FFWS 2024

March 06-07, 2024

Wyndham Grand Bangsar Kuala Lumpur

The International Probiotics Association

It was very very interesting and meeting different people from everywhere in the world to come to present here. I’m happy to be here and hopefully I will be back to chair as well.

——George Paraskevakos, Executive Director

The 6AM Agency

The summit had amazing insights, amazing inputs the speakers were really good. There was a lot to learn in these two days.

So congratulations to FFWS. And we will be looking forward to attending the next event.

——Alyssa & Divya

The International Probiotics Association

I would like to express that I really enjoyed a lot of the event. I know how hard you the organizer worked to gather all the speakers. This is a very interesting event. I will definitely attend another event. Thank you so much.

——Solange Henoud, Vice-President Regulatory & Compliance

PT Phytochemindo Reksa

It’s a great privilege for me to be here, and congratulations to the organizers of the Functional Foods for Wellness Summit. A very well organized, curated and professional event.

——Patrick Kalona, Chairman, AAHSA & Commissioner, APSKI

Expert Nutraceutical Advocacy Council

The Speakers were very eminent, the panelists were very eminent, the topics chosen were very relevant.

It’s been an amazing experience…

——Sandeep Gupta, Chief Founder & Director

FFWS 2025

January 15-16, 2025

Pullman Bangkok King Power

Kyowa Hakko Bio Co. Ltd.

HMO is a very unique ingredient，which is very beneficial for not only infants but also adults. and it is expected to support the immune health and gut health and we are the only supplier in the Asian areas and we can contribute our HMO to all over the world. very excited to connect with the lot of people in the industry and thank you very much.

——Masayuki Ochiai, Senior Manager

Kaneka Ubiquinol™

My name is Kazuki Takita from Kaneka Cooperation which is a manufacturer of Kaneka Ubiquinol™ and Kaneka Ubiquinol™ is helping produce energy and for the summit. it's a great opportunity for us to show credential as premium ingredients with out trusted summit FFWS. and also this is a great opportunity for us to connect everyone in this industry all across this region thank you very much.

——Kazuki Takita, Head of Sales (APAC)

Bart

For us it is a very interesting area to support not only the promotion of our company. but also to make some nice reports to present dedicated for the special markets especially for the Thailand and Asian areas and we believe that this kind of meetings can get us closer to different kinds of companies to go ahead and create something new and new for the future development. Thank you very much.

——Katarzyna Czapska & Margaret Kostrzewa

Synbio Tech Inc.

Synbio Techh is a probiotics manufacturer in Taiwan and in this submit we met a lot of potential clients from Thailand, from Malaysia and from China as well so we hopefully next year maybe we will still have the opportunity to sponsor this conference.

——Idelle Chen & Lisa Chen

Biotropics Malaysia

This is my second time attending Functional Foods for Wellness Summit it is really a great place to meet people of like minded businesses in the neutraceutical and also functional foods we learned a lot about the different ingredients the sciences behind it and also regulatory requirements for entering all kinds of regions this is a great place to be and I'm really happy that I was here.

——Dr. Annie George, Head of Science

Biotropics Malaysia

it's a really good opportunity to learn about different knowledge and trends and innovations from different professionals in different areas

——Chloe Kok, Senior Manager, Manager, Sales & Marketing (Performance Ingredient)

Bio-gen Extracts

A wonderful event to be part of with very interesting topics is actually a very refreshing event especially when it comes to regulatory requirements and harmonization of regulations and we see a lot of commonalities which is a positive in the industry and there's a lot more dialogues that can happen and this is a great platform which is supporting such dialogues between different stakeholders across different value chains starting from all the way from the ingredient level to the brands.

——Salman Mehkri, Head of Business Development

Turkish Food Safety Association

It has been great two days it was a great opportunity to learn about what is happening in this region but also what is happening globally and also it was a great opportunity for networking I'd like to invite everyone who is interested in the topics See you next year. Bye bye!

——Dr. Samim Saner, Vice President

Lallemand Health Solutions

I'm truly impressed with the quality of this event, this is the second one, after Malaysia within less than 12 months, it is very rich in the content yet very different, so very complementary to what, we saw in Malaysia and more up to date, I strongly recommend anyone in the regulatory, scientific, business development field to, attend this event so they can stay up to date, on topics of interests, such as my favorite probiotics, thank you.

——Solange Henoud, Chair of the Regulatory Committee

ENAC

Was an excellent event with the great insights specially focusing on the Asia regulatory market which is more of the need of the art for harmonization. so a very good excellent setup with complete understanding and accessibility for the Asia market.

——Ranjitha Balakrishnan, Chief Marketing & Operations Officer

ENAC

I've been a part of FFWS since the first edition, you have done a great job, you have done a great job, and having the right speakers having the right topics, so right from, wellness essentials to the probiotics, everything has been covered very well in these sessions.

——Sharvari Dixit, Chief Marketing & Communication Officer

FFWS 2026 WILL START IN

Add to My Calender

EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

						Following the success of our past editions in Bangkok (2025) and Kuala Lumpur (2024), Functional Foods for Wellness Summit Bangkok 2026 is set to return on January 22-23, 2026! FFWS will once again bring together leading industry experts, innovators, and business leaders to explore the latest trends, regulatory developments, and innovations in functional foods and wellness.
					

Regulatory Updates & Market Entrance Challenges

								Updated policies and regulations in the Pan-Asian functional food industry, latest market access challenges, and registration processes for functional foods
							

Applications of Popular Ingredients

								Applications of excellent ingredients such as postbiotics, probiotics, prebiotics, plant active compounds, proteins, HMOs, and GABA in functional foods
							

New Developments in Precision Nutrition

								Market potential of the latest research and transformation applications in precision nutrition
							

PREVIOUS SPEAKERS

Arjun Singh Dasoondi
Associate VP- Nutrition Wellness & Communities
Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd

Wang Hesong
Secretary General-Health Consulting Service Committee
China Health Care Association

Junichi Hanazato
President of Japan Health Business Media
Chairman of The Japan-China Health Industry Exchange Association

Dr. Junichi Minami
Manager, Marketing Strategy Team
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

Dr. Hsiao-Wen Huang
Senior Technical Support Scientist Synbio Tech Inc.

Yuejian Mao
General Manager of Microecology R&D Department
Mengniu Global R&D Innovation Center

Dr. Julia Lee
Chief Commercial Officer
Natural Trace

George Paraskevakos
Executive Director
The International Probiotics Association (IPA)

Janjira Intra, Ph.D.
SEA Regulatory Affairs and Quality Assurance Deputy Director，Amway
President, Health Food and Supplement Association（HFSA）

Kelvin Zhang
Head of Marketing
BYHEALTH

Wei Ting Teng
APAC Regulatory Affairs, Global Regulatory Affairs, Health & Wellbeing,
R&D, Unilever

Matias Kuo
Head of APAC, Australia, China & India, Global Regulatory Affairs,
Health &Wellbeing, R&D, Unilever

Monitar Tan
Naturopath and Public Health Educator
Kaneka Corporation, Japan

Margaret Kostrzewa
Business Development Director for Asia & Middle East
Bart

Katarzyna Czapska
R&D Director
Bart

Hoang Mai Nguyen
Associate Principal
IQVIA Consumer Health

Dr. Samim Saner
V. President
Turkish Food Safety Association

Dr. Annie George
Head of Science
Biotropics Malaysia

Dr. H. N. Shivaprasad
Director Global Business Development
Botanic Healthcare

Dr. Eri Nakazaki
Manager of Research and Business Development
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited.

Sharvari Dixit
Marketing, Strategy, Communication & Content Advocacy, Nutraworks Consulting Group (NCG)
Chief Marketing & Communication Officer, Expert Nutraceutical Advocacy Council (ENAC)
Strategic Marketing Advisor - Healthyr-U (Zuventus Healthcare)

Wai Mun Poon
Principal Regulatory Consultant
Wong SJ Asia Pte Ltd
Secretariat
ASEAN Technical Scientific Committee for Traditional Medicine and Health Supplements

Patrick Kalona
Chairman, AAHSA (Asean Alliance of Health Supplements Association)
Commissioner, APSKI (Association of Indonesian Health Supplement Company)

Hongtao Fei
Founder, General Manager
Antion Consulting (Beijing)
Deputy Secretary General
Health Consultation Committee of China Health Care Association

Virginia Cesarini
Associate
Food Compliance International

Ranjitha Balakrishnan
Technical, Regulatory & Compliances Nutraworks
Chief Marketing & Operations Officer
Expert Nutraceutical Advocacy Council (ENAC)

Sandeep Gupta
Nutraceutical Man of India
Chief Founder & Director, ENAC
Director & CEO, Nutraworks Consulting Group (NCG)

Solange Henoud
Chair of the Regulatory Committee
The International Probiotics Association (IPA)
Vice-President Regulatory & Compliance, Lallemand Health Solutions

Cathy Amarantidis
Technical Sales Director
Microbiome Business Unit
Sacco System

Dr. Zhang Xuguang
Associate Group Vice President of Mengniu Dairy
R&D Nutrition & Health, Biotechnology

Dr. Kalpana Bhaskaran
Deputy Director, Industry Partnerships & Head, Glycemic Index Research Unit, School of Applied Science, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore
President, Singapore Nutrition & Dietetics Association
Advisor, Diabetes Singapore

Rajkiran Nayak
Senior Manager, Market Development
Aptar CSP Technologies

Jorg Hager
Expert in Genetics and Nutrigenomics at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences
Nestlé Research

Dr. Salome Benjamin
Consultant Medical Nutritionist
Director BNA Life (Benjamin Nutrition Academy)

Florence Leong
Co-Founder, Director
Kosmode Health Singapore

Kelvin Ng
Managing Partner - Green Bridge Partners
Executive Vice President - Float Foods (OnlyEg)
Advisor- The Live Green Company (TLGC)

Avril Soh
Scientific Affairs Specialist
Science Translation & Advocacy APAC
dsm-firmenich

Dr. Shintaro Ichikawa
Senior Research Scientist
Institute of Health Sciences
Kirin Holdings

Dr. Asma Ashraf Khan
Director
Food Innovate Pte Ltd.

PREVIOUS ENDORSERS

BECOME AN ENDORSER

To discuss a partnership opportunity, please contact:

Mia Shen
Tel: +86 21 55085822 ext.8018
E-mail: mias@ffwsummit.com

Lesley Liu
Tel: +86 21 5508 5822 ext. 8009
E-mail: lesleyl@ffwsummit.com

PREVIOUS SPONSORS

BECOME A SPONSOR

To receive details about sponsorship, please contact:

Mia Shen
Tel: +86 21 55085822 ext.8018
E-mail: mias@ffwsummit.com

Lesley Liu
Tel: +86 21 5508 5822 ext. 8009
E-mail: lesleyl@ffwsummit.com

FFWS REVIEWS

2024

2025

HOTEL