Views From the Expo Hall: Monday

CoDeveloper (Booth 207): IFT’s AI-powered co-scientist, built by food scientists for food scientists, helps R&D teams accelerate product development with science-backed insights. Visitors can walk through sample formulation challenges to see how CoDeveloper can help solve real-world R&D problems.

Cargill (Booth 818): Visitors sampled prototype foods highlighting the company's research on evolving consumer eating habits, including a crunchy seed and nut protein bar designed for the growing "mini-meals" trend.

BENEO (Booth 425): Showcasing the "fibermaxxing" social media trend, BENEO invited attendees to sample foods and beverages featuring prebiotic fibers and other functional ingredients, including a high-fiber cinnamon oatmeal cookie made with the low-glycemic carbohydrate Palatinose for sustained energy.

Ingredion (Booth 1132): Visitors sampled prototype foods showcasing the company's ingredient solutions for better-for-you products, including protein enrichment, fiber fortification, sugar reduction, and clean label formulation. Featured samples included a savory breakfast biscuit and a sweet potato bite appetizer.

Ardent Mills (Booth 614): Attendees sampled products demonstrating the company's ingredient solutions, including a Devil's food cake bite made with less cocoa and a protein waffle delivering 12 grams of protein per serving.

Foodology by Univar Solutions (Booth 1121): Visitors sampled a range of protein items such as a pea and fava bean Mediterranean flatbread with a blended-protein meatball, alongside a micro-articulated whey protein-boosted yogurt sauce, and whey protein-based basil blueberry lemon and chili lime Jell-O shot—both “mocktails,” of course.

ICL Food Specialties (Booth 1432): Visitors sampled prototype foods demonstrating the company's ingredient solutions, including a mozzarella analogue topped with hot honey-flavored guava paste and an Italian-style plant-based meatball.

Butter Buds Inc. (Booth 708): Visitors sampled Korean-style butter mochi made with Butter Buds’ concentrated butter flavor, alongside other prototype foods demonstrating the company’s dairy flavor ingredients.

Gold Coast Ingredients (Booth 1403): Visitors customized hot and iced coffee with a variety of flavor infusions, including pistachio white chocolate, rosemary brown sugar, rose cardamom, and vanilla crème, while learning about the company’s custom flavor solutions.

Nuritas (Booth 869): Visitors sampled frozen yogurt made with PeptiStrong, a plant-derived peptide ingredient discovered using artificial intelligence, while learning about the company's portfolio of bioactive peptides for muscle health and sleep support.

AIDP (Booth 1170): Visitors sampled beverages and functional food prototypes showcasing the company's ingredient portfolio, including collagen, plant proteins, botanicals, and ingredients that support gut, brain, and active lifestyle health.

KSM-66 Ashwagandha (Booth 1126): Visitors explored the science behind KSM-66, a root-only ashwagandha extract, through educational materials and conversations about its use in functional foods, beverages, and dietary supplements.

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