FHA Show Daily Day 1 — April 24, 2018 -2 | Page 3

24 A pri l 2 0 18 FHA2018 SHOWDAILY 3 4 French companies form FoodTech Alliance FOUR French specialist manufacturers — Mérand, Maé, Hengel and Guyon — -formed the FoodTech Alliance and have set up a South-east Asia regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to support the needs of professional bakers and pastry chefs, retail chains, franchised chains and semi-industrials in the re- gion. The South-east Asia office will be operational by next month. Offering a full range of products/ services and a “superior expertise” to non-specialist requirements, FoodTech Alliance at booth 1B2-01 offers to provide these sectors with customised solutions for their bread and pastry production needs. In today’s F&B business, the alliance says craftsmen and industrials need to have an interlocutor who can fully understand their projects. Whether it is for laboratory equipment, ingredients, recipes, consulting, trainings or a turn- key solution, FoodTech Alliance will answer their needs with 100% French expert solutions that are personalised, profitable, and adapted to all produc- tion volumes. Each company brings its own exper- tise to FoodTech Alliance: n Mérand: for dough processing and its automatic lines New hazel nut spread with zero palm oil GLOBAL natural sweetener brand Natvia has launched Nuttvia, a new hazelnut spread from Australia made with zero palm oil and 97% less sugar. This delicious hazelnut spread has been certified by th e Orangutan Alliance, an independ- ent non-profit organisation promot- ing the reduction of non-sustainable palm oil in consumer products through its Palm Oil Free Certifica- tion Programme. For more details, visit booth 10W2-10. Nuttvia, a new hazelnut spread from Australia made with zero palm oil and 97% less sugar. n Maé: for silicone moulds, baking/ freezing trays and non-stick coating n Hengel: for deep-freezing, blast chilling, and conservation and fermenta- tion activities The FoodTech Alliance is working with many partners for ingredients, recipes and skills training. n Guyon: for baking on all types of oven The FoodTech Alliance is also work- ing with many partners for ingredients, recipes and skills training — delivering an entirely mastered bakery and pastry process, with the ingredients, the process and the equipment adapted to follow the recipes from A to Z.