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Join the people shaping what’s next. From conscious consumption to new retail models and the balance between health, sustainability, and value, learn from analysts, strategists, and brand leaders as they share what’s driving consumer choices in 2026 and beyond.
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Join the people nourishing your future. From metabolic health and the microbiome to women’s wellness, fibre, and personalised nutrition, gain a clear view of the trends shaping tomorrow’s healthier, more sustainable products, and transforming functional foods and dietary supplements.
Lead partner:
Taste. Touch. Discover.
Central to Food Matters Live in London is Tastes of Better - a series of exclusive one hour-long ingredient showcases, brought to you by global ingredient innovators, designed for product development, technical and innovation professionals at the forefront of food, drink and nutrition.
Lead partners include:
People. Partners. Possibilities
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NPD Discovery Table Talks
Take a seat at these unique roundtable discussions, designed for small groups of peers and experts. These roundtables are intimate, interactive, and enable powerful conversations - they are a space where you can openly share challenges, swap ideas, taste and test new concepts and technologies.
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Step into the NPD Discovery Zone. Here, innovators and visionaries come together to share what’s possible. From AI tools for recipe development to carbon-neutral ingredients setting new standards in NPD, this curated space offers a glimpse into the breakthroughs that will influence the future of sustainable food and nutrition.
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Join this vibrant stage for insight, creativity, and conversation. Throughout the day, it comes alive with fast-paced sessions that uncover the stories behind exciting new ingredients as pioneers demonstrate how they are responding to the consumer trends of tomorrow This is where inspiration meets application, and where the next chapter of product development unfolds.
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Food Matters Live additionally offers Food Matters Exchange - an unrivalled opportunity to network with product development peers, meet industry experts, collaborate with partners, and find new opportunities through a deep programme of structured networking and learning opportunities.
The new programme provides access to private, pre-scheduled meetings with key partners, suppliers, and peers. These meetings ensure dedicated time to begin the right conversations, explore collaborations, discuss challenges, and find connections that can accelerate your product development.
Who attends
Food Matters Live London will welcome hundreds of the UK and Ireland's product developers, technical managers, food innovators, and nutritionists across brands, manufacturers, retailers, QSRs, and foodservice, including start-ups and scale-ups.
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We found the sessions very insightful, learnt about some new techniques that are close to our hearts as innovators – I found it inspiring and it was helpful as a networking opportunity also.
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I loved the event. Of particular note was the interactive tasting sessions – the various teams were interesting, knowledgeable and very open to feedback. Looking forward to future events!
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Food Matters Live is a great event to keep on track with the latest and future of the food industry. Friendly and relaxing format for quality networking.
I thought the day was well organised, the venue was nice and spacious and was an excellent choice. The pre-organisation to allocate time slots was a great initiative as I was able to see everything there.
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It was great to attend the event last week, there was a good range of talks on - covering the in the spotlight topics and well organised.
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This was my first Tastes of Better event, and I loved it! I was really impressed by the quality of the sessions, loved hearing trends and insights from different actors in the industry, and enjoyed very much the info (the food and drinks!) provided during the tasting session.
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Price Guide
Food Matters Live tickets are released in price tiers, with prices increasing as each tier sells out. Some of our most popular sessions have limited availability and are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Don’t wait for the next price rise. Lock in your place now.
Plus, keep an eye on our socials and sign up to our newsletter for special announcements featuring exclusive discounts.
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