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Anuga HORIZON Stage

Spotlight for the food future

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In 2025, Anuga HORIZON became a stage – and more. As a curated hub for those rethinking nutrition, it opened up space for new perspectives, deep dives and real exchange. Centrally located in Hall 1 and embedded within the new Anuga Alternatives segment, it brought forward the topics that are reshaping – and soon transforming the industry.

The spotlight is on products based on alternative proteins, pioneering technologies, regenerative approaches and new business models. The HORIZON Stage brings these strands together – acting as a content driver, a platform for solutions, and a space where innovation becomes tangible.

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Why it is important

Visibility for What Matters

Located at the heart of Anuga Alternatives, the HORIZON Stage is a focal point for future-driven content – in the space, in the conversation, and across Anuga’s digital channels. For exhibiting companies, participation in the stage programme offers an additional touchpoint – both on site and online – to position their innovation stories where they belong: at the centre of attention.

Four Perspectives. One Goal: Shaping What’s Next.

The HORIZON Stage content revolves around four key themes – all forward-looking, all relevant to decision-makers, innovation drivers and anyone who sees nutrition as a space for progress:

HORIZON TOPIC - AI and DeepTech

AI & Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence and deep tech are fundamentally transforming the food industry – from research to logistics. Those who think in terms of data produce differently.

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HORIZON TOPIC Circularity and Regeneration

Circularity & Regeneration

We don’t need “less bad”; we need a true paradigm shift: from linear supply chains to regenerative, closed-loop systems – in agriculture, production, and trade.

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HORIZON TOPIC Heaöth & Functional Food

Health & Functional Food

Food is medicine. Nutrition plays a key role in prevention and personal quality of life – scientifically grounded and individually tailored.

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HORIZON TOPIC Future Food and Innovations

Future Food & Innovation

We are at the beginning of a new era of nutrition – shaped by technology, science, and societal change. Future food is not a trend but a systemic transformation.

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The Partners of Anuga HORIZON Stage

BayWa
Brightlands
Celpo
cscp
DHBW
fermentful
food republik
GFC
greenforce
InvestEco
KASPER
KERN TEC
KITCHENTOWN
LIVEKINDLY
maia ventures
MATR
Neggst
Novameat
OYSTER BAY
PLANET FOODS
PROJEKT EADEN
Secontaste
TURING.
umyno
UNTERNEHMERTUM
VANOZZA
VEGANUARY
WGSN
ZINTINUS
Aquanesso
BILLA
BLUU SEAFOOD
KOA
Lidl
REWE
VAN HEES

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The benefits of Anuga HORIZON Stage

  • Future trends relevant to the industry
  • Impulses from business, science and the start-up world
  • Openly accessible – relevant to the entire industry
  • Interactive formats – practical, accessible, dialogue-oriented
  • Innovation meets practice – with targeted networking opportunities

Anuga Alternatives

Clear the stage for Anuga Alternatives! Anuga, no. 1 event for the food & beverage business, is presenting a new segment that exclusively revolves round the diversified product world from alternative protein sources. From algae and insect protein, mushroom-based protein, through to cell-cultivated meat.