26-29 July 2026 | MCEC Melbourne

Food Hub News

With ever-increasing consumer demands for brands to develop and innovate their product range, Professor Jason Stokes tells us why deep research and development into the connection between product structure, properties and manufacturing processes, is a vital component to long-term market success for food and beverage companies.
Food production is required to scale continuously to keep up with rate in which population is growing. Plus, the way in which food is produced needs to be more sustainable to protect the future of the planet for the generations to come.

Tell us about your role at Wiley? Brett: “I’ve been with Wiley for more than five and a half years, which was my first point of entry into the food industry. Wiley, however, has a long history in the food industry, with facility design and engineering of processes and systems,

The topic of sustainability has become even more important with the increasing effects of climate change. All industries and their businesses are implementing practices to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions. But what exactly does sustainability mean and look like for the food manufacturing industry?

Smit Zaveri has been a vegetarian since childhood. A few years ago, he decided he wanted to eliminate animal products from his diet entirely. “When I tried to look for vegan ingredients and supplements in Australia, I wasn’t finding a lot of options, and those that were available were very