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.

2027 Events

Food Matters Live London
16-17 June | Olympia, London
Food Matters Live Rotterdam
21-22 September | Rotterdam

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

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Global community
85,000+
Newsletter subscribers
235,000+
Social media outreach

Companies that partnered with us in 2026

From Tastes of Better leads, to session hosts, to NPD Zone exhibitors, we had over 40 partners join us at the last edition of Food Matters Live:

 

Hear from our previous partners

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Ways to take part in 2027

Immerse our audience in your ingredient innovations

Tastes of Better

Be part of our signature Tastes of Better programme where ingredient innovation comes life in a range of creative settings. You'll connect NPD, innovation, technical and nutrition professionals with your cutting-edge ingredient solutions.

Sensory Lab Showcase

Create memorable experiences through immersive sensory demonstrations, allowing attendees to experience your solutions first-hand and understand the impact of flavour innovation in a highly interactive environment.

Nutra Masterclasses

Designed for a pre-qualified audience, these sessions provide an opportunity to explore the science behind your innovation and engage directly as a trusted voice with nutrition professionals seeking practical, evidence-led insights.
Take to one of our main stages
insights & trends stage

Global Insights and Consumer Trends

From conscious consumption to new retail models and the balance between health, sustainability, and value, share what’s driving consumer choices in 2027 and beyond.

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Future of Positive Nutrition

Share how science and data are transforming functional foods and dietary supplements as part of this programme of 60+ renowned speakers.

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The Flavour &
Colour Lab

Bring the art and emotion of flavour to life in the new Flavour & Colour Lab. Showcase how flavour, texture, and aroma shapes products and supports clean-label.

Be a thought-leader in NPD Discovery

NPD Discovery Table Talks

Curated roundtable discussions designed as a space to bring together senior innovation professionals for focused conversations, solution sharing, and testing new concepts and technologies with sampling.

NPD Discovery Theatre

This dedicated content space offers the opportunity to share practical insights, showcase applications and engage directly with an audience actively seeking new ideas and solutions.

Exhibit in the NPD Discovery Zone

Whether you're launching a new ingredient, technology, service or solution, the NPD Discovery Zone provides a highly targeted environment to generate visibility, quality leads and meaningful conversations.
Networking opportunities

Food Matters Exchange

Our 1-2-1 meetings programme ensure dedicated time to explore collaborations, discuss challenges, and discover meaningful connections.

Exhibiting Opportunities

2027 will play host to several themed exhibition areas, including NutraConnect, the Flavour Pavilion and a Private Label Pavilion.
Food Matters Live Podcast
You'll gain access to a community of 436,000 listeners who look to Food Matters Live for the exploration of key topics.

Reformulation doesn't have to mean compromise - but it does mean asking the right questions with AAK

agrana fruit podcast episode

Permissible indulgence - making healthy food feel like a treat with AGRANA Fruit

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GLP-1 and the Future of Glucose Management with Rousselot

 

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.