Our expert contributors
Luca co-founded the Rome-based food consultancy Hylobates 19 years ago and with his team has helped register thousands of food supplements across Europe, as well as helped manage crisis situations and recalls. He is a vice-chair of ESSNA, the European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance, and a director of EuroFIR, the non-profit food and food supplement composition organisation.
Steffi is a senior consultant at analyze & realize (a&r), a consulting agency and contract research organisation. It provides clinical trials and regulatory and strategic services to the food and consumer healthcare industries on, for example, novel foods, health claims, botanicals, and food supplements.
David is a pharmacist, naturopath, author, speaker, and media personality known internationally as "the Herbal Pharmacist". His background in pharmacy and natural medicine make him a leader in the global natural products industry as a third-party expert connecting health conditions and supplement mechanisms of action.
Mike has more than 15 years of experience analysing consumer trends across the food, drink, and supplement markets. He has a particular interest in understanding consumer attitudes and behaviours and where they vary, in order to determine what is truly driving marketing activity from a consumer perspective.
Emma has more than 10 years’ experience in industry as a food technologist and NPD manager in the retail and manufacturing sectors. At Mintel, she provides strategic insight and analysis for ingredients and additives, general nutrition, health and wellness, labelling, and regulatory developments.