Conference Day Two
Thursday, November 21 2024
Uncovering Product Formulation & Reformulation Strategies to Unlock Wide Consumer Acceptance
8:30 am
Check-In & Light Breakfast
9:15 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
9:30 am Enabling Continuous Improvement With Ingredient Selection to Delight Consumers in Product Formulation
Synopsis
- Articulating the cost and consumer preference drivers of plant-based reformulation and cost-effective approaches
- Discussing critical aspects of affordability, taste, and functionality in food products
- Sharing Ingredion’s approach with high performing plant-based proteins
10:00 am Optimizing Functionality With Ingredient Selection to Deliver on Consumer Expectations
Synopsis
- Using strategic product development to allow continuous improvement
- Ensuring cost parity in ingredient selection to drive consumer uptake
- Measuring functionality to inform formulation changes
10:30 am
Morning Break
11:30 am Matching Evolving Technology to Consumer Taste Preferences: Commercializing Novel Proteins
Synopsis
- Exploring co-manufacturing relationships
- Collecting real world data from consumers
- Making updates while technology is evolving
12:00 pm Delivering a Product With a Complete Nutrient Profile to Meet Guidelines
Synopsis
- Understanding how to balance macro and micronutrients in the final product to meet consumer expectations and nutritional guidelines
- Ensuring ingredients are compatible to deliver a cohesive final product
- Uncovering analytical strategies to characterize nutritional content
12:30 pm Managing the Selection of Functional Additives That Are Compatible With Alternative Proteins to Achieve Texture & Mouthfeel
Synopsis
- Finding suitable binders, stabilizers, and emulsifiers that are compatible with alternative proteins
- Using processing methods to improve functionality
- Ensuring compatibility with proteins
1:00 pm
Networking Lunch
Building Secure Supply Chains to Achieve the Predicted Global Market Opportunity
2:00 pm Roundtable Discussion: Balancing Capex Costs With End Profit Margins for Sustainable Growth to Meet Global Demand
Synopsis
- Assessing the industry trend towards lighter assets with less capex intensity, and understanding the trade-off with opex
- Understanding key cost drivers and limitations to assess business cases in the lab, especially with nonlinear cost increases
- Creating secure supply chains and implementing effective project management in facility design
2:45 pm Panel Discussion: The Road to 2050 – Challenges & Opportunities
Synopsis
- How can industry cooperate to widen the application of alternative proteins?
- Assessing the key pain points in strategic partnerships
- Will we ever fully commoditize alternative proteins or are the cost and consumer barriers too high?