13-14 May 2025
Food Matters Live Manchester
Cutting-edge ingredient innovations. Expert-led strategies. Powerful collaborations.
For innovation leaders that mean business.
For two inspiring days, food innovation professionals from across the industry will come together to explore cutting-edge food and ingredients, gain proven strategies from industry experts, and transform the toughest NPD challenges into exciting opportunities.
In today’s fast-paced food landscape, success goes beyond innovation. It’s about collaboration, hands-on exploration, and access to the latest trends shaping the future. Food Matters Live brings this all together for you.
Ready to elevate your NPD?
The VIP experience
Tastes of Better Technical Ingredient Showcases
Immerse yourself in a curated tasting experience where industry leaders unveil breakthrough solutions. Discover indulgent, sustainable baked goods, botanical-infused beverages, cutting-edge plant-based proteins, and gut-health-enhancing snacks. This dining-style journey blends taste, texture, and technical insights to inspire innovation and accelerate your NPD success.
NPD Discovery Table Talks
Step into intimate, expert-led discussionsions designed to spark ideas, solve challenges and drive innovation. Dig deep into themes like sourcing sustainable ingredients, mastering advanced formulations, navigating regulations and securing essential funding. These focused talks connect you with industry leaders, build valuable partnerships provide actionable insights to accelerate your next big breakthrough.
Connections and Collaborations
Network with industry leaders in a meaningful way, forging relationships that go beyond exchanging business cards, Be ready to tackle your biggest NPD challenges with the ideas support of a thriving community ready to shake things up and push boundaries.
Cutting Edge Insights And Trends
Tap into industry expertise with insights and big ideas from 60+ global experts. Through inspiring talks, panel discussions, case studies, and lively debates, explore emerging trends, science-backed solutions for the UPF debate, gut health innovations, and the gut-brain axis. Learn how AI and data drive personalised products, uncover strategies for sustainable NPD, and unpack women’s health, fibre science, and alternative proteins.
NPD Discovery Zone
Located at the heart of the networking hub, this lively zone brings this interactive area showcases the latest ingredient innovations driving the future of nutrition. Meet the innovators face-to-face, discover their solutions and learn how they can elevate your sustainable NPD. Designed for easy exploration during networking breaks, it’s the ideal opportunity to engage, ask questions and find inspiration.
Watch the video for glimpse into the innovation and creativity that shaped November. Reliving those memories has us even more excited for May – and we can’t wait to do it all over again!
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