Meet the 2026 Startup Pavilion Exhibitors
These startups represent the next generation of innovation across food science, technology, and commercialization. As part of the Startup Pavilion at IFT FIRST, each company brings bold ideas, emerging solutions, and new approaches shaping the future of the food system.
2026 Startup Exhibitors
| 50Hertz Tingly Foods | Formo Foods GmbH | Nofar Food Innovation and R&D LLC |
| Alcheme Bio | Friday4:30 Ltd | NuCicer, Inc. |
| Alethios, Inc. | GrowinCo. | Nurtured Nuts Company (The Pitch! Winner) |
| All G | Happy Plant Protein | Nutraberry |
| Altnyx Enterprise Command System | Hinalea Imaging | Onego Bio |
| Amai Proteins | HRBL Wellness | ONWO Canada Ltd |
| Amalthea Bio | Hydrosome Labs LLC | Onza Corp |
| Aqua Theon Inc. | Hyfe Foods | Oryne |
| Arise Nutrition | Improve | Ovitage Inc |
| Attribute Analytics | Indus Farms Superfoods | Pear Foods, LLC |
| BG Organics | Infusd Nutrition | Plantible |
| BioBlends (The Pitch! Runner-Up) | Ladder 17 | Planture Inc. |
| Brodnica Gelatin USA | L-Blend | Prairie Life Ltd. (DBA haskalife) |
| Casa De Mesquite | Leaft Foods | Prevera |
| CleanSense | Liquid Orchard Inc (The Pitch! Finalist) | R2DIO Inc. |
| Colorolicious | Living Prairie Family Farms | RX Food Ingredients |
| Crush Dynamics | Maia Farms | Save the Bee |
| CurieCo | MAKER'S EDGE INC | Scale Food Labs |
| ecoaccess | Mara Bio Limited | SKS NUTRITION |
| Elchemy Inc. | Marine Biologics | SKUsafe |
| EmulsiFi | Matriark Foods Inc | Solidec, Inc. |
| Enifer | Meala Foodtech | Standing Ovation |
| ENTR TECHNOLOGIES INC | Melt&Marble | Sumo Nutrients |
| Enzymofit | Melt-to-Make | Swan Neck Bio |
| Equinom LTD. | MetaCen Therapeutics | Symbio Bioculinary (The Pitch! Finalist) |
| Evergreen Saponins | MontBlancAI | Those Vegan Cowboys |
| Exosomm Ltd | Monterey Nutra | TIN BASKET |
| Faba Canada | Mycsology Foods Inc. | Tomorrow Taste |
| FBP - Xylose & Xylitol | Nambawan Spain SLU | Totally Mushrooms LLC |
| Fermenstation Co., Ltd. (The Pitch! Finalist) | Natural Sweeteners | Turing Labs |
| Fig AI | NECTAR | UPP |
| Food Label Maker | NemaLife | Vegan Minerals |
| Forever Harvest (The Pitch! Runner-Up) | NMC Group LLC | VTT |
