Food Matters Live helps ingredient suppliers, businesses providing new product development services  and industry experts connect with the people shaping the future of food, beverage and nutrition.

Food Matters Live is the only event where product development, R&D, technical, procurement, marketing and insights teams come together come together to explore what's next for the industry. Our audience is actively seeking the ingredients, technologies, expertise and partnerships that will help them respond to changing consumer needs, accelerate innovation and meet commercial objectives.

Partnership opportunities for 2027

 



 

Who will you meet?

Food Matters Live presents a unique way of positioning your knowledge and thought leadership in front of our pre-qualified premium audience, who are poised to listen and learn about the improvements they can make to their food innovation strategies. Our food and nutrition innovators work within brands, manufacturers (own and private label) retail, foodservice and QSRs across food and nutrition from across the UK, Ireland and Europe.

Job titles include:

  • Head of Product Development and NPD Managers
  • Technical Director and Head of Technical
  • R&D Lead and Applications Scientist
  • Category Buyer and Procurement Manager
  • Innovation Lead and Head of Insight
  • Founder and Commercial Director of challenger brands

Sectors represented:

  • Food and drink manufacturing
  • Nutraceuticals and supplements
  • Retail own label and buying teams
  • Foodservice
  • QSRs and hospitality

Examples of companies in attendance include:

Tesco | Nestlé | PepsiCo | Unilever | Kraft Heinz | Mondelez | Marks & Spencer | Sainsbury's | ASDA | Morrisons | Waitrose | Lidl GB | Boots | Nando's | HelloFresh | Gousto | Danone UKI | Arla Foods | Carlsberg Britvic | Carlsberg | Tropicana | Innocent Drinks | Yakult | Müller UK & Ireland | Hovis | Warburtons | Tim Hortons | Joe & The Juice | Fortnum & Mason | Dr Oetker | Quorn Foods | Kellanova | Mars Wrigley | Holland & Barrett | Herbalife | Biotiful Gut Health | Grenade UK | Little Moons | Ella's Kitchen | Yeo Valley | Moju Drinks | Daylesford Organic | BOSH! | ZOE | Pukka Pies | Mission Foods | John West | Noble Foods | Samworth Brothers | Princes Group | Greencore | Premier Foods | Saputo Dairy UK | Ornua Foods UK | Pladis Global | Nomad Foods | Compass Group | Sodexo | BaxterStorey | SSP International | ISS World | Whitbread Group | Bidfood | Thomas Franks | Good Eating Company | Vacherin | Chartwells | Holroyd Howe | Bartlett Mitchell | BM Caterers | Apetito | Kepak | Pilgrims Europe | David Wood Baking | Finsbury Food Group | Signature Flatbreads | Jason's Sourdough | Brioche Pasquier UK | Delifrance | Tofoo | Mindful Chef | The Gym Kitchen | Absolute Collagen | Field Doctor | Shaken Udder | MOMA Foods | Gran Luchito | Ramona's Kitchen | Willy's ACV | Dalston's Soda | Hawkstone | Joe & Steph's | Callestick Farm Ice Cream | Marshfield Farm Ice Cream | GU Puds | The Protein Ball Co | Fourfive | THIS | Vegetarian Express | Abel & Cole | British Bakels | Westfalia Fruit | Park Cakes | Taiko Foods | Greenyard | Avondale Foods | Europe Snacks | Humdinger | Speedibake | Bells of Lazonby | Cranwick Country Foods | Frampton's | JDM Food Group | Stateside Foods | Crediton Dairy | English Cheesecake Company | Glendale Foods | Ballymaguire Foods | Worldwise Foods | Glebe Farm Foods | Prep World | The Real Olive Company | Belazu | Berry World Group | Organa | Nature's Finest Food Products | Tickles Pickles | Woolf's Kitchen | Modern Baker | BOL Foods | Nopal | Zeina Foods | African Super Greens | Unrooted Drinks | Free Soul | Nootro Group | Daily Dose Ltd | Big Spoon | NOBL Thirst Ltd | Atelier Infusion | Camilla's Tea House | The Start-Up Drinks Lab | Atlantic Goods | Modern Co | Symplicity Foods | Fermental | Epic Dairy | Noffee / Pollen + Grace | B'iota Laboratories UK Ltd | Golden Hour Supplements | Sunday Natural Products GmbH | Invivo Healthcare Ltd | BioCare Ltd | Pureceli | Mosa Meat | Kitchen Theory | Campden BRI | Bord Bia | UK Flavour Association | Danish Embassy | Danish-UK Association | The Mills Fabrica | Guild of Fine Foods | Oakley Food Projects | Redbarn Consulting | Luciana Battisti Consulting | Meg Morrison Consultancy | Caroline Greiner Consultancy | HH Food Consultancy / Waso | Future Food Partnership CIC / Food Works SW | CIC London | Marshall Wace LLP

Examples of companies in attendance include:

Danone | Mars Food | Unilever | The Kraft Heinz Company | Nestlé - Garden Gourmet | Marks & Spencer | Holland & Barrett | Dr. Oetker | Barilla | Suntory | Arla Foods | Yakult | Reckitt / Mead Johnson Nutrition | Albert Heijn | Colruyt Group | FrieslandCampina | Flora Food Group | The Magnum Ice Cream Company | Perfetti Van Melle | Pladis / Verkade | The Vegetarian Butcher - Unilever | Aviko | Greenyard | Thai Union | Cargill | Premier Foods | Kepak | Vion Food Group | Intersnack | Barry Callebaut Group | Daelmans Group | Peppadew | Jimmy Joy | Terrasana | Purasana | Fairtrade Original | Magioni | Danerolles & Magioni | GoodLife Foods | Tindle | Belvas | No Fairytales | Leev | BitesWeLove | Verstegen | Carl Kühne Group | Zeelandia | Royal Smilde | Royal Steensma | Signature Foods | United Food and Beverage Group | Frostkrone Food Group | Storteboom Food Group | Van Loon Group | Farm Dairy | Hoogesteger | Fruity Line | Menken Orlando | Klaas Puul | Sofine Foods | Yama Products | COROOS | Kramer Food Family | Qizini Bakery Kitchen | Bakery Kitchen | Delice Food Company | Le Duc Fine Food | Biscuits Bouvard | Vondelmolen | Dossche Mills | Euro Caps | EMPWR Nutrition Group | Prinsen Berning | Raps Benelux | Koninklijke Euroma | NMK Esbaco | Sonneveld | Tradin Organic | Meatable | Peelpioneers | Revyve | Phycom | Seaweed Food Solutions | Nature Bio Foods | GreenVie Foods | Grassa | Organic Flavour Company | Bredabest | Brand Masters | Innova Market Insights | Wageningen University & Research | Wageningen Food & Biobased Research | Nizo Food Research | Utrecht University | InnovationQuarter | Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil | Rotterdam Partners | KULeuven Technology Campus Ghent | ADM Nutrition | Brenntag | Aker BioMarine Understory | Nutradia | Pharmavit Europe | Reso Health | Saltwell | Live Puri | Okechamp | Italcanditi | SILL ENTREPRISES | OPW Ingredients | Snick EuroIngredients | Magellan Food Ingredients | FIB Foods | Diviande | DeJong Cheese | Westlandpeppers | Bredabest | TipTopp | Jay-Joy | Teker Group | Groan | Mindvoeding | Delibarn | DAM Creative | Eatpol | Plnktn | COMESTRA | Kramers' Seafood | Fresh Line International / Sabor Verde | LaVitella | DKB Foodsolutions | Drieduite | Ravensburgen Food | Star Cuisine | Saucecompany BV | Salud Foodgroup Europe | Deliva | The Juicy Group | Greencovery | Le Caselle | Future of Food Institute | Monkeys by the Sea | Bougainville | Laban Foods | Nomm's Group | Neder Groep | SRH | Koninklijke Amarant Bakkers

150,000+
Global community
85,000+
Newsletter subscribers
235,000+
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Talk to the team about 2027 opportunities

If you would like to hear more about our partnerships and where your business could fit, get in touch with our sales team directly. We reply to every enquiry within one working day.