The world's largest food innovation lab: SIAL Paris

For five days, SIAL Paris brings together product and technological innovations, startups, and industry decision-makers shaping the future of food.

From AI and novel ingredients to foodtech startups and cutting-edge production solutions, SIAL Paris is a large-scale testing ground where the trends set to transform the global food industry are revealed.

Discover innovations before they reach mass commercialization, identify emerging signals, and connect with the pioneers creating tomorrow's products, services, and technologies.

📅 17-21 October 2026

📍 Paris Nord Villepinte

 

Event reserved for trade professionals only.

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3 good reasons to put SIAL Paris 2026 on your agenda

More than a trade show, SIAL Paris is the world's leading food business platform. Each edition generates more than €10 billion in contractual value, both during the event and in the months that follow, driven by the connections, partnerships, and business opportunities created on-site.

Grow your supplier portfolio in 5 days flat

8,000 exhibitors from 127 countries.

One single venue. In one week in Paris, you cover sourcing ground that would take months to explore on your own. Meet established suppliers and emerging players, compare offers in real time, and leave with qualified contacts, thanks to a 100% sector-based organisation that saves you precious time on-site.

134 contacts made on average per exhibitor at each edition.

Spot the products that will make the difference… before your competitors

2,500 products entered in SIAL Innovation, 650 start-ups showcasing innovative offerings… SIAL Paris is the most powerful radar in the global food market: what will be on shelves and menus in 18 months, you can see, taste and list today. New ranges, differentiating products, new solutions to explore, responses to CSR expectations: it’s all here, concentrated over 280,000 m².

90% of 2024 visitors plan to return in 2026.

Make strategic decisions one step ahead

The food market is reconfiguring at speed: new regulations, new distribution models, new consumer expectations. SIAL Paris gives you the keys to anticipate, not just react.

SIAL Summits, SIAL Talks, SIAL Insights, real-time Kantar, Circana and ProtéinesXTC analyses: in 5 days, you access a concentration of market intelligence unavailable anywhere else.

83%
of buyers complete transactions on-site or after the show
92%
of visitors consider SIAL Paris strategic for their business
8000
exhibitors from 130 countries
400000
products, including 2,500 entered in SIAL Innovation
194
countries represented

The future of food is being shaped at SIAL Paris

From breakthrough products to the technologies transforming the global food value chain, discover the world's largest food innovation laboratory.

Join SIAL Paris 2026.