It felt like 2025 truly kicked into full gear this week, giving us a whole lot of exciting news, events, jobs, and discussions to share with you in today's Food Innovation Roundup.
Highlights from this edition include:
💡 Is Atlantic Canada the country’s next big tech hub?
🛠️ A cool new Food Innovation Manager job opening
🌟 The top conferences and event recommendations for food innovators
🧠 How to boost creativity and innovative thinking in your everyday work
Let’s dive in!
Deep Tech is Thriving in the Maritimes – Betakit
A look at Atlantic Canada’s burgeoning reputation as a global hub for hardware innovation in foodtech, oceantech, life sciences, and beyond.
Top Innovation Trends Shaping Future of Food and Beverage – Food Navigator
A new report analyzes keyword data from hundreds of thousands of academic articles published in 2024 to identify the top 20 research themes shaping the future of food innovation.
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Labeling Plant-Based Foods: What Brands Need to Know – Vegconomist
New FDA guidance says brands should replace ambiguous terms like “meatless” and “plant-based" with more ingredient-specific labelling that includes the predominant plant source. Industry advocates worry that future regulatory changes would be unnecessarily burdensome and anticompetitive for plant-based brands selling in the U.S.
Webinar: The Future of Food Safety Is Natural: Controlling Listeria with Inneo
Tuesday, January 14, 12:00 PM EST
Hear from Innodal CEO and Co-founder, Laurent Dallaire, to learn about the most efficient solution to protect consumers against Listeria and your company against recalls.
CFIN Webinar: Intellectual Property (IP) Essentials for Food Innovators
Thursday, January 23, 1:00 PM EST
In CFIN’s inaugural Unpuzzling webinar session, you’ll get practical advice from leading IP experts on creating, protecting, and leveraging intellectual property as a food business asset.
Discover all the F&B industry events on the horizon over on CFIN’s Events Page!
Here’s a few cool new food innovation jobs that caught our eye:
Innovation Manager – Arla Foods – Maple, ON
Sustainability Specialist – Nature’s Path Foods – Richmond, B.C.
Manager, Marketing and Communications – Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking – Calgary, AB
Have an open position you’re looking to fill? Be sure to post it on the Food Innovator Career Hub!
Catch up on some of this week’s top YODL conversations…
Conferences and Events Recommended for Food Innovators
Co-manufacturer Allergen Vetting Process - How Much Information to Ask?
How to Optimize Your YODL Profile (And Why It Really Matters!)
If you’re hungry for some additional food for thought, here are the top articles, podcasts, and books that we've been enjoying lately.
📰 Beyond Meat Says Being Attacked Has Just Made It Stronger – Wired Magazine
🎙️ Navigating the Way Forward: Innovation in Food’s Future – FoodTech Junkies Podcast
📖 A Year of Creativity: 52 Smart Ideas for Boosting, Creativity, Innovation, and Inspiration at Work – by Kathryn Jacob & Sue Unerman
Do you have something worth including in our next Friday Food Innovation Roundup? Reply to this post to let us know about your news, events, or job openings!
Thanks for reading!