Innovations in Sports Nutrition : 29-30 May 2012 - Radisson Blu Portman Hotel, London

LONDON, May 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

http://www.fi-sportsnutrition.com

Traditionally, sports nutrition products have been focused towards elite level athletes but the market is being transformed by the emergence of regular consumers who are not always interested in sports yet recognise the role that nutrition can play in helping their general health and wellness. With the active and performance nutrition market set to hit €5bn by 2015*, competition in this sector is growing as food and beverage manufacturers look to expand and diversify their product portfolios to profit from the rise in everyday consumers.

In just three weeks time, Fi Conferences' Innovations in Sports Nutrition is bringing together all of those involved in the rapidly expanding market of performance and active nutrition, from manufacturers and ingredient suppliers to consultants and retailers  enabling these organisations to understand the direction of the market and the available opportunities.

Attendees from over 15 countries have already registered so far including Heads of R&D, NPD and Product Development from:

• Abbott Nutrition •-Athletes' Performance •-Beneo • Bio-Synergy • Clinical Nutrition • Coca-Cola • Cosucra • Dairy Crest • Danisco DuPont • Danone • Dextro Energy • DSM • ESSNA • Fayrefield FoodTec • FrieslandCampina • Gencor Pacific • GlaxoSmithKline • Huegli •-Leatherhead Food Research • Linwoods • LycoRed • MaxiNutrition • Natural Sports Nutrition • Nizo Food Research • Noi Sirius • Norrmejerier • NSC Pharma • Nutrition Works • Performance Nutrition/Arsenal FC • Optimum Nutrition • Osuuskunta Maitomaa • PhD Nutrition • Roquette • Sports Integrated • Synergy • Unimark Remedies • United Bakeries • University of Birmingham • Volac International

For full programme information and to register please go to http://www.fi-sportsnutrition.com.

About Fi Conferences:

Fi Conferences is an extension of Fi Europe Exhibitions whose food ingredients event, which celebrated its 25th year in 2011, attracts over 20,000 visitors. Fi Conferences, which runs its modular conference alongside this annual exhibition, offers topic-led conferences and workshops that focus on the hottest issues facing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the food and beverage ingredients industry. Fi Conferences provide the information and insights needed by R&D, product development, innovation and marketing professionals at both ingredient suppliers and food & beverage manufacturers. http://www.ficonferences.com

*Euromonitor

For further information, please contact:

Simon Hoare
Conference Programme Editor
Fi Conferences
t: +44(0)20-7955-3909
e: simon.hoare@ubm.com