Superfood : the Taste of Tomorrow RECIPES from MULTINATIONALS the Functional Food Boom the Success of Organic Products Investigating the Proteins Market
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N°2 MAY 2016 WWW.SWISSQUOTE.COM CHF 8.- FOXCONN Rise of the robots 15 firms under the magnifying ANALYSIS Is the Swiss watch glass industry in crisis ? MATCH GROUP Getting to know the leader in DOSSIER online dating Superfood : the taste of tomorrow RECIPES FROM MULTINATIONALS The functional food boom The success of organic products Investigating the proteins market DANONE PEPSICO KELLOGG’S YAKULT GENERAL MILLS NESTLÉ CAMPBELL’S TO BREAK THE RULES, YOU MUST FIRST MASTER THEM. THE VALLÉE DE JOUX. FOR MILLENNIA A HARSH, UNYIELDING ENVIRONMENT; AND SINCE 1875 THE HOME OF AUDEMARS PIGUET, IN THE VILLAGE OF LE BRASSUS. THE EARLY WATCHMAKERS WERE SHAPED HERE, IN AWE OF THE FORCE OF NATURE YET DRIVEN TO MASTER ITS MYSTERIES THROUGH THE COMPLEX MECHANICS OF THEIR CRAFT. STILL TODAY THIS PIONEERING SPIRIT INSPIRES US TO CONSTANTLY CHALLENGE THE CONVENTIONS OF FINE WATCHMAKING. ROYAL OAK CHRONOGRAPH IN YELLOW GOLD GENEVA BOUTIQUE AUDEMARS PIGUET PLACE DE LA FUSTERIE 12, TEL: +41 22 319 06 80 MONTRES PRESTIGE GRAND HOTEL KEMPINSKI, TEL: +41 22 732 83 00 EDITORIAL SWISSQUOTE MAY 2016 Superfoods are becoming super popular Marc Bürki, CEO of Swissquote onsumers today are more At the Nestlé Institute of Health health-conscious, and Sciences on the EPFL campus, the they’re willing to pay more company is developing products to Cfor foods that are better for them – prevent diabetes, cardiovascular or advertised as such. Food industry disease and muscle loss. giants are adapting to the trend. In addition to being very promising, You can find functional foods the health food market presents (‘high-tech’ foods with added another important advantage for vitamins and supplements) at the businesses : it’s a great time to get supermarket next to the organic, into e-commerce. Just look at China, gluten-free and lactose-free where the sector for foods stamped products. Functional foods have as “ healthy “ is growing 10% annually, seen incredible growth worldwide. and where online sales are booming. Nestlé’s sales jumped 25% last year, p. 28 As you’ll see in our dossier, all the and the company isn’t stopping there. big players in the sector are looking It recently forged a partnership with to gain market share in health foods Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant. The p. 16 – including companies known for their deal will expand Nestlé’s distribution sugary and high-fat products. US capabilities and open up new horizons. soda giant Pepsico has branched out into cold-pressed juices, and General But the question remains : do these Mills has been talking up the nutri- foods taste good and are they enjoy- tional value of its cereals, which able to eat ? That’s a big challenge no longer contain food colouring for the industry, which is trying to or preservatives. meet it with clever marketing – and p. 48 it’s working. But the industry needs p. 40 Nestlé is positioning itself as a pio- to accept that no matter how so- neer of this health food movement. phisticated packaged foods might The Swiss company is investing be, they are no substitute for fresh heavily in research and development produce. After all, fresh produce isn’t and has spent the last few years just healthy – it tastes good too. buying up companies in the highly specialised medical nutrition sector. Enjoy ! 3 SWISSQUOTE MAY 2016 DOSSIER 28 Superfood : the taste of tomorrow RECIPES FROM MULTINATIONALS 14 TRENDS FOXCONN 18 TABLE OF CONTENTS 3. EDITORIAL 18. FOXCONN 28. DOSSIER : SUPERFOOD : by Marc Bürki Rise of the robots THE TASTE OF TOMORROW 31. Infographic : 46. Functional foods 6. SCANS 22. INSIGHT Economic The popularity of The health food market for animals survey private justice 32. Interview with Julian 48. Functional food, 14. TRENDS 24. ANALYSIS Mellentin, director of the lies and marketing Personalities, The point of agency New Nutrition nations, innovations view of specialists Business 50. Interview with, Patrick Denoux, 16. THE MATCH 26. THE QUESTION 34. Spotlight on fifteen professor of Alibaba vs Is the Swiss watch big names psychology Amazon industry mired in a crisis ? 45. The healthy 52. Food of ingredient combo the future 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS SWISSQUOTE MAY 2016 MATCH GROUP TWO WHEELS PUBLISHER Swissquote Chemin de la Crétaux 33 1196 Gland - Suisse T. +41 44 825 88 88 www.swissquote.com [email protected] Manager Brigitta Cooper 60 70 EDITORIAL Editor-in-chief CORPORATE CULTURE Ludovic Chappex 66 Design director Caroline Fischer and Natalie Bindelli CANA atelier graphique Route de Jussy 29 - 1226 Thônex www.ateliercana.ch Editorial staff Clément Bürge, Catherine Cochard, Benjamin Keller, Marie Maurisse, Sylvain Menétrey, Philipp Müller, Grégoire Nicolet, Jean-Christophe Piot, Gaëlle Sinnassamy, Gaëtan Vannay, Armelle Vincent, Julie Zaugg Layout Natalie Bindelli and Caroline Fischer 72 (CANA atelier graphique) Cover Photo : Michaël Ottenwaelter for Swissquote Magazine Photography Michaël Ottenwaelter, Lernert & Sander, R. 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