What if the greatest threat to your supply chain isn't a disease outbreak or a logistics failure, but a ransomware attack on a supplier you've never met?

The regulatory and risk landscape facing food businesses has shifted dramatically, from The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, to EU Deforestation Regulation, and the increased risk of cyber attacks in food supply chains.

In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, recorded at our Dublin event, three specialists in supply chain technology and compliance unpack what all of this means in practice.

The question the industry faces is whether it can treat data with the same rigour it has always applied to physical ingredients.

The gut health market is booming. But if you can't make a meaningful health claim, how do you build a commercially successful product?

Despite decades of research, billions spent on ingredients, and a consumer base that's genuinely hungry for gut health solutions, the industry faces a fundamental tension: the science is outpacing what regulators will allow on pack.

In this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, recorded at our Ascot event, our panel of experts debate where the real opportunity lies in gut health NPD - and where the industry keeps tripping itself up.

They examine why the gut-brain axis is both the most exciting frontier and the hardest to substantiate for regulators; why one well-designed study will never be enough to unlock a claim, and why flooding the market with poorly powered trials actively damages the entire field.

Why has women's health historically been an underfunded sector in the food industry - and what do we stand to gain as that begins to change?

With supplement launches carrying a women's health claim growing in recent years, and perimenopause product launches alone up 45% in 2024, the commercial opportunity is significant.

But so is the scientific gap. Women's health has been studied through a one-size-fits-all lens for too long - and the nutrition needs of a woman in her 20s, through pregnancy, perimenopause and beyond, are not the same.

As we approach International Women's Day, this episode, recorded at the Food Matters Live event in Rotterdam, sees our panel of experts map both the opportunity and the unknowns.