The programme is planned as part of the initiatives and collaboration between Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology UAE and UAE F&B Manufacturers Business Group to enhance and enable UAE Food and Beverage Manufacturing best practices with a special emphasis on the empowering UAE national SMEs from the F&B manufacturing sector. The programme’s technical support, knowledge building sessions and practical sessions are powered by Tate & Lyle via its extensive expert network and its technical center in Dubai UAE.
Background
Sugar and calorie reduction is the #1 health challenge in the GCC for both global and local food manufactures and especially SMEs. Regional manufacturers need to re-draw their strategies to offer healthier food and beverage products so that the region is able to contain highest obesity rates, translating into high diabetes rates and impacting the health of the residents. Government regulators are keen to promote better manufacturing techniques, methodologies and ingredients for new F&B products and regulations to incentivise food & beverage manufacturers and consumers to cut down on sugars using different tools - from tax policies to awareness campaigns.
The challenge
While there is a lot of hype around sugar and calorie reduction, and everyone is working actively to be part of the solution, there is a lack of thorough understanding of how to best achieve this goal. Regional government regulators and officials rely on manufactures to find their way around it, while manufacturers many times struggle to achieve the guidelines of the government. There is a disconnect coupled with back-and-forth pushbacks on what is feasible and what is not.
Middle East sugar & calorie reduction knowledge building programme
The programme is hosted with the following objectives:
- - Bridge the sugar and calorie reduction knowledge gap between all stakeholders to increase the chances of success
- - Increase the awareness of the latest technologies available in this field
- - Bring practical experience to the challenge through working on specific prototypes in the newly opened technical center
- - Ongoing technical support for any sugar and calorie reduction
The programme
The programme runs across 6 sessions – each session is for 2 hours, tackling different angles of sugar and calorie reduction.
2 March 2022|11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
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HE Eng. Farah Al Zarooni
Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Standards and Regulations, Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
Dominique Floch
General Manager
Tate & Lyle MEA
Saleh Lootah
Chairman
UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group
Adela Papac
Senior Global Marketing Manager
Sweeteners, ICD, Marketing and Innovation, Sweet, Tate & Lyle
Mazen Kanaan
Senior Marketing Manager
Tate & Lyle
11:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
Saleh Lootah, Chairman, UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group
11:05 AM
Opening Remarks
HE Eng. Farah Al Zarooni, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Standards and Regulations
Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, UAE
11:10 AM
Opening Keynote
Dominique Floch, General Manager, Tate & Lyle MEA
11:15 AM
Keynote Address: Global health and wellness trends impacting the Middle East
Adela Papac, Senior Global Marketing Manager, Sweeteners – Tate & Lyle DMCC
11:35 AM
Keynote Address: Consumers in the Middle east are increasingly health conscious??
Mazen Kanaan, Senior Marketing Manager, Tate & Lyle
12:00 PM
Discussion
13:00 PM
Closing Remarks
17 March 2022|11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
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Taste is king- Achieving higher sweetness intensity and taste quality
- Hero ingredients that help taste explode: sweeteners, texturants, and flavour modifying properties
- Single sweetener vs. a combination: what’s the difference and the impact on taste
- Technical and technological advances in sweeteners and reduction of off-taste
Ariane Jouette
Technical Specialist & Support EMEA
Khaled Khatib
PhD, Sr Manager, Application and Technical,Tate & Lyle
11:00 AM
Introduction
11:05 AM
Achieving higher sweetness intensity and taste quality
Key ingredients that help taste explode: sweeteners, texturants, and flavour modifying properties
Khaled Khatib PhD, Sr Manager, Application and Technical, Tate & Lyle
11:30 AM
Single sweetener vs. a combination: what’s the difference and the impact on taste
Technical and technological advances in sweeteners and reduction of off-taste
Ariane Jouette, Technical Specialist & Support EMEA
12:00 PM
QA Session - More Calorie or More Taste
Interact with our panel of experts on how you can satisfy your consumers who are demanding products with low calorie or sugar ontent but will not compromise on the tastes they love. How can manufacturers plan to meet this expectation?
12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
31 March 2022|11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
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Overcoming cost challenges- The case for sweeteners – why it pays off to use them?
- Innovate, reformulate and be cost-effective
- Combinations that improve taste and reduce cost
Ariane Jouette
Technical Specialist & Support EMEA
Diane Laban-Ramsay
Regional Marketing Manager, TMEA Tate & Lyle
12 April 2022|11:00AM - 01:00PM
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Nutrition data: beyond the label- Low and no calorie sweeteners: sweet taste, but with fewer or zero calories
- Sugar and health
- Health benefits when using low calorie sweeteners
- The science: nutrition and safety studies
Dr. Ieva Laurie, PhD
Principal Nutrition Scientist EMEA Tate & Lyle
Davide Risso, MSc, PhD
Senior Research Scientist – Global Nutrition Tate & Lyle
27 April 2022|11:00AM - 01:00PM
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REGULATORY CHALLENGES IN SUGAR & CALORIE REDUCTION – GCC FOCUS- Regulations on the use of sweeteners and fibres
- On-pack and off-pack claims
- Best practice sugar tax around the world
Dalia Zayan
Regulatory Affairs & Nutrition Science Manager ICD, Regulatory
19 May 2022|10:00AM - 02:00PM
- Hands on session in the technical center
- Tasting of prototypes
- Targeted categories i. Beverages
ii. Bakery
iii. Dairy
26 May 2022|10:00 - 14:10|Tate & Lyle Technical Application Centre, Jumeirah Lakes Towers - Dubai
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HE Eng. Farah Al Zarooni
Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Standards and Regulations, Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology
Saleh Lootah
Chairman
UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group
Khaled Khatib
PhD, Sr Manager, Application and Technical,Tate & Lyle
Diane Laban-Ramsay
Regional Marketing Manager, TMEA Tate & Lyle
Ahmad Maghaireh,
Technical Application Manager, ME, Tate & Lyle
Abdullah Alghubari,
Technical Application Manager, ME, Tate & Lyle
Shahid Hafeezkhan,
Technical Application Manager, ME, Tate & Lyle
Taufeeq Ahmed,
Pilot Plant Specialist, TMEA, Dubai UAE
10:00 - 10:15
Registration and Welcome at Dubai CICC (Customer Innovation & Collaboration Center)
10:15 - 10:30
Welcome Remarks and T&L Introduction
Khaled Khatib, Senior Technical Application Manager, TMEA, Dubai, UAE
10:30 - 10:40
Reformulation in Practice (ME Sugar & Calorie Reduction Knowledge Building Programme summary)
Khaled Khatib, Senior Technical Application Manager, TMEA, Dubai, UAE
10:40 - 10:50
Presentation: Beverage and Dairy Recipes and Process
Taufeeq Ahmed, Pilot Plant Specialist, TMEA, Dubai UAE
Ahmad Maghaireh, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
10:50 - 11:00
Presentation: Bakery and Snack Recipes and Process
Shahid Hafeezkhan, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
Abdullah Alghubari, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
11:00 - 11:10
Networking Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:25
Pilot Plant & Labs Tour in groups (safety gear provided)
Ahmad Maghaireh, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
Abdullah Alghubari, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
11:25 - 13:25
Hands-on Experience: Production of SCR Samples
Ahmad Maghaireh, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
Shahid Hafeezkhan, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
Abdullah Alghubari, Technical Application Manager, ME, Dubai, UAE
Taufeeq Ahmed, Pilot Plant Specialist, TMEA, Dubai UAE
13:25 - 13:55
Evaluation of SCR Samples
Khaled Khatib, Senior Technical Application Manager, TMEA, Dubai, UAE
13:55 - 14:10
Closing Remarks and Networking Lunch
Who should participate?
- Government entities and food regulators
- Local & regional ministries
- Food and beverage manufacturers
- Municipalities
- Health and food safety department
- Food and beverage suppliers
- Dietary supplement providers
Why should you participate?
- Increase your knowledge about sugar and calorie reduction
- Stay up to date on the different innovations, products, tools and technologies
- Develop your theoretical and practical skills in this field
- Increase your readiness to address upcoming regulations
- Direct access to Tate & Lyle experts to consult on your innovation and reformulation programmes
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About the UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group
UAE Food & Beverage Manufacturers Group, under the auspices of Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, was formed with an objective to protect the interests of the F&B manufacturers and resolve industry-related challenges. The group will facilitate dialogues and partnerships with various industry partners. Tate & Lyle, a global provider of ingredients and solutions for the food, beverage and industrial markets, has partnered with the F&B group, as well as several manufacturers in various initiatives to date, the most recent being the Innovation Lab, where Tate and Lyle joined the program, as a technical partner, along with other manufacturers with the aim to discover, guide and mentor the UAE’s next innovative F&B products.
The sugar and calorie reduction programme comes as a continuation of the efforts of both organization to support the development of the industry, building skills and driving healthier innovation in this sector.
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