Day 2

Wednesday 6 July

8:15 Welcome Coffee
   
9:20 Opening Remarks from the ChairNeil Murray, Managing Editor
Foodnews, UK
Juice Consumption Patterns in Key Export Regions for Latin American Juice
 
 
   
 
 
9:30 Juice Products in the US: What are Consumers Buying?
• Global impact of rising commodity prices on juice consumption
• Impact of alternative beverages vs. juice
• Focus on childhood obesity impacting juice consumption
Raymond K. Lee
President & CEO
Country Pure Foods, USA
   
10:00 The Japanese Market for Fruit Juice Drinks
• Assessing juice consumption trends in Japan
• Import opportunities for juice raw materials including lemon, grape, berries and orange
Akinori Nakagawa
Head of Fruit Juice Division
Cargill Japan Ltd., Japan
   
10:30 Questions
   
10:45 Coffee BreakFocus on Chilean Juice Raw Materials
   
11:15 Examining the Potential of Chilean and Latin American Apple Juice
Arturo Cerda, Commercial Manager
Patagoniafresh, Chile
   
11:45 Maintaining The Competitiveness Of Chilean Berry Juice
• Assessing future availability of raw materials for the berry juice industry in Chile
• Production outlook for raspberries, blueberries, strawberries and blackberries
Antonio Domínguez
President, Nevada Export, Chile
Chairman, International Raspberry
Organization (IRO)
12:15 The Potential Role of Chile in the World Market for Fruit Puree
Matías Bambach Fuentes
Division Manager
TresMontes Lucchetti, Chile
   
12.45 Assessing the Opportunities for Vegetable Juices
Carlos Correa Larraín
General Manager
Invertec Foods, Chile
   
1:15 Global Demand, Supply and Price Outlook for Cranberries
Fernando Abel Casari
Commercial
Manager
Cran Chile
   
1:45 Lunch 
   
  Insights into the Market for Luxury Fruit, Superfruit and New Opportunities for Juice
 
2:30 Analysing the Benefits and Marketing Strategies Used to Increase Demand for Berry Based Beverages – Cranberry, Pomegranate, Red Plum and Blueberry
• What is resveratrol and where it can be extracted from?
• Resveratrol benefits for consumers’ health
• Examining the marketing strategies for increasing demand for berry based beverages
Carla Mazza
Comercial Manager
Juxx, Brazil
 
3.00 Case Study: Assessing the Role of Juice in the Development of New Products for Alcoholic Beverages
• Identifying product development and market opportunities for juice: A growing market?
• Assessing growth potentials for alcoholic beverages containing fruit juice
• Challenges in investing in this market
George Habib
Director of Quality and Exports
Capel, Chile
   
3:30 Questions
3.45 Refreshments
   
4.15 Do Superfruits Have a Future?
• What is a super fruit?
• Claims – legal, decent, honest and truthful? What the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) thinks
• Developing innovative superfruit beverages
David Berryman, CEO
David Berryman Ltd, UK
4.45 Organic Juices and Purees: An overview of supply in South America
Cristian Princz, President
FIDECO, Argentina
 
5.15 Questions
   
5.30 Chairs Closing Remarks
 
5.40 End of Conference.