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Roquette to Spotlight Pea Starch Technology at Vitafoods 2024 with Latest Addition to Leading LYCAGEL® Plant-Based Softgel Excipient

Roquette Pharma Solutions, booth K148, Vitafoods Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, 14-16 May 2024

La Madeleine, France – April 23, 2024. Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of nutraceutical and pharmaceutical excipients, is set to showcase a new flexible addition to its LYCAGEL® hydroxypropyl pea starch excipient range at Vitafoods Europe 2024, along with a fresh vision for developing vegetarian and vegan dietary supplements in softgels.

In the company’s first joint exhibition with Qualicaps, following its acquisition of the leading capsule manufacturer late last year, Roquette will demonstrate how its newly expanded portfolio can help producers craft exceptional supplements to meet any consumer health need. Attendees are invited to visit booth K148 for a first look at the company’s latest excipient launch, alongside leading-edge insights for optimizing efficiency, quality, and sustainability in nutraceutical production.

Experts from Roquette’s technical, marketing and commercial teams will be available on-stand throughout the show to offer tailored support for tackling the toughest challenges in nutraceutical formulation. On the event’s opening day, Roquette’s Technical Developer Manager – Europe, Steve Amoussou-Guenou, will host a presentation on the sustainable potential of LYCOAT® modified pea starch for vegetarian and vegan dietary supplements. Attendees can join him at 12:00 p.m., May 14, 2024, in the New Ingredients Theatre, to learn about the versatile applications of LYCOAT® modified pea starch in ReadiLYCOAT® film coating premix and LYCAGEL® softgel capsules premix.

In addition to valuable knowledge sharing, visitors to the Roquette and Qualicaps booth can experience the quality of the companies’ combined portfolio firsthand through a wide range of samples – from traditional tablets and capsules to softgels and gummies.

About Roquette: “Offering the best of nature”

Roquette is a family-owned global leader in plant-based ingredients and a leading provider of pharmaceutical excipients. Founded in 1933, the company currently operates in more than 100 countries, through more than 30 manufacturing sites, has a turnover of around 5 billion euros, and employs almost 10,000 people worldwide.

Life and nature have been our sources of inspiration for decades. All our raw materials are of natural origin. From them, we enable a whole new plant-based cuisine; we offer pharmaceutical solutions that play a key role in medical treatments; and we develop innovative ingredients for food, nutrition and health markets. We truly unlock the potential of nature to improve, cure and save lives.

Thanks to a constant drive for innovation and a long-term vision, we are committed to improving the well-being of people all over the world. We put sustainable development at the heart of our concerns, while taking care of resources and territories. We are determined to create a better and healthier future for all generations.

Discover more about Roquette at this link.

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