Advancing the Food-Sector

Food innovation is under pressure – and accelerating at the same time. On September 24-25, Future Food-Tech London brings the industry together to make sense of the disruption, spot what’s scaling next, and connect with the people turning ambition into action.

This is the forum for cutting through the noise, comparing what’s really working, and pressure-testing ideas against commercial reality. The focus isn’t on what looks promising in theory, but what holds up when cost, regulation and scale collide

live demo kitchen

Across two days, the agenda zeroes in on the biggest inflection points facing the industry in 2026 – reformulating without sacrificing margins, building products for the GLP-1 era and beyond, bringing next-generation ingredients into the mainstream, and navigating tightening regulation alongside more cautious capital.

From data-driven development and automation to fermentation and performance nutrition, every discussion is grounded in real-world constraints, not future hype.

Alongside main-stage debates, the programme features focused breakouts, hands-on workshops and practical case studies, a Start-Up Arena with pitches and investor mentoring, cooking demonstrations that put new ingredients to the test, and a 1:1 meeting platform designed for serious, commercially relevant connections.

Who will you meet?

Who will you meet?

2026 Advisory Board

 

2025 Key Themes

Supply chains under strain

Managing climate risk, security and sovereignty

The reformulation reckoning

Improving nutrition without losing taste, texture or cost

Performance nutrition goes mainstream

Designing food that supports metabolism, energy and wellbeing

Regulation tightens

Reducing risk across novel foods, health claims and global markets

Technology transforms

Using data and automation to cut development time

Food meets healthcare

Turning clinically backed nutrition into viable businesses

Capital gets cautious

Smarter investment and stronger corporate–start-up partnerships

Fermentation tested

Cracking cost, infrastructure and customer demand

Profitability under pressure

Balancing affordability, premiumisation and margins

Key Themes

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