Name: Elevating Healthier Products Through Texture Innovation
Start: 2025-03-31T15:57:00Z
End: 2025-03-31T15:57:20.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
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Eager to elevate every bite and every sip of your food and beverage products? Need to save money or improve sustainability throughout your corrugating operation? Want to get your new product to market faster with greater success and profitability in pet food? You can—with global expertise in consumer insights, applied research, applications knowhow and process technology from Ingredion Idea Labs™.

Imagine solving key product challenges with a team of experts who bring you the latest science and original thinking from our global network. Picture lively collaboration on the fundamental benefits you and your consumers want most: quality, affordability, sensory experience, health and nutrition, and clean and simple products. That’s the experience of working with the experts of the 25 Ingredion Idea Labs™ innovation centers around the world.

This webinar will explore the critical role of texture in crafting superior food and beverage products, from crunchy to chewy.

Join Ingredion’s experts as they decode the Texture Equation, revealing how insights-driven expertise, technical mastery, and comprehensive solutions combine to create exceptional eating experiences.

Discover how consumer and market trends are shaping the demand for products with superior texture and learn how these unique qualities can set products apart in the market. Our experts will discuss how the right texture can enhance both the sensory experience and the functionality of food products.

Attendees will gain valuable insights into leveraging advanced technical expertise and ingredient solutions to achieve desired textures, along with real-world case studies demonstrating successful applications.

Solving the Texture Equation

Join Ingredion experts Jing Zhou, Sr. Manager, GSRA Nutrition, Healthful Solutions and Vanessa Bailey, Sr. Manager, Healthful Solutions Global Strategy and Innovation as they discuss the latest trends in health and wellness, including rising global obesity rates, and their impact on consumer behavior and industry growth strategies. 

Learn about innovative ingredients that support metabolic health with examples of product reformulation to better meet nutrition goals such as reducing sugar and fortifying with protein and fiber.

In this complimentary webinar, you will:  
Learn about innovative ingredients that support metabolic health 
Gain insights into how you can align your product offerings with consumer benefits that reflect the latest lifestyle trends
Discover practical reformulation examples that better meet consumer needs and preferences

Innovative Ingredients: Empowering Metabolic Health

We are pleased to invite you to the upcoming Ingredion webinar on the key market dynamics for food ingredients and energy costs in Europe. Loïc Moulin, Agribusiness & Sourcing Manager, Europe, will provide a market update into what is driving the main challenges of the current macroeconomic scenario. The webinar sets the scene of market conditions and the cost drivers that are impacting costs. From the Webinar, you can:


• Explore the global outlook of the corn, potato, tapioca and rice starch market and the last developments on other raw material costs. 

• Understand the global energy supply situations, including Gas and Power. 

• Make informed decisions about the price of food ingredients.

Power Up Your Pricing Decisions: Understanding the Food Ingredient Market in 2024-25

Discover the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture—an approach that sequesters carbon from the atmosphere and enriches soil biodiversity. Join us to explore how practices like reduced tillage, cover cropping, and crop rotation can restore degraded land, improve soil health, increase supply chain resiliency, and mitigate climate impact. In this webinar, we’ll delve into the fundamentals of regenerative agriculture, discuss its impact, and share insights into successful implementation and grower challenges. Stay informed about the evolving landscape and changes on the horizon.

Cultivating Sustainability: Harnessing the potential of regenerative agriculture

Consumers are taking an active role in their health and wellness journey by reducing the amount of added sugars and artificial sweeteners in their diets. The fast-paced innovation in the sugar reduction industry aims to make the challenge of less sugar easier and tastier.

In this session, Ingredion experts will explore the nuance of sweetness preference, and how limiting sugar is not one-size-fits-all. You will learn how the latest Ingredion patented technologies are helping brands tailor their formulations to meet their specific production requirements and achieve ideal ingredient labels while prioritizing indulgent taste

Patented technologies powering more delicious sugar reduction

Join industry thought leaders from UK retailer Sainsbury's and Ingredion, a global food solutions provider, in a conversation about the reasons for growth of retail brands, the current state of business and key priorities for the next 18 months.

Food in detail How is innovation and clean label boosting business

Consumers will pay more for select benefits that help them reach their nutrition goals. Watch now as Ingredion experts offer insights on how manufacturers deliver delicious AND nutritious products that consumers prefer. 
 
Topics covered:
The evolving definitions of better nutrition
Implications for food and beverage (re)formulation
Business benefits to advancing along a better nutrition continuum

Formulate for a deliciously nutritious future

Consumers want food and beverage products that are nutritious, delicious, and align with their lifestyle goals. To meet this demand, it is important to understand the current and future consumer trends and preferences, and use effective formulation strategies and solutions. In this webinar, you will learn how Ingredion can help you leverage insights and expertise to create products that deliver on consumer expectations and can differentiate your brand in the market.

Ingredients for Impact: Formulate for more consumer and brand value

Manufacturers have an opportunity to drive brand loyalty and growth by (re)formulating fiber-enriched products that help consumers in their pursuit of improved digestive health. Join us as Ingredion experts discuss:

-Evolving consumer demand for digestive health solutions
-The value proposition of fiber benefits
-Formulating fiber-rich food and beverage products that deliver on taste, texture and functionality

Fiber in Focus Create consumer value with digestive health benefits

Rising raw material costs, record levels of inflation, and falling profitability all combine to create a seemingly impossible juggling act for food and beverage manufacturers. Ingredion appreciates your affordability challenges and offers solutions to deliver cost-efficient products that meet consumers' demands for a superior eating experience whilst delivering in taste, texture, and nutrition.  

Join our webinar “Navigating Inflation: Cost-Reduction Opportunities for the Dairy Industry in Emerging Markets” on 25 January at 14:00 CET. Our presenter, Dr. Sergiy Datsenko, Business Development Manager, Emerging Markets, will share various solutions to optimise costs in dairy applications. 

During the webinar you will learn how to: 
-Enhance Energy Efficiency and Reduce Costs.
-Cost Optimize Without Compromising Taste and Texture.
-Utilize Functional Plant-Based Proteins and Fibers to support formulation cost management.

Navigating Inflation : Cost reduction opportunities for the dairy industry in EM

Proteins and fibres are the building blocks of current plant-based development strategies. They can transform texture, elevate nutrition and support clean labelling. But with so many different sources available globally, how can manufacturers identify the right ingredient for the best result? 

Join our plant-based formulation expert, Jocelyn Hernandez, as she explains how KaTech can provide innovative, effective and rapid solutions to the many technical challenges. The webinar session covers: 

• Why it’s no longer enough to have a general understanding of plant protein and fibre categories 
• The importance of analysing the functionality of individual raw materials 
• Why understanding ingredient synergies leads to better products 
• How Katech sources, tests and builds its extensive ingredient portfolio 
• Case studies that demonstrate KaTech’s capabilities in action. 

If you have further questions, please contact us here: hello@katech-solutions.com

Proteins and fibres : Understanding the essentials for plant-based formulations

75% of EMEA consumers consider the Plant-based claim crucial for their nutritional and meal replacement beverages. *
In an era where health-conscious choices shape consumer preferences, finding the suitable pulse protein nutritional powerhouses is pivotal to elevate your brand.

Wonder how it's reshaping sports nutrition, meal replacements, and snacks? Listen to our panel discussion with industry experts, in collaboration with the Future of Protein Production, where we will discuss:
•Consumer Insights: what health-conscious consumers are looking for?
•Key drivers: Explore the rise of plant proteins in sports nutrition and snacks.
•Solutions: Discover innovative ways to tackle plant protein challenges.
•Explore ingredient innovations: Learn about the latest formulations enhancing products.

Unleashing the Nutritional Potential of Plant-Based Proteins

Regenerative agriculture is a comprehensive approach to farming that aims to remove carbon from the atmosphere and put it back into the soil to increase biodiversity, control pests and crop dis-ease, improve soil health, and mitigate the impact of climate change. By implementing methods such as reduced tillage, cover cropping and crop rotation, farmers restore degraded land and enhance its productivity. Explore the fundamentals and impacts of regenerative agriculture practices as well as discuss standards and transparency for implementation and reporting.

What you will takeaway from this session:

- Gain an understanding of what regenerative agriculture is and its value to manufacturers and consumers.
- Explore common regenerative agriculture practices and the impact on farming and agriculture.
- Learn more about the standardization of regenerative agriculture programs and the importance of certification and transparency.

All About Regenerative Agriculture

Join Ingredion for a roundtable conversation on what sustainability means for the plant-based sweetener space and removing sugar in products. 

Ingredion is leading the way in ingredient sustainability with its stevia sustainability program helping set the pace. Our expert panel will share insights into critical topics related to our stevia agriculture program like plant varietal development, traceability, ethical ingredient sourcing and breakthroughs in biotransformation.

We will explore new lifecycle assessment findings, and how Ingredion helps food and beverage manufacturers tell their own ingredient sustainability stories.

Sustainable Clean Sweetness: How stevia innovations lower environmental impacts

Consumers are snacking more than ever in APAC, seeking snacks that are both delicious AND nutritious, with the right textures. Embark on a day-to-night snacking adventure with Ingredion APAC's experts. From reduced egg and creamy delights to fat-free indulgent treats, we'll guide you through innovative concepts across dairy, bakery and savoury snacks.

Key topics:
- Insights on snacking in APAC and what APAC consumers are seeking out in their snacks
- Dairy’s opportunities in conquering breakfast category with indulgent textures
- How to achieve healthier and egg-reduced baked goods
- Deliver guilt-free savoury snacks with high protein and fibre and with the right texture
- Adding value to an all-time late night favourite snack, noodles, to be nutritious and tasty

Speakers:
- Chloe Gao, Insights Lead, Global/APAC
- Stary Wang, Category Manager (Dairy), APAC
- Olive Bai, Category Manager (Savoury), APAC
- Elvin Ling, Culinologist and Digital Food Content Creator

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Better snacking from day to night: Creating nutritious AND ideal textures

Join Ingredion for a practical conversation on how food and beverage brands are letting consumers eat cake AND feel good about their indulgent choices too.

We will review why replacing sugar and artificial ingredients is not one-size-fits-all. Learn how plant-based sweetener solutions are being tailored to specific product category needs to deliver a clean taste experience. We will discuss emerging formulation trends helping consumers pursue their health and wellness goals. 

Our experts will share formulation tips on sweetness replacement and building back functional characteristics of sugar, as well as insights on how to create a sustainably sweet future.

A guide to healthy indulgence: New tips for tailored sweet taste

Globally, 80% of consumers are taking action to live more healthily (Innova Market Insights). Capturing this demand while continuing to elevate taste is an ongoing industry challenge. Join us for an engaging webinar focused on enhancing nutrition in product development by leveraging examples from the growing healthy snacks category. Our panel, made up of experts in consumer research, strategic marketing, and sugar reduction innovation, will guide you through the latest insights and trends, as well as strategies for formulating consumer-preferred products. This webinar is tailored to provide valuable insights and practical knowledge.

Better Nutrition by Design: Crafting Snacks for Discerning Consumers

This presentation will explore the latest market and consumer insights related to food, beverage, and dietary trends. Discover how these trends shape consumer choices and get a closer look at the crucial role texture plays in perception — especially in healthier foods. This includes practical examples of how Ingredion’s technical expertise can help you formulate products with that perfect texture and create superior eating experiences that keep consumers coming back for more.

Key Takeaways:

- Explore the latest consumer and market trends and find out what it all means for your business
- Learn how texture impacts consumer perception and product differentiation, particularly with healthier options
- Review practical examples of how Ingredion enhances eating experiences through innovative sensory science and technical expertise

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