Food & Beverage

IFT FIRST 2026

IFT FIRST (Food Improved by Research, Science, and Technology) brings together the entire food ecosystem - from farm to fork, research lab to retail shelf. As the leading food science and innovation expo, IFT FIRST offers solutions across every challenge: sustainability, food safety, ingredient innovation, supply chain optimization, and more.

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0Speakers
23Sponsors
51On the bill · sessions
23Companies · in total
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BrenntagPlatinum
Kerry GroupGold
American Egg BoardSilver
BalchemSilver
Briess Malt & IngredientsSilver
California AlmondsSilver
Cargill IncSilver
Grain Processing CorporationSilver
Mars WrigleySilver
Nestlé PurinaSilver
PROCOMER Costa RicaSilver
Tate & LyleSilver
Applied Food SciencesBronze
CALDICBronze
Hangzhou Levinthal BiotechBronze
JungbunzlauerBronze
Merieux NutriSciences CorporationBronze
Nutra-AGRIBronze
PeakBridge Partners LtdBronze
PrinovaBronze
SternMaid IngredientsBronze
UncountableBronze
KSMFlagship
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Agenda

Selected from 51 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday, July 13 – 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

    Keynote

  • Monday, July 13, 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

    Keynote

  • Monday, July 13 – 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

    Scientific & Technical Forums

  • Monday, July 13, 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

    Scientific & Technical Forums

  • Monday, July 13 – 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

    Individual Presentations

  • Monday, July 13, 11:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

    Individual Presentations

  • Monday, July 13 – 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

    Scientific & Technical Forums

  • Monday, July 13, 12:15 p.m. - 12:45 p.m.

    Scientific & Technical Forums

  • Monday, July 13 – 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

    Scientific & Technical Forums

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 23 companies, parsed from the program.

23 companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
23Sponsoringsponsor only
0Companies Speakingspeaker only
Most-represented companies
  1. 01American Egg BoardSp·S
  2. 02Applied Food SciencesSp·B
  3. 03BalchemSp·S
  4. 04BrenntagSp·P
  5. 05Briess Malt & IngredientsSp·S
  6. 06CALDICSp·B
  7. 07California AlmondsSp·S
  8. 08CargillSp·S
  9. 09Grain Processing CorporationSp·S
  10. 10Hangzhou Levinthal BiotechSp·B
  11. 11JungbunzlauerSp·B
  12. 12Kerry GroupSp·G
  13. 13KSMSp·F
  14. 14Mars WrigleySp·S
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
4% of 23
gold1
4% of 23
silver10
43% of 23
bronze10
43% of 23
flagship1
4% of 23
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