Special Show Ingredients - Functional and Climate-Conscious

How will we snack in the future? Which functional ingredients, sustainable raw materials and innovative food tech solutions are setting new impulses for the sweets and snacks industry?

The 'Ingredients - Functional and Climate-Conscious' Special Show provides the answers - a curated trend zone at ISM Ingredients 2026, in cooperation with ISM and ProSweets Cologne.

In Hall 10.1, on space spanning around 100 m²,you can experience new ingredients and processing technologies as well as exciting product ideas from all over the globe - selected by the innovation agency, Haute Innovation. The exhibition demonstrates how functionality, health and climate awareness can be united successfully.

• Vegan alternatives - i.e. solid oat milk in leaf form or potato-based, vegetarian drinks

• Innovative textures & ingredients - such as fig leaf oil, chickpea flour or spice mixes from upcycled raw materials.

• Functional foods - with natural health benefits, for example through moringa, yams or yuzu

• Drinkable snacks - as a new product category between convenience and health foods

• Food tech trends - from cultivated meat through to future-proof, lab-made fish alternatives

• Start-ups under focus - young companies present their trailblazing ideas and products