Future Food-Tech Chicago

Future Food-Tech Chicago is where breakthrough innovators unite with global food corporates, investors, ingredient providers, manufacturers and policy makers to forge partnerships, bridge supply gaps and discover the next generation of sustainable proteins and ingredients.

As America’s leading food-industry hub, Chicago takes you to the heart of major corporate decision-making, opening fast-track pathways to global food brands and high-value partnership opportunities.

Why attend?

Future Food-Tech Chicago returns on 15–16 June 2026 as the meeting place for turning food innovation into scalable products, and real commercial outcomes.

Bringing together 400 ingredient providers, investors, founders and food and beverage brands, the summit focuses on the industrial reality of innovation: formulation, manufacturing, cost, and scale across today’s food system.

Over two days, the summit will showcase how the industry is closing supply chain gaps, commercializing novel ingredients, and scaling solutions that meet evolving consumer demands for health, functionality, sustainability, and taste.

From fermentation‑derived fats and oils to sweetness and cocoa alternatives, and next‑generation beverages designed for metabolic support and GLP‑1 consumers, Chicago is where innovation meets capital and ideas turn into scalable business outcomes.

The program will explore investment priorities, biomanufacturing realities, formulation constraints, regulatory pathways, and go-to-market strategies across dairy alternatives, fats and oils, coffee and cocoa, and function-forward beverages. Join us to answer the question: Which ingredients will define the next five years of food and beverage?

With curated networking and a powerful 1‑1 meeting platform, Future Food‑Tech Chicago is where suppliers, brands, and investors identify high-value opportunities, explore partnerships, and accelerate commercialization.