To go further in the objectif of the practical aspects of polyphenols applications, this year Malta Polyphenols organizes the Satellite Symposium on Functional drinks and smart waters: Solutions for a new revolution (November 14, 2007).
The aim of this symposium is to bring together speacialists from scientific and industrial world to discuss the future of functional drinks uses as a delivery system of health benefits.

The syposium targets research and development departments, manufacturers, ingredients producers, packaging companies and every structure involved in the dynamic market of functional drinks.

Our expert speakers will explore current issues and future trends in the field. The following topics will be approched:
– Overview of functional drinks trends in 2007
– Overview of the latest advances in polyphenols applications in functional drinks
– Beverages preservation : New solutions for safety challenge
– Improving Ingredients Stability : Overview of new technologies
– Effect of storage conditions on the biological activity of antioxidants
– Problem of quantitative and qualitative evaluation of active ingredients in fucntional drinks
– Antioxidants use in non-carbonated drinks , the smart waters concept

A round table will be held to discuss and highlight the following items:
-Functional drinks as delivery system of health benefit, advantages and challenges?
-Functional drinks as an anti-aging solution for baby boomers?

Future innovations : Latest formulations, ingredients and packages from the japanese market on display.

The report « Antioxidants beverage on the japanese market 2008-21 pages prepared by the japanese antioxidants society will be offered to each participant.

In parallel of these two events an exhibition dedicated to world polyphenols Ingredients will be held on November 14-16, 2007.

Symposium on Functional Drinks & Smart Waters:

Solutions for a New Revolution

Wednesday November 14 2007

Chairmen : Dr Philip Ashurst, Dr Alegria Carrasco & Dr Fernando Granado Lorencio

Overview

9:00    Overview of functional drinks trends in 2007

            –What are the actual and future ingredients used in functional drinks?

-Do actual functional drinks have proven preventive and health-promoting properties

-How to determine the optimal safe dosage in drinks?

-Which antioxidants for which health benefits and claims?

Dr Philip R Ashurst, Consulting chemist & Forensic scientist, Ashurst & Associates, UK

Functional Drinks Stability and Bioavailability

9:30    Bioavailability of phytochemicals (vitamine C and carotenoids) from beverages in the presence of absorption modifiers

A complementary approach for the development and testing of functional beverages : in vitro and in vivo studies:

-Stability of carotenoids from fruit juices  stored at room temperature

-Evaluation of serum response in humans of carotenoids upon consumption of orange juices using emerging technologies (i.e. electric pulses, high-pressure)

Dr Fernando Granado Lorencio, Unidad de Vitaminas, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain

10:15     Break

Functional Drinks Preservation & Quantitative & Qualitative Evaluation

10:45  Beverages preservation, New solutions for safety challenge : The benzoic acid issue

-The risky couple of benzoic acid and ascorbic acid in soft drinks, which mechanism?

How to aviod benzene formations? what are the alternatives?

-Promising role of antioxidants and polyphenols as preservatives : antioxidants offering a preservative actions?

-CO₂ sterilization : New process to preserve antioxidants from alteration?

Dr Philip R Ashurst, Consulting chemist & Forensic scientist, Ashurst & Associates, UK

11:05  Problem of quantitative and qualitative evaluation of active ingredients in functional drinks

Methodological advances and their critics on classical methods

Estimation of active ingredients before and after production

Antioxidant activities : How to standardize evaluation methods

Dr Alegria Carrasco Pancorbo, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Spain

Antioxidants from fruits & Vegetables wastes for Functional Drinks : Perspectives

11:20  Fruits & vegetables wastes as a potentiel source of antioxidants for functional drinks manufacturers

            Dr Andreas Schieber, Institute of food technology, Germany

11:35  Can functional drinks rich in antioxidants prevent meal induced peroxidation

Dr Joseph Kanner, Departement of Food Science, The Volcani Center, Israel

11:45  Antioxidants use in non-carbonated drinks, the smart waters concept

B. Edeas, Japonese Society for Antioxidants, Japan

11h50 : Six minutes to convince :

11:55  Tee beverages – can they improve body weight reduction process in athletes from “weight – sensitive” disciplines?

J. Bajerska, J. Jeszka, M. Człapka-Matyasik, A. Kostrzewa-Tarnowska

Agricultural University of Poznan, Department of Human Nutrition and Hygiene, Poznan, Poland

12:05  Effect of high pressure supercritical Co₂ treatment on antioxidant components of blood orange juice

P. Rapisarda, S. Fabroni, E. Maccarone

C.R.A. Centro di Ricerca per l’Agrumicoltura e le Colture Mediterranee, Corso Savoia 190, 95024 Acireale (CT), Italy

12:15  Comparison of the study of the antioxidant activities of fruits and vegetables by oxygen radical absorbance capacity and amperometric methods

B. V. Nemzer*, A. Ya. Yashin*, Ya.I. Yashin*, N. I. Chernousova*

* FutureCeuticals, Inc., USA, ** NPO Chimavtomatika, Russia

12:25     A new functional drink obtained by fermentation of Tigernut orgeat (Cyperus sculentus L.)

M. Piqueras1, E. Sentandreu1, V. Bernabé1, M. Pérez-Juan1,2 and G. Pérez-Martinez1,2

1 Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Valencia, Spain, and 2 Alimentos Funcionales y de Origen Tradicional, S.L., Valencia, Spain.

12:35  Lunch & Poster Session

14:00  Cocoa polyphenols increase lifespan in an organism model Caenorhabditis elegans

J.V. Forment, L. Moulay, L. Cienfuegos1, B. Muguerza, M. Pasamar, S. Laghi, O.Vilanova, Y. Castilla, P. Martorell, R. De Llanos, F. Montón, D. Ramón

Department of Research and Development, Natraceutical Group. Autovía A-3, Salida 343, Camí de Torrent s/n;46930 Valencia-Spain

14:10  Conditions Of Use Of Sodium Alginate As Grape’s Polyphenol Extract Stabilizer

A. Ruiz R. Marcos, O. León, G. Antolín

Foundation CARTIF. Technological Park of Boecillo, parcel 205. 47151 – Boecillo (Valladolid), Spain.

14:20  Functional Drinks Global Market

Health & Wellness market overview and New Products Development

Health and Wellness Drinks market in a global context

Global and regional trends

Focus health and wellness categories

NPD overview

Challenges and Opportunities for beverages manufacturers.

Ms Elena Ruiu, Health and Wellness System Research Manager, Euromonitor, London, UK

14:40 Round Table discussion

Functional drinks as delivery system on health benefit, advantages and challenges?

Functional drinks as an anti-aging solution for baby boomers?

Discussion in the presence of scientific committee and speakers

15:15 Conclusion by Dr Marvin Edeas