600-plus attendees, greater than 100 professional audio system, guests from over 30 nations, and over 20 hours of thought management made Bridge2Food Europe 2026 one of many meals business’s most influential gatherings for meals innovation.
Held over three days in Copenhagen earlier this month, Bridge2Food Europe introduced collectively world manufacturers, researchers, begin ups, traders, and resolution suppliers to discover the tendencies reworking the way forward for meals, from client behaviour and well being pushed innovation to sustainable proteins, product improvement, and commercialisation.
A central theme all through the occasion was understanding the trendy client and translating these insights into profitable innovation methods.
Johannes Hartmann of Innova Market Insights opened the convention by exploring the worldwide client tendencies influencing buying selections and the market forces shaping the following era of meals and beverage innovation.
Behavioural science remained a key focus, with Dr Sophie Attwood of Conduct International inspecting the psychology behind wholesome meals decisions, whereas Mads Holme of ReD Associates demonstrated how organisations can embed human behaviour into the innovation course of to develop merchandise that higher meet client wants.
Throughout the programme, delegates additionally heard from main organisations together with Novonesis, IFF, Nestlé Analysis, Oatly, ADM, Euromonitor, MAX Burgers, Swiss Meals & Vitamin Valley, DigitalFoodLab, Qina, Angel Yeast, Nomad Meals, Wageningen Meals & Biobased Analysis, and Meals & Bio Cluster Denmark, showcasing the breadth of experience driving the way forward for meals. Periods explored matters together with well being and vitamin, client insights, clear label innovation, sustainable proteins, meals know-how, processing, and business technique.
Past the convention programme, attendees linked by means of devoted networking classes, one to 1 enterprise conferences, the exhibition, and collaborative workshops, creating new partnerships throughout the worldwide meals innovation ecosystem.
“Bridge2Food Europe is about bringing collectively the organisations and other people shaping the way forward for meals,” mentioned Vincent Mind, normal supervisor of Bridge2Food. “The conversations, collaborations, and information shared all through this 12 months’s occasion demonstrated the significance of placing shoppers on the centre of innovation whereas working collectively to handle the challenges and alternatives going through the meals business.”
Following the success of the 2026 occasion, Bridge2Food Europe will return to Den Bosch, The Netherlands, from 15 to 17 June 2027.
Organisations all for talking, sponsoring, exhibiting, or partnering with Bridge2Food Europe 2027 are inspired to contact the Bridge2Food crew to discover alternatives.
