Vitafoods Europe 2026: Faravelli’s 100-year legacy and innovation in functional ingredients
15 May 2026 | Faravelli
Tiziana Ferrari, director of the Nutra division at Faravelli in Italy, discusses the company’s 100-year legacy of sourcing and supplying innovative ingredients. Ferrari explores how Faravelli helps manufacturers incorporate functional ingredients into mainstream F&B products to meet evolving consumer demands. She also shares insights into upcoming ingredient trends.
Fingerprints first, reporting from Vita Foods Europe 2026 in Barcelona.
At the Ferravelli stand with Ciziano Ferrari, who is director of the Nuts division in Italy.
So Ferravelli has been in business for over 100 years or for 100 years this year.
How has your approach to sourcing and supplying ingredients evolved over the decades, and how do you ensure your offerings remain at the forefront of innovation?
Yeah, yeah, so we celebrate our central this year and through the years, of course, the company changed, as you can imagine.
And but we, what we maintain is that we are trying to change our, let me say, approach to the market, following the market needs and the consumer expectations and then of course we select, we selected and still we select our partners properly in order to offer to our customers high value scientifically proven ingredients in order to support the the the the the let me say.
The efficacy of the products that they could.
Exactly.
So at Vita Foods you're showcasing a broad range of functional ingredients.
How do you work with manufacturers to help them incorporate these ingredients into mainstream products?
We really work closely with our customers.
They are both brand owners and, and we support them in order to better understand which product.
Are specifically designed for their needs depending on their expectation or what they would formulate and we support they are indeed marketing supplying them with the information and which are the benefits, how they could include our products in their finished formula and also supporting them using the proper excipients to create the right the right finished product.
Yeah, OK, makes sense.
So with consumers increasingly demanding transparency and traceability, how does Ferravellli ensure that its redis meet these expectations?
Yeah, we, OK, the, the, the year by year, the, let me see, we work in full 100% transparency with our customers, so we share with them the information regarding the name of producers, or we support them.
With all the information regarding declaration or all the papers that are needed in order to be safe that the product has be allowed to be used, so we have a technical department that's structured supporting us in this sales.
OK, so as health and wellness trends continue to shift, which specific ingredient categories do you see gaining traction in the coming years?
OK, so I will check my crystal bowls.
No, I'm joking.
Then for sure.
I see that the the gut health is one of the main drivers of the nutraceutical market and so for sure all the products related to digestive solutions, protein intake, protein digestions, microbiome, probiotic growth, all these issues, all these targets are really.
There will be interesting and a trend and then a new trend which is the, let me say, healthy aging like -being or in case longevity is becoming more and more popular and they become to be popular, so as you say, your company is also known for its technical and formulation expertise.
So can you tell us more about how your team supports product.
Formulators and bringing innovative functional foods to market.
Yes, I think that it is one of our main, let me say key points.
So all of our sales team in the Nutra are picking up the ground and then of course we are able to support our customers in the formulation of the products, and not only supporting.
Them or showing them the benefits of the ingredients, but also supporting them on how they could include the ingredients in a final formula with the properly using the recipients or maybe to support customers in solving problems that they could have in the production phase or in the formulation.
This is our real main main key point.
OK, that's brilliant.
Thanks for your time.
