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The Food Expo Experience

The Largest Global Food Science and Innovation Expo

Engage your senses with the sights and sounds of a busy marketplace filled with suppliers who are ready to showcase the latest global ingredients, trends, technologies, solutions, and new products.

It’s here where you’ll find the answers to the problems you are trying to solve while gaining relevant knowledge from colleagues and suppliers who are vested in helping you to grow and sustain your business.

We would like to extend a special welcome to our FIRST Time Exhibitors. Spread out across our expo floor, the annual event is a launching pad for many new and emerging businesses. From logistics, natural ingredients, food and feed additives, plant-based solutions, emulsifiers, aromatic blends, fermentation technologies and more, there’s much to see and experience in the way of brand-new products and services.

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Curating Your Expo Hall Experience

With more than 1,000 exhibitors showcasing food technology and innovations, the opportunities to connect with food system leaders in ingredients, equipment, technology and more are endless. Additionally, you have access to so much more happening exclusively on the Expo Floor:

  • Daily access to our Marketing Intelligence Partners who will showcase the latest food trend information and research.
  • Specialized pavilions focused on organics, agriculture, and co-manufacturers.
  • Solutions Showcase is the place where you’ll find breakthrough innovations shaping the future of food. Through expert discussions and case studies, supply chain partners demonstrate how ingredient and process advancements solve real-world challenges in product development, safety, and nutrition.
  • Visit the Startup Pavilion where 100 food and food tech startups showcase cutting-edge solutions. Plan to stay through Wednesday to find out who will be crowned winner of the The Pitch finale – a high-impact speed pitch competition.
  • At the Taste of Science, you'll discover the innovative ways ingredients and science meld together to create beautiful bites. Check out these 15-minute presentations and participate in a self-guided sample tour.

Science in the Expo Hall

Don’t miss the scientific programming happening live from the Expo Hall:

 
 
 

Expo Hall Resources and Information

Review a snapshot of exhibitors below. Check out the floor plan via the link below:

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Exhibitor Preview List
AAK Farbest Brands MERIEUX NutriSciences
ADITYA BIRLA CHEMICALS (THAILAND) LTD. (PHOSPHATES DIVISION) Fine Organic Industries Ltd. MGP Ingredients Inc
Advanced Ingredients, Inc. Foodology by Univar Solutions MicroThermics Inc
Amerikoa Ingredients Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi International Food Ingredients
Angel Yeast Co Ltd Gadot Biochemical Industries, Ltd. NURA USA
Anton Paar GEA Group Oterra
Apura Ingredients Gold Coast Ingredients, Inc. Prayon
Ardent Mills Graceland Fruit, Inc. Prinova
Ascend Biotech LLC Grain Processing Corporation Prosur, Inc.
Balchem Corporation Hawkins Inc Quadra
Barentz Hormel Ingredient Solutions Richardson Food & Ingredients
BBFY Industrial USA Inc. ICL Food Specialties Samyang Corp
Bell Flavors & Fragrances Inc IMCD Sensapure Flavors
Beneo Inc Ingredion Incorporated Shandong Bailong Chuangyuan Biotech Co, Ltd.
Brenntag Interfiber Ltd Soy Austria US LLC
Bunge J Rettenmaier USA LP Sunland Nutrition Inc
Butter Buds Inc. Jiaherb Inc Sweegen
Caldic Jungbunzlauer Tate & Lyle
Calidra Group Kemin Industries Inc Team Foods Colombia SA
California Natural Color Kikkoman Sales USA Inc Texture Technologies Corp.
Cargill Inc Kraft Heinz Ingredients Corp The NutraSweet Co
Carmi Flavor & Fragrance Co KSM-66 Ashwagandha Tilley Distribution, Inc.
CATALINA FOOD SOLUTIONS SL Lallemand Bio-Ingredients/Macco. Trophe Ingredients
Chongqing Chuandong Chemical (Group) Co Ltd Layn Natural Ingredients TWG Health & Nutrition
CJ BIO LBB Specialties Uncountable
Columbus Vegetable Oils Leprino Nutrition Virginia Dare Extract Co.
Daesang America (Ingredient) LinkOne Ingredient Solutions VIRUN
Edlong Mantrose-Haeuser Co Inc Zhucheng Haotian Pharm Co., Ltd.

 

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