Main stage insights programme
The main stages at Food Matters Live will give you access to a wealth of knowledge across food innovation insights and trends, sustainable sourcing and positive nutrition. Discover influential speakers who will share thought-leadership, key insights and best practice through keynote talks, inspiring panel discussions and ground-breaking case studies. Explore the full programme below and select the sessions that are going to help you navigate towards your strategy goals.
Please note: Welcome refreshments, lunch and drinks will be provided at each day of the event
Ascot
08:30 - 09:00
Insights and trends
Registration and refreshments
08:45 - 09:00
Insights and trends
Registration and refreshments
09:00 - 09:15
Insights and trends
Chair’s opening remarks & Partner welcome panel - Ingredient innovation shaping the future of food and positive nutrition
09:00 - 09:05
Insights and trends
Chair’s opening remarks
09:05 - 09:30
Insights and trends
Panel discussion - From insight to action: what do tomorrow’s biggest trends mean for ingredient innovation and product development?
09:15 - 09:35
Insights and trends
Keynote – The pathway to sustainable food and nutrition
09:30 - 09:40
Insights and trends
Partner welcome panel
09:45 - 10:45
Insights and trends
Panel discussion - From insight to action: what impact will GLP-1s have on ingredient innovation and product development?
09:45 - 10:45
Insights and trends
Panel discussion – Heading into 2026: what next for the UPF debate?
Whatever your view on UPF categorisation, impact or importance, the debate isn’t going away. What are retailers and food service businesses doing in response to the continued furore? What are the product development challenges around reformulation to avoid UPF classification? How can industry unpick the challenges and navigate the noise?
09:45 - 10:45
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
09:45 - 10:45
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
11:00 - 12:00
Insights and trends
Tomorrow’s trends defining functional nutrition
11:00 - 12:00
Insights and trends
Exploring the latest innovations and insights into gut health and the microbiome
12:15 - 13:00
NPD Discovery Table Talks
NPD Discovery Table Talks
Topics include:
- Examining the impact of GLP-1s on the food and nutrition industry
- Formulating for plant-based and hybrid proteins
- Innovative ingredients for positive nutrition and nutraceuticals formulation
- Trends and opportunities for targeting longevity and healthy ageing
- Gut/brain axis insights
- Sustainable sourcing for product development
- Benefiting from collaborative partnerships between academia and industry stakeholders
- Allergen awareness: latest developments and better protection for consumers
12:15 - 13:00
NPD Discovery Table Talks
NPD Discovery Table Talks
Topics include:
- Examining the impact of GLP-1s on the food and nutrition industry
- Formulating for plant-based and hybrid proteins
- Innovative ingredients for positive nutrition and nutraceuticals formulation
- Trends and opportunities for targeting longevity and healthy ageing
- Gut/brain axis insights
- Sustainable sourcing for product development
- Benefiting from collaborative partnerships between academia and industry stakeholders
- Allergen awareness: latest developments and better protection for consumers
12:15 - 13:15
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
12:15 - 13:15
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
13:00 - 14:00
Insights and trends
Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
Insights and trends
Lunch
13:45 - 14:30
NPD Discovery Table Talks
NPD Discovery Table Talks
Topics include:
- Examining the impact of GLP-1s on the food and nutrition industry
- Formulating for plant-based and hybrid proteins
- Innovative ingredients for positive nutrition and nutraceuticals formulation
- Trends and opportunities for targeting longevity and healthy ageing
- Gut/brain axis insights
- Sustainable sourcing for product development
- Benefiting from collaborative partnerships between academia and industry stakeholders
- Allergen awareness: latest developments and better protection for consumers
14:00 - 14:45
NPD Discovery Table Talks
NPD Discovery Table Talks
Topics include:
- Examining the impact of GLP-1s on the food and nutrition industry
- Formulating for plant-based and hybrid proteins
- Innovative ingredients for positive nutrition and nutraceuticals formulation
- Trends and opportunities for targeting longevity and healthy ageing
- Gut/brain axis insights
- Sustainable sourcing for product development
- Benefiting from collaborative partnerships between academia and industry stakeholders
- Allergen awareness: latest developments and better protection for consumers
14:30 - 15:30
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
14:35 - 15:35
Insights and trends
The future is fibre: ingredient innovation and product development
14:45 - 15:45
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
14:50 - 15:45
Insights and trends
Creating healthier choices: overcoming technical challenges in NPD presented by HFSS regulation
15:45 - 16:45
Insights and trends
Culinary insights panel - flavours of the future: trends and ingredients shaping future consumer trends
This session will unite culinary experts and food experts to delve into the latest culinary food trends and flavours and what they mean for new product development.
15:45 - 16:45
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
16:00 - 17:00
Insights and trends
Progressing sustainable protein: the UK market outlook
16:00 - 17:00
Tastes Of Better
Tastes of Better
16:45 - 16:50
Insights and trends
Chair’s closing remarks and end of Food Matters Live Ascot
17:00 - 17:15
Insights and trends
Chair’s closing remarks and end of day one
9:00 - 09:15
Test Session
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