Protein Vision 2024
From plant-based to cell cultured, alternative meat and dairy promises sustainability on a plate. But amid signs of a category slowdown, is that enough?
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Sugar Reduction
Too much sugar is bad news for health, but consumers don't want to compromise on taste, texture, or indulgence. While sugar reduction technologies promise sweetness with fewer calories, concerns over sweeteners do still exist and could be damaging...
Positive Nutrition Interactive Broadcast Series 2025
The FoodNavigator Positive Nutrition Interactive Broadcast Series will take a look at the different facets of nutrition. It will consist of eight category focused sessions happening on Wednesdays between January 22, 2025 and March 19, 2025, and will...
Weight Management
What eating patterns and health claims resonate with consumers? Today's niche diets, social media blips and Internet searches could reveal tomorrow's must-have functional ingredients or influential diets. We will take a look at evolving eating patterns...
Functional Beverages
The functional beverage market is slated to reach a staggering $350 million by 2030 as increasingly health-conscious consumers turn their backs on sugary soft drinks and alcoholic beverages in favor of healthier options that can help them keep up their...
Weight Management Summit 2025
The Weight Management Summit, hosted by NutraIngredients-USA and in association with Iovate Health Sciences, will explore the state of the market, the regulatory landscape, the science behind the dietary ingredients making waves as natural alternatives...
Sports & Active Nutrition Summit USA 2025
We are excited to be returning to San Diego for the 2025 Sports & Active Nutrition Summit USA on Feb 19 -21, produced by NutraIngredients-USA.com !
Plant-Based Innovation
While the wider economic landscape and consumer education remain challenges for the plant-based sector in Asia, there are several opportunities for the industry to make gains across the region. With plant-based diets very much steeped in the tradition of...
Healthy ageing and the 'longevity' trend
As ageing population numbers rise, an opportunity is opening in food and beverage. While older consumers seek tailored formulations, younger generations also want to live healthier, for longer. How can industry best tap into the "healthy longevity" trend?
Mood food: Eating with mental health in mind
Mental health is in decline, with Gen Z being hit harder than most. Luckily for those with pill fatigue, food can provide much more than just energy: some ingredients are linked to improved brainpower, others can de-stress, and more still tap into the...
Healthy Alternatives
More than half of Americans follow a specific diet, with highprotein, mindful eating, calorie-counting, clean eating and intermittent fasting topping the charts. And more consumers are likely to purchase a snack labeled as "healthy" than an identical one...
Future Food-Tech San Francisco
Future Food-Tech returns to the innovation hub of San Francisco on March 13-14, bringing leaders together from across the globe navigate the R&D, strategy and partnerships necessary to ensure a healthy & sustainable future through food.
Healthier Snacking
The Asia snacking sector is thriving, with innovation and consumer demand at an all time high. However, there two key trends that are driving the growth – health and functionality. As consumers increasingly snack more and move away from set meal...
The NutraIngredients Awards 2025
NutraIngredients.com is excited to announce that the NutraIngredients Awards returning with NEW categories for 2025. The Awards Winners will be presented with their trophies during an awards' presentation in Barcelona on the 21st May 2025.
Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins
Future Food-Tech Alternative Proteins returns to Chicago, the vibrant, food-tech epicenter of the US on June 2-3, to explore how the diversification of protein can help mitigate the climate crisis, whilst delivering affordable, nutrient-rich food for all.
Active Nutrition Summit 2025
Providing an evolution of our prominent annual Active Nutrition Summit, this event will provide delegates with insights into the increasingly holistic and mass market view of the sports nutrition market.
Growth Asia Summit 2025
The Growth Asia Summit returns at 15-17 July 2025 to once again explore the very latest market opportunities that have developed over the previous 12 months in the region that is driving the growth of the global food, beverage and nutrition industries –...
Future Food-Tech London
As the food industry prioritises creating nutritious and tasty foods that support a healthier and more sustainable food system, Future Food-Tech’s European summit returns to London on September 24-25, to dig into the latest trends, innovations and...
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Active Nutrition Digital Summit 2024
The Active Nutrition Summit has enjoyed 5 successful years of delivering excellent content and networking for the active, lifestyle and sports nutrition sectors.
New Tech and Novel Ingredients for a Sustainable Future
Technological innovations, including those tackling packaging waste, promise to move the needle on carbon emissions. So do novel ingredients too, which have the power to significantly improve the sustainability of everyday products. But not all...
Eco-friendly Production from Farm to Fork
Ensuring sustainable nutrition from farm to fork requires significant change. In a bid to champion resource efficiency, the agricultural sector is rethinking farming practices for the 21st century. And it’s not just agtech promising to deliver; food...
Decarbonising Supply Chains at the Source
Food majors are under increasing pressure to stamp out irresponsible practices from ingredient supply chains. But voluntary measures have only got the sector so far, and policymakers are stepping in. While Europe races to comply with incoming...
Climate Smart Food Digital Summit 2024
Sustainable nutrition sits at the heart of a transition towards a less damaging global economy and a healthier future for people and planet. The Climate Smart Food Digital Summit will cover issues ranging from sustainable sourcing to food waste,...
Low and no-sugar beverages: from soda 2.0 to flavored waters
Beverage brands are under increasing pressure to reduce or eliminate sugar as consumers look to avoid ‘empty calories’ or ‘drinking their calories.’ We bring together a panel of experts to explore what’s trending in the low and no sugar arena, from low...
The NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2024
The 2024 NutraIngredients-Asia Awards return for a 7th year, to celebrate excellence in the dietary supplements and functional food sectors. Recognising outstanding achievements in ingredients, finished products, companies, individuals, and initiatives...
Growth Asia Summit 2024
After a hugely successful second event in 2023, the Growth Asia Summit returns for 2024 to explore the very latest market opportunities across the region that is driving the growth of the global food, beverage and nutrition industries – Asia!
Elevating healthy snacking: Meeting demand for function, flavor, format
From the emergence of Ozempic companions to functional bars, chips and mixes, healthy snack manufacturers are delivering the most nutritional bang for their caloric bucks. In this FoodNavigator-USA webinar, we explore how brands are adapting to changing...
The DSHEA Summit
NutraIngredients-USA’s DSHEA at 30 Summit, in association with the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), is a landmark event, bringing together the architects of the law, and key industry stakeholders to discuss the past, present, and future of the US...
Plant-based 3.0: Emerging from the trough of disillusionment
After a challenging few years in which falling sales and units dragged plant-based protein into the trough of disillusionment, stakeholders are looking for a way up the other side of the Gartner Hype Cycle where the promise of full integration, success...
The NutraIngredients Awards 2024
NutraIngredients.com is excited to announce that the NutraIngredients Awards are celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2024 and will be returning with a face-to-face awards celebration. The 2024 Awards Winners will be presented with their trophies...
The Future of Seafood
With concerns over sustainability, climate change and evolving consumer preferences, the seafood industry is at a pivotal crossroads. In this webinar, industry experts come together to discuss the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. From...
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: What does sustainable sourcing really mean?
Making sustainability claims and sharing progress on ESG goals – even when substantiated – can feel risky as regulators, legislators and class-action attorneys crack down on greenwashing. At the same time, consumers want to know how businesses are...
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Safely navigate shifting sustainability expectations and claims
Sustainability claims can dramatically amplify brand reach upwards of 33 percentage points when paired with traditional category claims, according to research by the NYU Stern Center. But such claims are catching more than consumers’ eyes – regulators...
FOOD AS MEDICINE: Meeting the evolving demand for ‘healthy’
How consumers define and access healthy food is heavily influenced by the nutritional information and products available to them – two ever-shifting and often inequitable factors that innovative industry stakeholders are tackling with new and necessary...
FOOD AS MEDICINE: The crossroads of nutrition, health & equity
Good food is foundational to good health, but with constantly changing diet trends and nutrition advice, most people are unsure where to begin and who to trust. At the same time, affordable and accessible, nutritious food is out of reach for far too many...
FOOD-TECH IN FOCUS: Separating hype from reality
Industry stakeholders across the value chain are betting big on technology – from AI and increased automation to precision farming and environmentally controlled agriculture – but will it pay off? For example, indoor farming promises fresher food and...
FOOD-TECH IN FOCUS: Setting realistic expectations
Cutting-edge food-tech promises to relieve mounting threats to climate change and food insecurity with new ways of producing food more efficiently, with fewer resources and more ethically – but can it deliver? And are regulators, investors, and consumers...
The FoodNavigator-USA Summit 2023: Futureproofing the Food System
The 2023 FoodNavigator-USA Summit explored three themes over three days, November 14 dove into Food Tech in Focus; November 15 focused on Food as Medicine and November 16 explored on The Circular Economy.
Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit
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...
Future Food-Tech Summit LDN
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.
Growth Asia Summit 2023
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 global food,...
Functional beverages AM to PM: From energy and focus to clarity and calm
From meal replacements to adaptogen-infused sodas, the beverage category is a hotbed of functional innovation, as consumers demand products to support their health and lifestyle at all hours of the day. So, what are the trends, formats, and ingredients...
Raising the Snack Bar: Exploring Growth Drivers, Innovations and Consumer Cravings
From high-fat, moderate protein, ultra-low carb bars targeting keto fans, to the next generation of refrigerated bars, we explore what’s happening in the snack bar space, which functional ingredients are trending, what consumers are looking for on the...
Healthy Beverage Innovation APAC
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 and...
Future Food-Tech Summit NY
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.
Plant-based dairy: from oatmilk to chickpea ice cream
From the latest developments in oatmilk to a new wave of plant-based creamers, yogurts, cheese, and ice cream, we explore the size of the dairy-free prize, the technical challenges that still remain, and consumer attitudes towards the category.
Plant-based meat: Beyond the honeymoon period
The meat alternatives market is becoming increasingly crowded, with legacy brands now competing with titans from the animal meat industry as well as a wave of innovative startups deploying fermentation-based approaches. But are plant-based meats really...
Future Food-Tech Summit
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.
Spotlight On - Algorithm for success: healthy, crispy & delicious
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 Circular Economy: Food Waste & Upcycling in Focus
Explore ow food companies can reduce the waste they produce and divert waste from landfill to be reused, recycled, or composted and the latest developments in upcycled foods and ingredients...
The Circular Economy: What does Sustainable Sourcing Really Mean?
How do industry buyers – and consumers – assess these claims, make meaningful comparisons between products in the same category, and stay alert to the ever-present threat of greenwashing?
Food as Medicine: Hot & Emerging Functional Ingredients
COVID-19 has accelerated interest in foods and beverages that support the immune system...
Food as Medicine: Upgrading the Western Diet
The western diet is wreaking havoc with our microbiome and our metabolic system, so how can we shift consumption patterns in a healthier direction...
Food Tech in Focus: The Future of Meat
Meat 2.0: With weaker than expected retail sales in the US alt-meat segment prompting some serious soul-searching...
Food Tech in Focus: Sustainable Sourcing for Colors, Flavors, and Sweeteners; and plotting a future for dairy… without cows
Our opening ‘biosynthesis’ panel will explore where it makes sense to extract flavors, colors, sweeteners and bioactives from plants...
The FoodNavigator-USA Summit 2022: Futureproofing the Food System
The 2022 FoodNavigator-USA Summit will explore three themes over three days, November 15 will dive into Food Tech in Focus; November 16 will focus on Food as Medicine and November 17 will explore The Circular Economy.
Low-and-No-Sugar Beverages: From Soda 2.0 to Flavored Waters
Beverage brands are under increasing pressure to reduce or eliminate sugar as consumers look to avoid ‘empty calories’ or ‘drinking their calories.’ We bring together a panel of experts to explore what’s trending in the low and no sugar arena, from...
Dairy trends: From zero-sugar to 'animal free'
From a wave of ultra-low sugar yogurts and zero sugar dairy milk to a new generation of animal-free cheese, ice cream and creamers made with ‘real’ dairy proteins (minus the cows), we explore what’s trending in the dairy aisle.
Positive Nutrition Interactive Broadcast Series 2022
The 2022 Positive Nutrition Series will consist of eight category focused events between March 15-31, 2022 with regionally specific content.
Children's Snacks
What are kids snacking on, and are parents happy with current options? What are they looking for when they buy snacks for their children (Protein? Low sugar? Fruit/veggies? Fiber? Vitamins? Probiotics?), and are kids enjoying the same snacks as older...
Early Childhood Nutrition
In the opening session of the series, we’ll explore how parents and caregivers can help to develop adventurous palates and healthy eating habits in early childhood.
FoodNavigator-USA Summit: Food for Kids Interactive Broadcast Series 2021
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 diets...
Where next for seafood alternatives?
From plant-based tuna to crabcakes, many players believe plantbased seafood represents a significant untapped opportunity in a sector dominated by beef, pork and chicken alternatives.
Where next for dairy alternatives?
Plant-based milks now account for more than 14% of the fluid milk market, while plant-based cheese, creamers, yogurts and ice cream continue to gain traction.
Where next for meat alternatives?
The meat alternatives market is heating up rapidly, with legacy brands now competing with titans from the animal meat industry as well as a wave of innovative startups.
FoodNavigator-USA Interactive Broadcast Series 2021
Disrupting the meat and dairy case: From plant-based bacon to ‘real’ cheese (minus the cows)
Climate Smart Food Digital Summit 2021
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 .
Protein 2.0: From plant-based to fungi, lemna, bacteria, and more
Plant-based proteins continue to dominate the so-called ‘alternative protein’ category, but new options are emerging. In this webinar, moderated by FoodNavigator-USA editor Elaine Watson, we’ll look at the latest on plant-based proteins, but we’ll also...
Solutions for new plant-based dairy alternatives
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.
Growth Asia Interactive Broadcast Series 2021
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...
Positive Nutrition 2021 Digital Summit
The FoodNavigator Positive Nutrition Digital Summit will focus on eight strategic pillars that will be crucial to delivering positive nutrition strategies.
Meeting Children’s Nutritional Needs, from Foods to Supplements
What key nutrients do kids need, when, from the first 1,000 days (conception to two years) to early childhood and the teen years? Should kids take supplements?
Reformulation & Fortification
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.
Innovation in Action… Meet the Trailblazers
The three winners of FoodNavigator-USA’s annual trailblazers challenge present their kid-focused innovations to our expert panel for feedback on their products, branding, go-to-market strategies and business models.
Active Nutrition
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.
Beverage Trends
Beverage trends session featuring brands developing innovative new beverages for kids, spanning packaging trends, sustainability, sugars and sweeteners, flavor trends, market dynamics, ingredient trends and new routes to market.
Infant Nutrition
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.
Kids and the Plant-Based Trend
Plant-based meat, dairy and egg products are gaining traction, from the next generation of burgers and nuggets to oat milk lattes.
Plant-based Innovation
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 Consumer Panel
We set the stage for the conference by bringing together a panel of parents from across the country for a lively interactive video discussion exploring some pain points they experience when it comes to feeding their kids.
FoodNavigator-USA Summit 2020: Food for Kids
This year’s FoodNavigator-USA Food for Kids Summit is transitioning from our usual face-to-face event to an interactive broadcast series.
Probiotics & Prebiotics
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.
Plant-based meat in focus
But what will distinguish the winners from the losers in the plant-based meat market, how is the toolbox expanding, and how much attention are consumers paying to the ingredients lists and Nutrition Facts panels of these products?
Healthy Ageing
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.
Growth Asia Interactive Broadcast Series
Capitalising on the region’s biggest food, beverage and nutrition opportunities. Brought to you by FoodNavigator-Asia and NutraIngredients-Asia.
Sustainability in Focus: From Environmentally-friendly Packaging to Responsible Ingredients Sourcing
While saving the planet may not be top of mind for most consumers in the midst of a pandemic, the overwhelming imperative to reduce the food industry’s environmental impact is not going away...
Startups, New Business Development & Funding
Measures designed to flatten the curve of the novel coronavirus also flattened the economy as many companies laid off employees in droves, frightened consumers pulled purse strings tight and gatherings and travel came to a standstill.
Preventive Health, Wellness and Nutrition: Self-care in Focus
Staying well has never been more important as Americans deal with unprecedented levels of anxiety and economic uncertainty. At the same time, budgets are tightening and consumers are looking for affordable foods and beverages that deliver the nutrition...
Unlocking Innovation Webinar Series 2020
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.
Navigating the New Normal: New Product Development and Consumer Needs During/Post COVID-19
Will tighter household budgets drive changes in consumer priorities and behaviors (are legacy brands finding new audiences will ‘Big Food’ stage a comeback?), and could some habits (‘stress baking,’ scratch cooking) formed during weeks under lockdown...
Snack Bar Trends: From Collagen to Adaptogens
From high fat, low sugar, nut-butter fueled ‘keto’ bars, to collagen and ghee-infused protein bars, the snacks bar category is one of the fastest-moving – and most fiercely competitive – categories in grocery. But how has the world-shifting COVID-19...
Where Next for Hemp & CBD?
Explore the market for foods and beverages containing hemp-derived CBD to learn what might distinguish the winners from the losers in this market, how to navigate the regulatory landscape, how retailers are viewing the opportunity, what consumers are...
FoodNavigator-USA’s Beverage Trends Webinar, a 2020 Vision: Plant-based, CBD Curious, and Clean Energy
From plant-based dairy alternatives and the rise of oatmilk, to CBD-infused beverages and clean energy sources… what are the most bankable, and drinkable, beverage trends impacting the market? Tune into FoodNavigator-USA’s Beverage Trends 2020 webinar...
Plant-based protein has moved into the mainstream. How does it stay there?
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...
Plant-based foods: marketing insights of a booming market and ingredients to support innovation in the field.
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...
Creating delicious, healthy plant-based products
Foods featuring plant-based proteins have seen recent growth that most categories can only wish for. Consumers around the world are clamouring for such products and for good reason – they have the potential to be sustainable, ethical, and healthy. Join...
From taste to nutrition, Unlock the science behind the plant protein ingredients
How to succeed in creating a nutritious plant protein that contributes sustainably to the renaissance of a whole new gastronomy? Join our experts in marketing, scientific nutrition and sensory research to learn more about the pea protein case study –...
Consumer led Innovation in Plant Based Foods
The plant-based food market is hugely dynamic and changing rapidly as consumers needs and attitudes towards plant-based foods evolve. Whether you are looking to get started or looking to grow further, consumer needs must lead and drive your product...
Plant-Based Revolution
Natural, versatile and consistent on a plant basis While the world population will rise to around 10 billion by 2050, global meat and milk production will also increase – with a significant impact on the environment and climate. This is not the only...
Cellular Agriculture
With population numbers on the rise and natural resources in decline, industry is tasked with the challenge of boosting food production on less land and with fewer greenhouse emissions. Could cellular agriculture, food production by microbes, and...