About Vitafoods Europe 2025
It offers the perfect platform for businesses to thrive and forge long-term collaborations, enrich their understanding, and initiate critical conversations around the most pressing issues concerning the health and nutrition industry.
What you can expect this year
Join Roquette Pharma Solutions at our hospitality suite #4K38!
During this event, we will have a dedicated space where you can meet with our experts to discuss how our solutions can match your formulations, and you will be able to discover our extensive range of excipients and capsules for consumer healthcare.
Listen to our expert presentation
Peter Freed, Head of Global Pharma Customer Technical Support at Roquette, will give a presentation in the Vitafoods Insights Theatre about coatings and our new coating systems range.
- Title: A New, More Sustainable Film Coating System for the Nutraceutical Industry
This presentation will provide insight into coatings by giving an overview of immediate-release nutraceutical coating technologies. We will cover the role of coatings, the steps that are used to coat a tablet, the types of immediate-release coatings that are available in the market, and considerations when choosing a coating. We will also be highlighting the properties of Roquette’s ReadiLYCOAT® plant-based film coating systems range and its underlying polymer, LYCOAT® hydroxypropylated pea starch.
- Time & Location
Tuesday, 20 May - 13:10-13:40 (1.10 pm - 1:40 pm)
Vitafoods Insights Theatre, 5A2, FIRA Barcelona Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Discover what we are highlighting this year!
Book a meeting to discuss our comprehensive solutions, and access detailed documentation. We're excited to present some of our latest innovations, including:
- ReadiLYCOAT® plant-based film coating system is a ready-made premix of plant-based origin that generates highly stable thin films at a high level of productivity, ideal for immediate release as the films dissolve rapidly.
- ReadiLYCOAT® XC xylitol-based sugar-free sugar coating system is a mixture of xylitol, LYCOAT® hydroxypropyl pea starch, and magnesium stearate. This easy-to-use replacement for sugar coating uses perforated pan equipment and offers the same smooth finish with a drastically reduced processing time.
- LYCAGEL® Flex hydroxypropyl pea starch premix is a plant-based, plasticizer-free premix for veggie softgel capsules, providing the flexibility to select the optimal plasticizer and customize ingredient ratios for both nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications as an alternative to gelatin.
- PEARLITOL® ProTec co-processed mannitol-starch is a unique, plant-based co-processed blend of mannitol and maize starch. This solution protects and stabilizes moisture sensitive active ingredients like probiotics, improves consistency and offers wider opportunities for consumer-friendly dosage formats.
- PEARLITOL® 200 GT mannitol is a direct compression excipient, specially designed to avoid capping, improve flowability and tabletability. It can be used in tablets and in powder blends.
- Nutra’V® Extra Dry is the ultimate solution for Moisture-sensitive Nutraceuticals. These innovative cellulose capsules are meticulously crafted with an ultra-low moisture content range of 2.0-3.5%. Designed specifically to administer moisture-sensitive or hygroscopic healthcare products, Nutra’V Extra Dry capsules ensure the preservation of product integrity and efficacy. Nutra’V Extra Dry capsules demonstrate minimal brittleness even when subjected to low humidity levels, ensuring reliable performance throughout storage and usage.
- Nutra’V® Slow, unleash benefits, minimize discomfort. These capsules enhance ingredient protection and optimal delivery for probiotics and prebiotics. Nutra’V Slow capsules are specifically designed to target moisture-sensitive and acid-labile ingredients by slowing down capsule rupture and release of contents. Offering additional protection of ingredients from stomach acidity, these coated-free capsules facilitate product benefits thanks to a more appropriate delivery, while reducing the risk of unpleasant odors, aftertaste and reflux
- Nutra’V® Liquid, designed to provide effective protection for low-viscosity liquids. Nutra’V Liquid Capsules are ideal for swift ingredient release. They are meticulously designed to maintain shape integrity post-filling, ensuring rapid dissolution and consistent solubility. Crafted from 100% vegetal origin, they meet clean-label demands and cater to vegetarians, vegans, and religious dietary needs.