• At Vitafoods Europe, IFF will feature innovative, plant-based functional ingredients that empower your brand.
• Experts will be on hold to discuss formulation challenges.
• The team looks forward to collaborating on winning products and solutions.

IFF, a global leader in food and beverage, home and personal care, and health, will introduce its full suite of plant-based and cellulosic-derived solutions for dietary supplements and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs at Vitafoods Europe 2024. This is the first time IFF Pharma Solutions will showcase its full clean-label portfolio for oral dosage forms at Vitafoods Europe, May 14-16, Geneva, Switzerland, booth #E90.

Designed with precision and expertise, these solutions are tailored to meet the diverse needs of manufacturers, focusing on plant-based formulations, clean-label ingredients, purity, and consistent quality.

“Our plant-based ingredients are meeting the rising demand for clean-label products,” said Dr. Michael Baumann, marketing manager, Pharma Solutions, IFF. “From creating aesthetically pleasing tablets to developing high-quality and efficacious immediate-release and enteric coatings, our solutions are backed by sound science to address health-conscious consumer demands.”

Visitors can learn more about IFF’s key pharmaceutical offerings, including:

• Tablets and Capsules: High-performance cellulose-based ingredients, binders, and disintegrants, including Avicel^®, Endurance^®, METHOCEL™, and Ac-Di-Sol^®, enable consumer-friendly formats for nutritional supplements and OTC products. Specific low nitrite grades are also available.
• Release Solutions: The versatile METHOCEL™ family of water-soluble cellulose ethers enhances efficacy for both immediate and controlled release formulations, and is ideal for plant-based hard-shell capsules, coating, granulation, and tablets.
• Clean-Label Coatings: A groundbreaking study that demonstrates successful implementation of GRINDSTED^® pectin into traditional tablet coating processes. Aquateric^® N100, a delayed-release, alginate-based coating system ensures optimal nutrient delivery.
• Vegan Softgel Technology: Superior vegan soft capsule technologies, including SeaGel^® and VERDIGEL™ SC, outperform competing technologies and animal-based counterparts, maintaining structural integrity throughout the product life cycle, enabling higher production rates and better capsule yield.
• Plant-Based Gummies: Hydrocolloid and gummy expertise using Gelcarin^® and GRINDSTED^® Pectin PRM enables the development of heat-stable, highly efficient gelatin-free gummies with superior sensory experience, stability, processing, and delivery.

At the booth, IFF Health, a business unit from IFF’s Health & Biosciences, will also spotlight its range of efficacious, science-backed offerings for women’s health and skin health. Visitors can attend the keynote discussion, “Menopause: The untapped market opportunity,” hosted by Ben Milhau, EMEA marketing lead, IFF, and Heather Jackson, GenM cofounder, on Wednesday, May 15, 11.40 a.m. to 12.10 p.m.

IFF Health will launch its Healthy Aging campaign, “Free to age, your way,” with its initial portfolio of premium, quality probiotics and ingredients for all life stages. The campaign’s “Build, Maintain, Enjoy” key consumer segments encourage brand owners to partner with IFF to expand their consumer base across areas like digestion, metabolism, joint and bladder health.

Click here to learn more about IFF Health, and register here to schedule a meeting with IFF’s Pharma Solutions experts.