Open Innovation Forum members

Biffa

Biffa has been at the forefront of the UK’s waste industry for over a hundred years. We exist to change the way people think about waste, to help people see the opportunities that exist when we manage our waste in the right way, and to make that happen.

Cambridge Consultants

For 50 years, Cambridge Consultants has led the way in innovative product, technology and service development. We are the development partner of choice to many of the world’s leading blue chips, complementing their existing R&D capability by bringing new skills, experience from other industries and the ability to speed up the development process. We create new products, technologies and services that have a significant impact on our clients’ business.

Campden BRI

Campden BRI provides technical, legislative and scientific support and research to the food and drinks industry worldwide – with a comprehensive “farm to fork” range of services covering agri-food production, analysis and testing, processing and manufacturing, safety, training and technical information services. Members and clients benefit from industry-leading facilities for analysis, product and process development, and sensory and consumer studies, which include a specialist brewing and wine operation.

Cargill

Cargill is an international producer and marketer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. Founded in 1865, the privately held company employs 142,000 people in 65 countries.

Diageo

Diageo are a global leader in premium drinks, with a collection of brands across spirits and beer. With over 200 brands sold in 180 countries, Diageo’s portfolio has remarkable breadth.

Domino

Founded in 1978, Domino Printing Sciences plc has established a global reputation for the continual development and manufacture of its total coding and printing technologies that meet the needs of manufacturers and sets new industry standards in quality and reliability.

Fresca Group

Fresh fruit, fresh salads, fresh vegetables, fresh people, fresh thinking. At Fresca, we source, supply, prepare, pack and deliver the finest quality fresh produce to customers all over the UK.

Keelings

Keelings is a 100% Irish-owned family business, focused on growing, sourcing, shipping, marketing, sales, distributing fresh produce and supplying first-in-class produce-specific ERP software solutions and consultancy.

Kerry

Kerry Group is a world leader in food taste and nutrition serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and branded foods to the Irish and UK markets.

Krones

Krones offers lines for the beverage industry and food producers: process technology, filling technology, packaging machines, all the way through to IT solutions.

Mars

Mars has been proudly family owned for over 100 years. It’s this independence that gives us the gift of freedom to think in generations, not quarters, so we can invest in the long-term future of our business, our people and the planet — all guided by our enduring Principles.

Müller UK & Ireland 

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 32,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from more than 1,300 British farmers.

Nomad Foods

Europe’s leading frozen food company and one of the largest in the world. Our portfolio of leading niche brands, anchored by Birds Eye, Findus and iglo, have been serving local European markets for generations and stand for food that is great tasting, high quality and convenient.

PepsiCo

PepsiCo Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in New York, with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products.

Pladis Global

The world’s best loved biscuits and confectionery – Pladis is home to iconic brands Godiva, McVitie’s and Ulker. These brands make sweet treats and savoury treats that consumers everywhere recognise and enjoy.

Queen’s University Belfast’s Agri-Food Quest

Queen’s University Belfast’s Agri-Food Quest is a membership-based, industry-led Innovation Centre for the agri-food businesses in Northern Ireland. The Centre is focused on increasing the level of collaborative research activity to support the agri-food industry growth strategy.

RSSL

RSSL is a cutting-edge food research company, pushing the boundaries of science and innovation to help make our world safer, healthier and more sustainable. We offer a diverse range of product development, analytical testing and consultancy services across the full product life cycle, working hand-in-hand with our clients to accelerate their food innovation programmes.

Samworth Brothers

We are a fourth generation family company with 16 businesses producing high-quality chilled and ambient foods, employing over 8,000 people in well-invested, modern sites in Leicestershire, Cornwall and the North West.

Suntory Beverage and Food Europe (SBFE)

At SBFE we combine knowledge, insight and expertise with an appetite for innovation to create some of the best-loved soft drink brands. Working with our Japanese parent company Suntory gives us access to some of the world’s best beverage insight, research, development, production and marketing.

Treatt

Treatt is one of the world’s longest established ingredient solutions providers to the flavour, fragrance and personal care industries.

Twinings

For more than 300 years, Twinings and tea have been one and the same. No other blender combines such a rich history with a depth of flavours, aroma and expertise.

Walgreens Boots Alliance

Walgreens Boots Alliance is the first global pharmacy-led health and wellbeing enterprise. Our purpose is to help people across the world lead healthier and happier lives.

Yili

Yili is the leading dairy company in Asia, number five globally and growing rapidly. Yili has the ambition to become the most-trusted healthy food provider across the world. Yili Innovation Center Europe, based in The Netherlands, is the innovation bridge to Yili in China.