Archives: Agenda

• Using potato-based starches and proteins to create perfect creaminess and “melt” in dairy alternatives
• Replacing modified starches and additives with natural, functional ingredients for a shorter, friendlier label.
• Fortifying high-protein formulations without compromising on taste or stable shelf-life.

Senior representative, Avebe

• Eco-Friendly Labels: Drive circularity with “Wash-Off” and ultra-thin technologies that ensure 100% PET bottle recyclability
• Tamper-Evident Safety: Guarantee product integrity and consumer trust with integrated, high-speed shrink sleeve security
• Interactive Engagement: Use digital watermarking and QR codes to turn packaging into a direct-to-consumer marketing channel

Reserved for CCL Labels

• Digitizing QA/QC to reduce waste, rework, and compliance risk
• Faster product development through structured data and insights
• Real-time visibility across plants, suppliers, and product lines

Interactive roundtable sessions offer a unique opportunity to come together with your peers to share best practice and develop solutions to critical challenges facing the industry as a whole. Hosted by industry experts and each focused on a single issue, roundtables are an exciting, interactive way to build your personal network and learn from the experience and expertise of others.

Each roundtable session lasts for 40 minutes, and delegates may attend up to 2 roundtables.

RT1: Reserved for SIG

RT2: Reserved for SIDEL

• From Legacy to Agility: How heritage dairy brands are evolving into fast-moving innovators
• Health, Wellness C Trust: Meeting rising consumer demand for functional, clean-label, and gut friendly products
• Data-Driven NPD: Leveraging real-time insights to design products consumers don’t even know they need yet
• Purpose Meets Profit: Balancing sustainability goals with business growth in a challenging regulatory landscape

• Key dairy ingredients for immune defense
• Using fermented dairy and probiotics as the primary drivers of a resilient microbiome
• Combining dairy’s high-quality protein with Zinc and Vitamin D for a complete “shield” profile

• Traceability Deadlines: Finalise FSMA 204 compliance by July 2028; maintain 24-month electronic records for all high-risk dairy
• Labeling Modernisation: Adopt new “Healthy” claim definitions by 2028 and distinguish non-cow sources (e.g., goat milk) in allergen statements
• Standard Revocations: Review the 18 dairy “Standards of Identity” the FDA is revoking to allow more flexible product formulations