HGF Partners with PPTI for ‘Designing Foods for Healthy Aging’ Webinar

Event date: 12th November 2026

As healthy aging, metabolic health and weight management rise up the consumer agenda, food and nutrition businesses are increasingly looking beyond traditional product development and towards solutions that deliver measurable health outcomes. At the same time, advances in ingredient innovation, protein technologies and nutritional science are creating new opportunities at the intersection of food, health and medicine.

HGF is delighted to be partnering with Protein Production Technology International (PPTI) for the upcoming webinar, “Designing Foods for Healthy Aging: The Next Generation of Nutrition”, which will explore how scientific innovation, commercialisation strategies and intellectual property protection can work together to unlock value in this rapidly evolving sector.

The webinar on 12 November, 3pm (UK-time) will bring together industry experts to examine how consumer demand for healthy aging, weight management and metabolic health is influencing the development of next-generation food products, ingredients and nutrition technologies. Attendees will gain insights into emerging opportunities across functional foods, food-tech and biotechnology, while also considering the challenges associated with bringing innovative solutions to market.

As nutrition technologies become increasingly targeted and move closer to health and medical applications, intellectual property is playing a more important role than ever. A robust IP strategy can help businesses protect innovation across production processes, products, health claims, medical applications and companion therapies, while also supporting investment, partnerships and commercial growth.

Join Andrew Tindall, Patent Director, and Kerry Rees, Partner & Patent Attorney, who will be representing HGF alongside an expert panel featuring leaders from PPTI, BMC Ingredients, Meala FoodTech and Verley.

The webinar will explore:

• How healthy aging and metabolic health trends are creating new opportunities for ingredient and product innovation.
• The growing convergence between food, nutrition, health and medicine.
• Emerging opportunities for next-generation ingredients and nutrition technologies.
• How innovation is moving towards more targeted health applications.
• The role of intellectual property in protecting processes, products, medical uses and companion therapies.
• When businesses should consider IP protection as part of the development and commercialisation journey.
• How companies can balance innovation protection with collaboration, investment and market access.

The webinar will conclude with a live Q&A session, giving attendees the opportunity to put their questions directly to the speakers.