Participation on site is open to all visitors on a first come first served basis, maximum 15 participants per tour.
Location: Tastemakers' Way.
Departing point: Innovation Tours Meeting Point, 4.1 Foyer4
Going green with plant-based
According to Statista, the global plant-based food market reached $44.2 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $77.8 bn by 2030 (1). Even if the world won’t turn fully vegan, there is now a consensus to reduce animal products while increasing plant-based ones either for sustainability, health, or animal welfare reasons.
Join this tour to discover new ideas for your next plant-based recipes.
Health and wellbeing
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers have taken a more holistic approach to their health through not only their diet, but also their lifestyle: more exercise, less alcohol, and less tobacco. According to FMCG Gurus, 64% of consumers worldwide are adopting a more proactive and preventative approach to their health, with the aim of increasing their healthspan, not just their lifespan (2).
Follow our tour and discover new healthy ingredients for your functional products.
Reformulation with innovative ingredients
With consumers increasingly looking for products that are healthier, cheaper, greener, and clean label, suppliers of the food industry are constantly trying to stay one step ahead of the trends, offering innovative solutions to reduce cost, sugar, fat, salt, or additives.
Join us and discover the best way to reformulate your recipes and meet consumer expectations.
Next-generation ingredients and proteins
How to feed 10 billion people by 2050 without using more land, all while lowering greenhouse gas emissions? This is the challenge that humanity faces in the coming decades. Reducing food waste, shift to healthier and more sustainable diets, and improving agricultural productivity are already on the agenda. This urgent environmental necessity is paving the way for new ingredients derived from novel technologies such as precision fermentation, cell-culturing, personalised nutrition, and upcycling.
Follow this tour and learn more about these exciting developments.
Sustainability
As the planet's population continues to grow and the climate continues to unravel, a new food transition seems more than necessary to save the planet and everything that lives on it. Almost one in two consumers worldwide have already changed their diet in the past two years to adopt a more sustainable lifestyle (3). From upcycled or organic ingredients to carbon neutral and local products, or manufacturing processes that save water or energy… Join the tour and find new ways to innovate in a more sustainable way.
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