient company created by Anheuser-Busch to unlock every grain of potential in our barley to make a positive impact on people and the planet. Our in-house team of scientists, sustainability experts, nutritionists and product developers ensure we understand every molecule of barley and how we can build an ingredient portfolio that improves the nutrition and environmental integrity of plant-based foods and beverages. EverGrain will soon have a large-scale facility located in our global headquarters of St. Louis, Missouri. To learn more about EverGrain and our ingredients visit www.barley-protein.com
Flavor Dynamics
Flavor Dynamics, Inc. is a perfect choice for your food and beverage flavors. We are guided by a commitment to creating innovative products of consistent, superior quality. Our “AA” BRC audit grade represents our commitment to food safety and quality assurance.
Our extensive library of sweet and savory flavors include clean label, natural, organic and Halal compliant, gluten free, vegan and Non GMO options. Need us to develop a unique formulation for your application? Our experienced team is up to the challenge.
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ICON Foods
Icon Foods is Shining a Light on Clean Label Sugar Reduction! Since 1999, we’ve been helping food manufacturers make deep cuts to added sugars naturally. We achieve this by providing food ingredients and custom sweetening solutions that drive down added sugars, reduce calories, and address functionality. Icon Foods utilizes blends of sweetening compounds to deliver the optimum sweetness profile for your products. Our dedicated R&D team maximizes synergies among sweeteners—effectively replacing sugar and decreasing operation costs. Whether it’s bars, beverages, baked goods, or confections, Icon Foods is your Clean Label Sugar Reduction partner! Get your free tool kit today!
Planteneers GMBH
Planteneers GmbH headquartered in Ahrensburg develops and produces individual system solutions for plant-based alternatives to meat, sausage and fish products, as well as cheese, dairy products and deli foods. As a member of the independent, owner-operated Stern-Wywiol Gruppe with a total of twelve sister companies, Planteneers makes use of many synergies. The company has access to the knowledge of some 100 R&D specialists and the extensive applications technology of the large Stern-Technology Center in Ahrensburg, Germany. As part of the Technology Center, the Plant Based Competence Center founded in 2019 is the creative pool for alternative solutions and the heart of Planteneers. Customers benefit further from the Group’s international network of 17 affiliates and numerous qualified foreign representatives in the key markets. The Group also has shared production facilities and logistics resources. With revenues exceeding € 500 million and some 1700 employees worldwide, the Stern-Wywiol Gruppe is one of the world’s most successful international suppliers of food & feed ingredients.
Product of the Year USA, Inc.
Product of the Year is the largest consumer-voted award for product innovation, proven to drive sales, distribution and brand awareness for its annual winners. What makes the award unique, and so effective, is that it is research-based recognition. Winners are determined by the votes of 40,000 consumers in a nationally representative study conducted by Kantar, a global leader in consumer research. The Product of the Year Award positions CPG companies as the innovative leader in their category. It is a powerful merchandising program for marketers, giving their new product an edge against the competition.
The Roxlor Group
The Roxlor Group headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, manufactures high quality two-piece hard gelatin capsules for the pharmaceutical and dietary supplement markets AND manufacturers innovative nutraceutical and cosmeceutical ingredients for the North American, European and Asian dietary supplement and food markets.
Roxlor specializes in identifying innovative ingredients and bringing them to market around the world either by partnering with manufacturers or through its own manufacturing resources. The product line is limited to unique ingredients that offer innovative and versatile solutions to the food or dietary supplement industry. All products offered by Roxlor are backed by sound scientific evidence proving their safety, quality and efficacy.
Summit Hill Foods
Summit Hill Foods is a leading national and international food and ingredient manufacturer. We offer a wide range of ready-to-use and custom ingredient solutions for restaurants, manufacturers and meal kit providers. To our food service and industrial customers, we are respected for partnering to jointly develop innovative ingredient solutions that drive sales and customer satisfaction as well as improve operational efficiencies. Our custom product lines include food base, soup, sauce, gravy, baking mixes, and hot sauce. From the retail shelves we offer foodservice options of well-known brands like Better Than Bouillon, Louisiana Hot Sauce and Shore Lunch and Southeastern Mills mixes.
USA Pulses
The USA DPLC was established as a non-profit organization to promote and protect the interests of growers, processors, warehousemen and sellers of dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas in the United States.
The 5,000 growers, processors, exporters, and associates represented by the USA DPLC take pride in their ability to produce the highest quality pulses for national and international markets. U.S. dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas - earning the "Standard of Quality" seal every day.
U.S.-grown pulse crops set the standard for quality and functionality. Pulse ingredients are nutrient-dense, naturally gluten- and soy-free, and non-GMO. Throughout the past 10+ years, the U.S. pulse industry has seen a substantial increase in new product innovation, tying with flexitarian consumer demands and trends.
Knowledge Partner
Mintel
Mintel is the world's leading market intelligence agency. For more than 40 years, Mintel's expert analysis of the highest quality data and market research has directly impacted on client success. With offices globally, Mintel has forged a unique reputation as a world-renowned business brand. For more information on Mintel, please visit www.mintel.com.