Webinar: European trends and opportunities for natural ingredients for health products

Europe is an important market for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and alternative medicine products. The growing interest in a healthy lifestyle, natural food supplements and alternative medicines is increasing the demand for natural ingredients in Europe. Ageing populations, growing awareness of preventative healthcare and concerns about the potential side effects of regular pharmaceuticals are also contributing to the increased demand.

Interest in ingredients like medicinal and aromatic plants, extracts, essential oils, seaweeds, algae, turmeric and ginger has broadened the opportunities for exporters from emerging economies. Still, there are challenges. These include safeguarding consistent supplies, meeting market requirements, mapping out opportunities and identifying the right buyers.

During this webinar, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges in the European market and solutions for natural ingredients for health product exporters. We will address the following questions:

• How is the demand for natural ingredients for health products developing?
• What trends and developments affect the market?
• What applications and ingredients provide the most opportunities in the European market?
• What recommendations can small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) follow to improve their market access?

For whom?

This webinar is for entrepreneurs and business support organisations active in the natural ingredients for health products sector and interested in exporting to the European market. We also welcome European importers of natural ingredients.

Agenda

15:00 – 15:05 CET: Opening remarks and introduction to CBI.

15:05 – 15:15 CET: Facts and figures on natural ingredients for health products in Europe.

15:15 – 15:55 CET: Mapping the trends and opportunities for SMEs.

15:55 – 16:15 CET: Guest speaker to be confirmed.

16:15 – 16:30 CET: Questions and answers.

Presenters

Edouard van der Haas, Programme Manager Market Intelligence at CBI, will host this webinar. Presenters include:

Gustavo Ferro

Gustavo is an independent international trade and development consultant with more than 16 years of experience. He researches natural ingredients for organisations like CBI, SIPPO and IPD. He has also collaborated on natural ingredients projects for organisations like UNIDO, GIZ, UNDP, the World Bank and Swisscontact. Besides working directly with exporters, Gustavo supports organisations and institutes active in natural ingredients. Gustavo has worked in different parts of the world, including Latin America, North and Southern Africa and South and Southeast Asia. He is currently involved in natural ingredient projects in Tunisia, South Africa, Albania, Serbia, Vietnam and Colombia.

Lisanne Groothuis

Lisanne is a skilled market researcher. She has been a market analyst for CBI since 2018. She leads the natural ingredient research team for CBI and writes many of the studies.

Lisanne works for ProFound, assisting entrepreneurs and helping organisations gain market access for agrobiodiverse (regenerative) products and natural ingredients for food, health and cosmetics. ProFound works with wild-collected and cultivated products, optimising processing at source to maximise value.

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