Flavour and colour are where science meets creativity. As consumers seek foods and drinks that combine health with enjoyment, sensory innovation is becoming central to product development. Across two days, uncover emerging innovations and global trends shaping taste experiences across food and drink categories, and next-generation nutrition solutions. Including multi-sensory product design, clean-label natural flavour and colour solutions, overcoming functional formulation challenges, and how flavour and colour strategy can differentiate brands. Selected sessions will include guided sensory experiences.
Programme at a glance
3 June
Key Trends in Flavour and Colour Innovation
- Why flavour matters more than ever in food and nutrition
- The latest science shaping our understanding of flavour perception
- Future flavour consumer trend predictions
- How regulations, economic and global volatility and technology advancements are shaping the future of flavour
- The role of social media in redefining the speed and impact of flavour trends
The Global Flavour Exchange
- Global Flavour Trends
- Inside the Flavour Lab: Interpreting Global Tastes
- Translating Global Food Culture into Commercial Reality
Multi-Sensory Design: Enhancing Taste through the Senses
- The Latest Science in Multi-Sensory Perception of Flavour
- Eating with All Five Senses
With additional breakout sessions including:
- Sensory Lab sessions
- NPD Discovery Roundtables
- NPD Discovery Zone
- 1-2-1 meetings
4 June
Clean Label, Bold Taste: Natural Flavour and Colour Innovation
- Limits and Potential of Natural Flavour and Colour
- Ingredient Innovation Enabling Clean Label
- Inside the Flavour House: Designing Bold Taste Naturally
- Making Natural Work at Scale: Brand-Side Innovation Realities
Flavour Innovation with Wellness Driven Formulations
- The Science of Indulgence: Protecting Pleasure in Wellness-Led Formulations
- Ingredient Innovation for Functional Indulgence
- Flavour Solutions for Functional Formulations
- Making Functional Indulgence Work in Market
The Next Chapter in Sensory Branding
- Top Insights and Takeaways from Leaders in Sensory Branding
- Translating flavour profiles into emotional connections and brand cues that drive growth
With additional breakout sessions including:
- Sensory Lab sessions
- NPD Discovery Roundtables
- NPD Discovery Zone
- 1-2-1 meetings
3-4 June | Olympia, International Convention Centre