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.
New in 2025: Community Conversations
Join the food industry's most critical discussions in an innovative collaborative format. Tackle pressing challenges like food additives, misinformation, and safety concerns through active problem-solving sessions where your voice matters.
These are interactive working sessions where participants share real experiences, debate solutions with peers, and develop actionable strategies together. Be part of the conversations shaping our industry's future. Simply add these sessions to your schedule—no advance registration required.
Expo Floor Tours
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Colors/Additives Expo Floor Tour
As consumer demand for cleaner labels and natural alternatives grows, global food and beverage manufacturers are facing increasing pressure to reformulate products and replace synthetic additives, including colors, preservatives, and other functional ingredients. Attendees will experience a tour, led by IFT staff, providing a closer look at some products/services that can provide solutions to the challenges attendees are facing.
Monday, July 14 from 3:00 – 3:45 pm
Location: IFT FIRST Bar and Concessions Booth S4848
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Fat/Salt/Sugar Reduction Expo Floor Tour
As research into ultra-processed foods continues to unfold and evolve, we know foods with excess added sugar, salt, and unhealthy fats are linked to adverse health outcomes, including obesity and related diseases. With global efforts focused on curbing obesity, food scientists play a crucial role in the development, reformulation, and innovation of healthier food product. Attendees will experience a tour, led by IFT staff, providing a closer look at some products/services that can provide solutions to the challenges attendees are facing.
Tuesday, July 15 from 10:30 – 11:45 am
Location: IFT FIRST Bar and Concessions Booth S4848
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AI/Technology Expo Floor Tour
AI’s capabilities continue to astonish, and the field is advancing at a breakneck pace. Attendees will experience a tour, led by IFT staff, providing a closer look at some products/services that can provide solutions to the challenges attendees are facing.
Tuesday, July 15 from 12:00-12:45 pm
Location: IFT FIRST Bar and Concessions Booth S4848
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:
Posters & Research Showcase
Students present the latest in food innovation, fresh from the lab!
Hot Topics Studio
Take a front-row seat in the Studio for one-on-one conversations with trendwatchers and thought leaders.
Expo Hall Resources and Information
Review a snapshot of exhibitors below.
| 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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