Munzing

The MAGRABAR® brand is MÜNZING’s portfolio of specialty additives designed for the food industry. Our antifoams, defoamers and release agents are developed to improve yield, pumping, mixing, plant hygiene and product quality. We offer both liquid and powder products in a range of materials. We are proud to offer products that are suitable for use in identity-preserved, Non-GMO, preservative-free and organic food processing. MAGRABAR® products are allergen free, Kosher and Halal. | MÜNZING is a highly regarded, privately owned specialty additive company with headquarters in Abstatt, Germany. We have a presence in over 40 countries and are a technology-driven organization with an extensive staff of highly experienced R&D and technical service personnel in Europe, the Americas and Australia. Our manufacturing plants in Germany, USA, Australia, and Asia have broad synthesis and formulation capabilities in order to best serve our global customer base. We are committed to creating value and improving our customers’ formulations with our complete range of specialty additives.

MicroThermics Inc

MicroThermics’ small-scale pasteurization, HTST/UHT & Aseptic R&D processors streamline R&D. We get your products to market faster for less. Our easy-to-use equipment processes a wide range of products. Make Juices, Plant-Based and Dairy Milks, Drinks, yogurts, sauces, and puddings right in your lab! We accurately simulate the WHOLE production indirect and steam injection process. Learn how our services, designs, automation, homogenizers, and filling options accelerate R&D.

Michigan State University

The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing programs, courses, and resources to foster an entrepreneurial mindset and create new ventures. Our program is designed to prime students to embrace failure mindfully, explore unknowns, and develop skills that set them apart in th | Please visit Michigan State University’s booth (S2437) to learn more about the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (fshn.msu.edu), the Food Product Innovation Center (canr.msu.edu/fpic/), Institute of Food Laws and Regulations (canr.msu.edu/iflr/), the MSU online food safety program (https://foodsafety.msu.edu/), the School of Packaging (canr.msu.edu/packaging/), and the Institute of Agriculture Technologies Mobile Food Processing Lab (canr.msu.edu/iat/certificate_programs/mobilelab).

Melt-to-Make

Melt-to-Make™ specializes in producing innovative, patented gummy bases designed to simplify large-batch gummy manufacturing. By offering professionally formulated bases that include all the necessary ingredients to create gummies in a premixed form, the company enables manufacturers to produce gummies faster and with greater consistency. Melt-to-Make™ is committed to using all-natural ingredients and plant-based colors, ensuring a superior product that meets diverse consumer preferences.

Lechler Inc

We’re more than just a nozzle manufacturer. We provide custom engineered spray solutions, state of the art testing capabilities, fabrication and refurbishment programs. Lechler serves various markets from food and beverage, chemical, steel and power generation. | When it comes to precision nozzles and nozzle systems, we have over 140 years of engineering experience with products that are designed for numerous markets and applications. Our experts understand spray technology like no one else and we want to collaborate with you. | When it comes to precision nozzles and nozzle systems, Lechler has over 140 years of engineering experience with products that are designed for numerous markets and applications. Our experts understand spray technology like no one else and we want to collaborate with you.

Jogue Inc

Jogue Incorporated, has expertly served clients in the food, beverage, and pharmaceutical industries for over a century. We produce flavors, extracts, colorants, bases, variegates, fruit preps, fillings, and fragrances from 5 state-of-the-art facilities in Michigan, California, and Florida. Our leadership is proven through dedication to exceptional costs & lead times. | Jogue is a cutting-edge, full-service flavor business focused on our customers. Through steady expansion, Jogue services customers worldwide to provide high-quality flavors, competitive pricing, and efficient output from our five manufacturing facilities.

Jiangsu Qisong Food Technology Co.,Ltd.

Jiangsu Qisong Food Technology Co., Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of food additives. Specializes in producing sodium diacetate, natural sodium diacetate, potassium diacetate, sodium acetate, natural sodium acetate, sodium propionate, calcium propionate, potassium acetate, calcium acetate, potassium chloride, sodium benzoate, etc. The company has focused on the production and development of acetate, propionate and other series products for more than 10 years, and is a professional production base of acetate and propionate products in China.

Infusd Nutrition

Infusd Nutrition’s proprietary solubility platform technology transforms the functional beverage and nutrition categories by allowing hundreds of popular fat-soluble and insoluble ingredients to become valuable, water-soluble ingredients at high concentrations with proven stability. The technology enables the creation of both liquid and powdered products for ready to drink, ready to mix, and food fortification applications. Infusd’s technology also enhances the performance and stability of natural colors, flavors, and natural preservatives while maintaining clean label status.

Hydrosome Labs

Hydrosome Labs is a revenue generating biotechnology company with a proprietary water processing system that physically alters the properties of pure water. This alteration creates high concentrations of ultrafine bubbles that enhance nutrient delivery into cells. This can improve the delivery of active ingredients in cosmetics formulations and can significantly improve the efficiency of biomanufacturing processes of all scales. | Hydrosome Labs is a Chicago-based B-to-B biotechnology company on a mission to change lives by changing water. Its technology, Hydrosome H2O, is a natural and chemical-free process that improves the power of water through the emerging science of ultrafine bubbles. The innovative process delivers active ingredients to cells more efficiently and completely with multiple applications across precision fermentation, beverages, personal care and cosmetics, and controlled environment agriculture. | Hydrosome Labs is a platform technology using ultrafine bubbles to improve mass transfer, with applications ranging from improved active ingredient delivery in beauty care products, to enhanced yields in fermentations. For fermentations, we have developed a scalable, drop-in technology that addresses a core bottleneck: inefficient gas-liquid mass transfer. Using in situ generation of ultrafine bubbles (

Happy Plant Protein

Happy Plant Protein is a Finnish food technology company pioneering a patented single-step extrusion process that transforms regular flour into high-quality texturized plant protein ingredients. Our technology enables cost-effective, sustainable, and locally scalable production for mills, ingredient producers, and food manufacturers. We license our innovation and support industrial scale-up, helping partners create tasty meat alternatives and functional plant-based foods.