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Solar Foods is transforming the global food system with Solein®, a groundbreaking protein created via hydrogen fermentation. This revolutionary ingredient offers exceptional nutrition and taste, while drastically reducing environmental impact – marking a new, sustainable era in food production.
iFAB and Kraft Heinz aim to catalyze collaborations that leverage precision fermentation to create sustainable, scalable, and clean-label ingredient solutions that strengthen supply resilience and support a healthier, more transparent food system. This session will highlight iFAB capabilities and fermentation-based ingredient technologies that have demonstrated lab-scale feasibility and are ready for pilot-scale production.
This session outlines SternMaid Ingredients’ integrated approach to developing clean label foods that support more sustainable protein choices, illustrating how protein performance is shaped across the entire value chain: from grower-connected sourcing and carefully managed protein isolation through enzymatic functionality in formulation. We highlight how gentle wet milling preserves native protein functionality and creates the conditions for targeted enzyme systems to deliver meat-like texture without methylcellulose or synthetic binders. A live demonstration of a clean label hot dog made with alternative protein demonstrates the resulting improvements in bite, snap, and cohesive strength.
The core message: clean label functionality is achieved when raw materials, processing decisions, and formulation expertise are intentionally aligned across the value chain—an alignment enabled through ingredient expertise and technical partnership.
Soluble dietary fiber is increasingly recognized as a strategic component in product innovation and reformulation, as the global food landscape adapts to complex nutritional regulations and GLP-1–driven consumer expectations. However, conventional dietary fibers often face limitations in physicochemical properties and application performance across product categories. This session introduces KESTOSE, the first-in-market crystalline-format soluble dietary fiber, developed using Samyang’s proprietary technology. We will explore its unique physicochemical properties and application benefits, and demonstrate how it supports modern formulation strategies, including sugar reduction and high-fiber positioning, while enabling substantiated health benefit claims. The session offers practical insights into how high-purity KESTOSE can drive compliant, consumer-relevant product innovation in today’s evolving food environment.
As GLP-1 therapies reshape consumer behavior and health outcomes, a far larger opportunity is emerging at the intersection of food, health, and medicine. This panel will announce the new Food & Health Angels group and feature leading food-for-health.
As nutrition policy increasingly targets UPFs, the key challenge is how food systems can evolve without compromising safety, functionality, or scale. This session builds on the MAHA discussion with a deep dive into food-first systems that replace synthetic additive models. We will explore fermentation, natural food protection, nitrite-elimination, smart sweetening, and fiber-rich solutions across meat, confectionery, beverages, and other food matrices. The session will feature ready-to-use, policy-ready ingredient solutions from Prosur’s Get It Natural™ Toolbox in global commercial use. It will share industry insights showing how protecting food with food delivers healthier products while meeting consumer expectations for transparency.
As consumer expectations evolve, food choices are increasingly shaped by concerns for both personal health and broader environmental and societal impact. This breakout session explores how data, technology, and effective storytelling can help communicate the role of animal protein within modern, values-driven diets.
This session will examine how greater transparency in food production enabled by digital tools and traceability technologies can demystify the food system and bring consumers closer to the realities of farming and food production. Through real-world examples, the session will highlight how food companies are using technology to tell credible, positive stories about sourcing, impact, and the broader implications of consumer food choices.
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