Special Interest Pavilions

The IFT Food Expo is the only event designed to meet your company’s compete business needs: ingredients, instruments, services, packaging, lab equipment, and more! Our special interest pavilions showcase important and emerging industry trends, delivering convenient one-stop shopping for solutions.

Asia-Pac Pavilion, Booths 1652 – 2162 and 3254 - 3780
For a comprehensive collection of new products, ingredients, and vendors from the Asia Pacific region in one convenient location, don’t miss this new pavilion on the expo floor.

Food Safety & Quality Pavilion, Booths 3811 - 4319
Food safety and quality is on the minds of today’s consumers – and food manufacturers, processors, and retailers know it. Visit the Food Safety & Quality Pavilion to discover innovative instruments, services, processing, and packaging technologies to protect and ensure the safety of the food supply.

Today’s consumers are more health conscious than ever before – and they demand healthier foods. The Healthy Food Ingredients Pavilion features some of the latest and most innovative options in the industry.

The worldwide trend in organic products continues. Visit this pavilion for the latest on organic ingredients.

Innova Market Insights will wow visitors with its Taste the Trend Pavilion at this year’s IFT Food Expo in Chicago. Taste the Trend is the place for hard-hitting data on new product trends. The Pavilion has become a true visitor favorite for both R&D and Marketing teams at the IFT Food Expo and this year’s event will be no exception.

Mintel's “New Products and Consumer Insights" Pavilion, Booth 2375
World renown for helping companies innovate and stay ahead of the market, market intelligence leader Mintel is continuing to evolve its presence at the IFT Food Expo. The Mintel New Products and Consumer Insights Pavilion features main stage presentations and opportunity for attendees to interact with some of the world's most successful and innovative products. On the second stage,
attendees can attend small group presentations as well as participate in "Ask the Analyst" sessions.
Bringing research to life and investigating trends, Mintel experts provide real market examples and
forecast how the trends will shape the future of the industry.

The 2013 pavilion will include a series of essential presentations on the consumer trends taking product development forward, with insights on packaging, technology and flavor drivers. The presentations will be illustrated with new beverage concepts/tastings and more than 200 innovative products from around the globe.

This year’s display will feature in-depth analysis on the issues driving the food and beverage landscape, including strategies for maximizing sustainability and coping with future sourcing challenges. Key presentations will be supported with new product development examples addressing the top 10 new consumer trends driving the industry today.

The pavilion will be open to all visitors throughout the IFT Food Expo. The Innova Market Insights team of expert staff will be on hand to guide visitors through the display and offer their insights. A dedicated website will contain the content from all the presentations on display after the show. Be sure to scan your badge and receive an electronic link to this data.

Touring the Taste the Trend Pavilion will once again be crucial to your IFT Food Expo visit!