India, Sept. 16 -- Consumers demand total satisfaction from food and beverages, balancing nutritional benefits, indulgent textures, recognisable ingredients, and affordable price points. At Fi Asia Indonesia 2026, Ingredion, a global provider of specialty ingredient solutions and innovator of clean-label ingredients for the food and beverage industry, is showcasing its widest portfolio in texture, healthful solutions, and affordability, providing innovative solutions that seek to drive consumer preferences across the Asia-Pacific.
From September 1618, 2026, at the Jakarta International Expo (JIExpo) at Hall A1, Booth E28, Ingredion brings its technical mastery, sensory and culinology expertise to life, helping brands meet modern consumer expectations without compromising on taste, quality, or texture.
Ingredion Turns Evolving Consumer Insights into Products Consumers Love
Ingredions proprietary research reveals that todays modern consumers want it all. Across the Asia-Pacific region, more than 80% of consumers are willing to pay up to 30% more for packaged food and beverages with 'No added sugar' or 'Reduced sugar' claims, while 81% are willing to pay up to 30% more for dairy products featuring sugar reduction claims. In addition, 77% of APAC consumers state that reduced-sugar and low-sodium claims are important for packaged savory products.1
This growing consumer health consciousness comes at a time when government initiatives across the region encourage healthier consumption among their populations. A key example in the region is Indonesia's Nutri-Level scheme, which grades freshly prepared beverages sold through food service channels and pre-packaged beverage products by sugar, salt, and fat content in a bid to drive healthier consumption. This shift is also reflected by on-ground consumer habits as approximately 87% of Indonesian consumers are willing to pay up to 30% more for packaged food and beverages with Reduced sugar claims.2
Texture has similarly remained a definitive purchasing factor across the region, proving that health and indulgence go hand in hand. In APAC, about two in three consumers are open to trying different or unusual textures. With 80% of APAC consumers perceiving multi-texture products as indulgent, Ingredion brings its sensory and culinology expertise to meet this strong regional demand for multi-sensory excitement.3
At the same time, price remains a critical priority in the region. Over 40% of APAC consumers rank price as a top three most important factor when buying packaged food and beverages.4 Ingredion tackles these complex formulation and cost management challenges through smart ingredient replacement and ensuring that healthier options remain accessible.
Ingredion at Fi Asia Indonesia 2026
In response to surging regional demand for innovative multi-textures, healthful solutions, and smart cost management, Ingredion delivers holistic solutions driven by insights-based expertise and culinology capabilities. At Fi Asia Indonesia 2026, Ingredion presents an exciting lineup of food and beverage concepts that turn consumer insights into reality:
Innovative Multi-Textures & Sensory Experiences: Capturing strong regional demand for improved textures, Ingredion highlights innovations ranging from soft, chewy, and stretchy mochi donuts and creamy milk skin yogurt to crispy-for-longer fried chicken with 18% less oil absorption.
Healthful Solutions: Proving that better-for-you foods can have exceptional taste and textures, Ingredion features juice-reduced concentrate, lite tomato ketchup with 50% less sugar and salt, fiber-enhanced options, and indulgent non-fat frozen dessert, targeting sugar, sodium reduction, and non-fat solutions that deliver total satisfaction.
Affordability & Smart Ingredient Replacement: Addressing cost management, Ingredion helps brands through smart reformulation and ingredient replacement. Highlights include a reduced cocoa hazelnut UHT drink, alongside cost-efficient mozzarella-style cheese that still melts and stretches easily.
Improved Performance & Everyday Convenience: The booth features practical, yet trend-forward applications designed to enhance everyday convenience, including batters and breading solutions designed to prolong crispiness for up to eight hours with up to 18% less oil absorption, as well as tasty microwaveable sauces.
"Whether it is balancing health and indulgence in dairy and beverage applications, navigating sugar and sodium reduction through advanced reformulation, or optimising costs via ingredient replacement without compromising quality, co-creating with our customers continues to become the inspiration for our innovation," said Felix Hamdani, Country Manager, Indonesia and Philippines at Ingredion. "We look forward to sharing our latest texture and healthful solutions at Fi Asia Indonesia 2026 and helping brands deliver exceptional eating experiences that modern consumers will love."
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from FoodTechBiz.