Food Ingredients Europe 2026

Fi Europe 2026 brings the global food and beverage ingredients industry together from 17 – 19 November in Frankfurt, Germany for three days of business, networking and cutting-edge insights. Register to source thousands of ingredients, finished products, food technology solutions and equipment, connect with 1650+ suppliers from across the food supply chain and learn about the latest F&B trends.

Session titles:

1. Beyond protein: Where FMCG innovation is heading next

2. Clean eating reframed: From compliance pressure to competitive advantage

3. Delivering on pet health through ingredients

Session descriptions:

1. As protein claims become increasingly mainstream, FMCG and supplement innovation across food, beverages, supplements and beauty is moving toward broader wellness platforms centred around fibre, gut health, and metabolic wellness. As consumers increasingly connect digestive health with immunity, energy, satiety, skin health, weight management and blood sugar balance, demand is accelerating for prebiotics, fibre systems and microbiome-supporting ingredients. This is creating new opportunities for FMCG manufacturers, supplement brands, beauty players and ingredient suppliers seeking differentiated innovation platforms.

 
The session will reveal:

• Which fibre, gut-health and microbiome ingredients are scaling fastest globally
• Which categories and applications are driving the highest innovation activity
• Where ingredient adoption is accelerating across food, beverages, supplements and beauty formulations
• Which claims, ingredient combinations and wellness platforms are emerging as the next growth areas

2. Clean eating is moving from trend to structural necessity, driven by regulatory, reputational and formulation pressures. Its role spans compliance to competitive advantage, depending on category maturity. Fundamentally, it is an ingredient strategy expressed through claims, where ingredient choice determines credibility and differentiation, requiring targeted reformulation and disciplined, category-specific portfolio decisions.

3. Pet nutrition is increasingly becoming synonymous with pet health. It serves as a core medium to deliver functional health benefits in the non-therapeutic pet health space. Benefit is communicated through ingredient-backed health claims. This topic will explore how known ingredients from the human food space are influencing product development in the pet food space.

Name and title of the Euromonitor speakers:

1.  Ina Dawer: Head of Ingredients

2. Karine Dussimon: Global Insight Manager – Health and Wellness

3. Suraksha Rajagopal: Project Manager

Date and time of the Euromonitor session:

1. 17 November 2026 , 13:10–13:35 CET

2. 8 November 2026, 12:30–12:55 CET

3. 19 November 2026, 10:30–10:55 CET