EIT Food at Anuga 2023

EIT Food will be at Anuga, the world's leading trade fair for food and beverages - lively, diverse, dynamic

Openness and transparency, trust and partnership, trends and transformation: On the way to a sustainable and fair food system, the global food industry is currently experiencing dynamic change. As the world's leading trade fair for food and beverages, Anuga is bringing the largest international industry community together and generating a positive spirit of optimism.

Personal discussions and contacts with relevant buyers and decision-makers, well-filled order books and a high level of internationality among the visitors, the clear structure with 10 trade shows under one roof, a complete overview of all trends and themes with valuable insights and inspiration: In a partnership-like manner, Anuga actively provides strong impulses for shaping the future in a value-oriented way. Become part of the movement and rely on efficient business & networking.

You can find all info about the conference here.

An overview of our activities at Anuga

Our booth

EIT Food will have a booth during the entire fair, where you can meet the EIT Food team and startups from our entrepreneurship programmes. The EIT Food booth will be located at Entrance North, opposite hall 8 and right before the Anuga Trend Zone.

Conference in partnership with Anuga HORIZON

• Date: 10.10.2023
• Time: 10:30 – 12:45 CET
• Location: Congress-Centre North, Konrad-Adenauer-Saal

During this conference in partnership with Anuga HORIZON, you can hear from the award-winning startups from our programmes. What are the "learnings" for the industry? What opportunities does the food industry have to network with the startups? What do the founders and what does science have to say about it? Our programme aims to provide answers, impulses, and approaches to new cooperations so that innovations in the food sector can happen faster and more sustainably.

You can find the agenda for the conference here.

Food Startup & Innovator Meetup @ Anuga Horizon

• Date: 8.10.2023
• Time: 18:00 - 00:00 CET
• Location: Congress-Centre North, Konrad-Adenauer-Saal

Be part of an extraordinary agrifood gathering at Anuga, with fellows from EIT Food, BalPro, Zintinus, Netzwerk der Netzwerke, Crowdfoods, Food Campus Berlin, Kitchentown, Proveg, German Agrifood Society ...and yourself!

Join us and benefit from the power of connection with changemakers, experts, entrepreneurs, and thought leaders in the field and expand your horizons on the agrifood landscape.

You can register for the Meetup here.

Communication Breakfast

• Date: 8.10.2023
• Time: 09:30 – 11:00 CET
• Location: Press Centre of Anuga
• Speakers: Dr. Georg Schirrmacher (Director EIT Food Region West), Jan Phillip Hartmann (Director Messe Köln/Anuga), Lennart Heyner (Crafting Future), Deniz Ficicoglu (BettaFish) and Frank Horlbeck (Press Officer EIT Food Central)

While enjoying a delicious breakfast, you can listen to pitches from our startups, and discuss and network with other professionals from the industry! 

ECOTROPHELIA Europe Competition Award Ceremony

• Date: 9.10.2023
• Time: 14:00 - 16:00 CET
• Location: Congress Centre East – 4th floor, Congress-Saal, Section 3

EIT Food Education has a long history of supporting Ecotrophelia Europe, a food innovation competition for students in higher education. On the principle of a food innovation “Champions League” each European country organises its own national competition to select the most innovative food project that will then be presented at ECOTROPHELIA Europe. Each country's selection is coordinated by its national food federation. The teams are composed of 2 to 10 students from either public or private higher education European establishments, scientific or commercial.

While the competition itself is not open to the public, the awards ceremony is, and we are happy to invite you!

You can find more information here.