Plant-based has boomed in recent years, with flexitarians keen to try vegan alternatives of their meaty favourites. But signs that category growth is wavering suggests repeat purchases are not assured. How can plant-based meat makers reverse this trend...
From plant-based to cell cultured, alternative meat and dairy has excited innovators and investors alike. But is the category now showing signs of slow-down?
Innovation has paved the way for alt meat makers looking to mimic the real thing. And there is more to come. Which innovative technologies and ingredients promise to mimic the taste, texture, and cooking behaviour of conventional meat?
With the global dairy alternatives market projected to reach over $61bn by 2029, what started as a niche offering is now commonplace in household fridges. Innovators are leaning into new product formats and category expansion to continue to grow alt-dairy,...
Alt dairy brands want to achieve the experience of dairy, without the cow. Increasingly, tech pioneers are turning to next-gen solutions to achieve the creamy and indulgent profile consumers want. In this session, we’ll examine the R&D-fuelled innovation...
Future Food-Tech connects the entire value chain from around the world to map out the future of protein. Join us in New York on June 27-28 to meet with 900+ founders, investors and food brands pioneering alternative proteins.
The beverage category in APAC is currently a hotbed of innovation as consumers increasingly demand options that are
healthier, provide added functionality, are clean label and natural, and contain less sugar.
That’s why FoodNavigator-Asia...
After a hugely successful debut as a face-to-face event in 2022, the Growth Asia Summit returns for 2023 with a raft
of new content themes to explore the very latest market opportunities across the region that is driving the growth of
the...
More than 800+ C-Suite food brand executives, investors and entrepreneurs from around the globe met in London to spotlight technologies and partnerships to build healthier and more sustainable food systems.
Over 1100 international delegates joined us in Singapore and online for the 5th annual Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit on October 26-28, 2022 to focus on building agri-food capacity and resilience in Asia, network, and forge partnerships for...
Join us for an explosion of ideas, fresh thinking, unrivalled networking and new opportunities when global leaders from across the food industry meet in San Francisco on March 16-17.
Postbiotics is one of the hottest topics in nutrition today, opening up a raft of new product development opportunities across the functional food and supplements space.
In this ‘Spotlight On’ broadcast, we’ll be focusing on how the industry...
Across the globe, the ageing population continues to grow. By 2050, one in four people in Asia Pacific will be over 60 years old. Therefore, it is no surprise that healthy ageing is a major nutrition trend as consumer demands for preventive measure are...
Low-sugar AND high-protein, clean label AND organic, more nutritious AND sustainable – AND all this without compromising on taste? Now consider the impact of record inflation AND supply chain instability. The increasing list of consumer expectations and...
The three-day Positive Nutrition Summit will see FoodNavigator journalists probe how the latest nutritional science can be applied to mass market food and beverage categories. They will examine how the latest nutritional science and technology can meet...
The Probiota Series brings together experts and leaders from global industries and academia to present top-level insights. Covering topics such as prebiotics & synbiotics, the phage opportunity, continuing the postbiotics conversation, microbiome...
The 2022 Protein Vision series will consist of two category focused events on 8 and 9 June, 2022. Each day will have a morning and an afternoon session.
The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit Europe, produced by the NutraIngredients team, brings together industry and research professionals in the sports nutrition space and aims to bridge the gaps between cutting edge science, business strategy and key...
The 2021 Food for Kids Summit is back as a two-part Interactive Broadcast Series, running on November 10 and 17.
The series aims to bring together stakeholders from across the industry to present and discuss what kids are eating, how habits and...
Consumption is at the heart of a transition to a more sustainable food system. Increasingly savvy and sustainability-minded shoppers are helping speed the pace of change and consumer demand is shaping what areas of action will have the biggest impact...
Consumption is at the heart of a transition to a more sustainable food system. Increasingly savvy and sustainability-minded shoppers are helping speed the pace of change and consumer demand is shaping what areas of action will have the biggest impact...
Urgent changes to how we produce and consume food are needed today. But what innovation will shape the future of the food system? From biotech to digital, we’ll be profiling the cutting-edge science that will shape the food system of tomorrow.
Food and beverage manufacturers are assessing where they can reduce their impact on climate in a cost-effective manner, in line with the Paris Agreement. Counting the carbon cost of their own operations and that of their supply chains, the F&B sector...
In this four-day event, FoodNavigator will examine supply chain challenges, how to support a sustainable consumption shift, and food-tech innovation for food system transformation .
In this editorial webinar, we look at plant-based dairy alternatives to see what’s new, what’s making the end products better, and what’s appealing to the end consumer.
The Growth Asia interactive broadcast series returns for 2021 to build on the huge success of its inaugural edition, where more than 3,200 industry delegates registered to hear expert insights from a raft of big-name brands, leading academics, policy...
How are food formulators navigating the balance between delivering clean label products that have the taste and texture that consumers expect at the price point they want?
The FoodNavigator Positive Nutrition Digital Summit will focus on eight strategic pillars that will be crucial to delivering positive nutrition strategies.
An ageing population is a time bomb for Europe’s food sector, which must innovate to address the specific needs of this rapidly expanding, and generally affluent, consumer group.
The plant-based category is witnessing buoyant growth, boosted by health, environmental and animal welfare concerns. In this editorial webinar, FoodNavigator will profile the latest approaches to innovation in the plant-based space.
Many dairy companies and cooperatives have turned to R&D to improve profits, going beyond milk, yogurt and cheese, looking to create functional ingredients that can be added to a wide range of products.
How can food brands deal with the challenge of meeting increased demand among consumers for products deemed ‘natural’ and that come with ‘cleaner’, ‘shorter’ labels, whilst also providing products with a full nutritional profile?
Asia continues to battle the double-burden of malnutrition and obesity, leading to projections that the reformulation market will rocket from $65bn today to $110bn by 2025 and the fortification sector will surge from $70bn to $125bn by 2030.
Asia-Pacific’s active and sports nutrition was valued at $1.4bn in 2019, and is forecast to hit $2.3bn by 2023 as consumers increasingly prioritise health, wellness and fitness.
The Asia-Pacific infant formula market size was valued at $11.4 billion in 2017, and is projected to reach $26.8 billion by 2026, with China, India and emerging South East Asian markets particular hotpots.
Asia is tipped to be the largest region for plant-based food consumption in the $21bn global finished product market by 2025 on the back of consumers’ ethical, health and environmental concerns, plus extensive product innovation.
The APAC probiotics market is predicted to grow from $17.5bn in 2018 to more than $25bn by 2025, while the prebiotic market is set to enjoy almost double-digit CAGR over the period, as benefits far beyond digestive health are more widely understood.
By 2050 there will be 1.3 billion people over the age of 60 in APAC, up from around 650 million today, with vast gains predicted for products that help boost immunity, bone, joint, muscle, cognitive, heart, skin, eye and digestive health.
Salt reduction offers an important opportunity to improve population health. So what is the industry doing to combat our addiction and prove it is worth its salt?
The Unlocking Innovation Webinar Series, will seek the game changers, disruptors and pioneers who are unlocking innovation in the food & beverage industry - with a focus on NPD, preventative health, start-ups and sustainability.
The COVID-19 pandemic places the link between diet and wellness into sharp relief. The connection between obesity and higher morbidity rates highlights the stark reality that poor diets lead to negative health outcomes. A divergence in consumer behaviour...
If there has been one ‘winner’ from the coronavirus crisis, many would point to the environment. A shutdown in our daily lives, including a massive drop in air travel, has resulted in a tangible improvement to air quality and reduction in carbon emissions....
Agile start-ups and challenger brands have disrupted the food sector through their short NPD pipelines and close consumer relationships. Many an ambitious food entrepreneur launched businesses with an eye to becoming the next unicorn and investment in...
What will the coronavirus crisis mean for the big innovation drivers that have shaped the food industry in recent years? How will the pandemic alter consumer attitudes to food? With diet and health front-of-mind for many, we are likely to see a continued...
As non-communicable disease rates continue to escalate food formulators are responding to the pressing need to cut the amount of salt, fat and sugar in our diets. Flavour is a key piece of the puzzle. From ingredient development that can enhance perception...
Never has the food industry been so concerned about sustainability, and the meat sector is no different. Without significant investment of time, money and research right now, there is no future for the industry, and processors around the globe are working...
FlavourTalk Raw Materials Exhibition (11th March) is the twelfth of the highly acclaimed table-top events, which offers delegates a unique opportunity to meet suppliers of raw materials from companies in Europe and beyond.
A panel of experts will join FoodNavigator to discuss the tests that plant-based proteins now face. Among them are the challenges manufacturers face to provide consumers with better products, with improved taste and texture, to see repeat buying from...
No doubt, plant proteins are here to stay. The plant-based categories are growing at an incredible fast pace, driven by consumers highly conscious of the impact of their diet on their health and environment. However, expectations are high and consumers...
