AGENDA

• From Legacy to Agility: How heritage dairy brands are evolving into fast-moving innovators
• Health, Wellness C Trust: Meeting rising consumer demand for functional, clean-label, and gut friendly products
• Data-Driven NPD: Leveraging real-time insights to design products consumers don’t even know they need yet
• Purpose Meets Profit: Balancing sustainability goals with business growth in a challenging regulatory landscape
  

• Aseptic Excellence: Maximize product freshness and nutrients without refrigeration using cutting-edge barrier technology
• Consumer Connection: Stand out on crowded shelves with unique designs and multiple sizes
• Sustainable Solutions: Reduce your carbon footprint with high-speed, low-waste filling systems and circular materials

• Shift from traditional liquid milk to A2, organic and higher-protein products
• Rapid growth of Lactose‐free Market
• Functional Dairy and Impact of GLP1 
  

A panel of the industry’s most sought-after solution providers set the scene with 60 second introductions offering insights into their cutting-edge products and services. Visit the booths in the exhibition hall for more details and services.

• From calories to protein: how the consumer mindset has shifted—today’s shoppers actively “count protein, ” not carbs or calories.
• New targets, new expectations: many active consumers aim for 100–120g/day, linking protein to satiety, strength, recovery, healthy aging, and weight management.
• GLP-1 effect: rising demand for nutrient-dense, higher-protein foods as GLP-1 users prioritize quality nutrition.
• The competitive question: consumers want protein—so the opportunity is winning where they get it and which proteins they trust, with dairy positioned as a go-to choice.

• Sustainable PET transformation through customised, sustainable packaging.
• Food safety leadership through aseptic processing expertise.
• End-to-end solutions to improve efficiency while reducing energy, water and chemical consumption.

• New demand drivers: Back-to-cooking momentum, GLP‐1 reshaping household eating habits, and evolving US dietary guidelines.
• AI changes the cart: Shift in consumers shopping with increasing use of AI- generated lists
• Adopting and leading this major transformation in the food market
  

• Optimising UHT processing for high-protein beverages.
• Enabling next-generation cheese sauces and spreadable cheese.
• Driving innovation in ready-to-eat dairy desserts through advanced processing technologies.
  

• How changing consumer behaviours, health priorities and GLP-1 are reshaping dairy innovation Identifying the next high-growth opportunities across protein, functional dairy, beverages, cheese, yoghurt and infant nutrition
• Accelerating new product development to meet evolving consumer expectations
• Premiumisation through taste, convenience, functionality and brand differentiation
• Turning consumer insight into commercially successful innovation

• Consumer priorities: Insights from 11K+ U.S. consumers on their top health and wellness concerns, current solutions, and unmet needs.
• Dairy opportunity spaces: The health and wellness conditions where dairy is best positioned to deliver meaningful consumer benefits.
• Innovation in action: Examples of dairy products and concepts addressing priority consumer wellness needs. 
  

• Replacing multiple processing steps in one compact unit, enabling fast changeovers, reducing energy/water use ~50%
• Producing clean-label, more stable products, extending shelf life up to 2×
• Eliminating acid whey/permeate byproducts, avoiding waste streams in high-protein dairy productio
  

• Seeking convenient dairy products delivering targeted health benefits (mobility, beauty from within, overall wellbeing)
• Leveraging clinically supported, low-dose ingredients (Collavant ^® n2, Dermial^®) to translate science into consumer-relevant benefits
• Combining scientific substantiation with application know-how to enable incorporation of branded ingredients into innovative dairy formats

• Creating creamier dairy alternatives using potato-based starches and proteins.
• Replacing modified starches with natural functional ingredients for cleaner labels.
• Improving yield and reducing cost-in-use without compromising taste or shelf life.

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