Sponsors
Nestlé R&D Singapore
Nestle R&D Singapore is the oldest and largest R&D center in Asia. It is an integral part of the global R&D network of over 23 R&D centers worldwide. The R&D Center employs about 180 people representing over 20 nationalities. The staff consists of food scientists, technologists, engineers, packaging experts and other technical areas. The center focuses on creating new food and beverage products for South East Asian consumers, while also acting as the R&D center of expertise for dairy solutions, coffee mixes and ice-cream solutions for consumers worldwide. It’s strategic geographical location in the heart of Asia also enables Nestlé to have a strong collaboration with innovation partners, universities, and start-ups.
FoodPlant
FoodPlant is Singapore’s first shared facility for small-batch food production established to support innovation in the food manufacturing industry.
They empower food entrepreneurs by providing affordable equipment, expert consultations, and training to pilot, test, and commercialize innovative food products.
MindoFoods
MindoFoods, a Foodtech startup founded by certified food nutritionist Mieke, offers delicious and nutritious plant-based paste products that are easy to prepare at home.
Their mission is to empower individuals to create healthy, convenient meals with exciting new flavors, offering innovative twists on local dishes.
Singapore Polytechnic
Food Innovation and Resource Centre
Established in 2007, the Food Innovation and Resource Centre (FIRC) is one of the leading force in food innovation in Singapore.
Their expertise span from product formulation to shelf-life testing, pilot production and automation solutions. FIRC hopes to help businesses realize innovate food and beverage concepts efficiently.
Agrocorp
Agrocorp is a global agri-commodity firm based in Singapore that was founded in 1990, constantly working towards a better nourished world through responsible and sustainable sourcing of agri-food products and building enduring partnerships all along the supply chain.
Today, Agrocorp is one of the leading companies in pulse trading and operates processing plants in Australia, Canada, and the US, producing value-added products such as protein and starches.
NUS Enterprise
NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore, plays a pivotal role in advancing innovation and entrepreneurship at NUS and beyond. It actively promotes entrepreneurship and cultivates global mind-sets and talents through the synergies of experiential entrepreneurial education, active industry partnerships, holistic entrepreneurship support and catalytic entrepreneurship outreach.
NUS Food Science and Technology Society
The Food Science and Technology Programme at NUS aims to produce highly motivated, numerate and responsible food scientists and technologists who are able to demonstrate effective leadership, excellent data analysis and problem-solving skills to improve food products and processes and exploit new business opportunities for the food industry of the 21st century.