NPD Discovery Table Talk Programme

Food Matters Live roundtables give you the opportunity to delve into a topic focused on a pressing issue specific to your business. Discuss solutions tailored to your needs with industry experts and other premium food businesses in an impartial, intimate setting. Explore the roundtables taking place at Manchester below.

Session highlights

Tuesday 13th May

12:30 – 13.15
Smart snacking for a happy gut: science of nourishing your microbiome

Hosts:
Dr. Alexander Smerz, Head of Business Unit Taste, 
Döhler Group
Agneta Hoffmann, Global Head of Market Segment Food, Döhler Group

12:30 – 13.15
Unlocking Fibre Potential: Innovate with LifyWheat, a wheat flour with 10 times more fibre

Yoni Herst, Key Account Manager, Limagrain Ingredients
Anne Lionnet, Head of New Business, Limagrain Ingredients

14:00 – 14:45 
Innovative taste solutions to address market challenges: From cocoa reduction to sugar reduction in food applications

Katharina Mahnken, Global Product Manager Taste, Döhler Group
Agneta Hoffmann, Global Head of Market Segment Food, Döhler Group

14:00 – 14:45
Unlocking Fibre Potential: Innovate with LifyWheat, a wheat flour with 10 times more fibre

Yoni Herst, Key Account Manager, Limagrain Ingredients
Anne Lionnet, Head of New Business, Limagrain Ingredients

Wednesday 14th May

12:15 – 13:00
Smart snacking for a happy gut: science of nourishing your microbiome

Dr. Alexander Smerz, Head of Business Unit Taste, Döhler Group
Agneta Hoffmann, Global Head of Market Segment Food, Döhler Group

12:15 – 13:00
Unlocking Fibre Potential: Innovate with LifyWheat, a wheat flour with 10 times more fibre

Yoni Herst, Key Account Manager, Limagrain Ingredients
Anne Lionnet, Head of New Business, Limagrain Ingredients

 

13:45 – 14:30
Innovative taste solutions to address market challenges: From cocoa reduction to sugar reduction in food applications

Katharina Mahnken, Global Product Manager Taste, Döhler Group
Agneta Hoffmann, Global Head of Market Segment Food, Döhler Group

13:45 – 14:30
Unlocking fibre potential: innovate with LifyWheat, a wheat flour with 10 times more fibre

Yoni Herst, Key Account Manager, Limagrain Ingredients
Anne Lionnet, Head of New Business, Limagrain Ingredients

 

Tastes of Better

Main stage insights programme

NPD Discovery Table Talk Themes

Food Innovation

  • Innovative ingredients for food innovation – formulation focus (cross category)
  • Formulating for plant-based and hybrid proteins
  • Flavours of the future
  • Safety-led NPD innovation
  • Allergen awareness

Sustainable Sourcing

  • Sustainability in NPD – showcasing ethical and sustainable sourcing
  • Sustainable sourcing for product development
  • Benefiting from collaborative partnerships between academia and industry stakeholders
  • Upcycling

Positive Nutrition

  • Innovative ingredients for positive nutrition and nutraceuticals formulation
  • Preparing for HFSS legislation in practice
  • Trends and opportunities for targeting longevity and healthy ageing
  • Gut/brain axis insights

Host a roundtable

A roundtable will position your business in front of an engaged, pre-qualified audience of industry peers, actively looking for solutions to help them navigate the future of food and nutrition.

Explore event locations

Food Matters Live will take place in Ascot, Manchester, and Dublin offering opportunities to gain practical information, obtain knowledge from credible case studies, and build connections within the food industry.