Prepared Foods’ New Products Conference resumes Wednesday, Sept. 16, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. EST with the following speakers to showcase R&D and innovation strategies, functional foods and beverages, cell-based technology, consumer insights, regenerative agriculture, and more.

Visit newproductsconference.com and to view our late September 2016 agenda where all speakers addressed “Disruptive Innovation.” Here, meanwhile, are a few thoughts from keynote presenters.

In the animated version of The Jungle Book, Baloo the bear sings a classic from the Disney song archives when he croons, “You’ve got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative…don’t mess with Mister In-Between.” The idea appears to have firmly taken hold with food developers.

The latest edition of Prepared Foods’ New Products Conference afforded a look at the latest trends and demographics impacting new product developers.