Fireside chat // Weight management and GLP-1s: What does it mean for Asia’s food systems?

27 Oct 2026
Breakout Room B
Editorial deep dive // Downstream foodtech innovation
While GLP‑1 adoption in Asia is still in its early stages, market entry is only a matter of time as regional manufacturing scales and costs fall. How are appetite‑regulating drugs and natural alternatives reshaping how we think about hunger, satiety, and nutrition? And how should brands prepare pipelines now to stay competitive as demand shifts?
Host
Pearly Neo
Pearly Neo, Editor - FOODNAVIGATOR-ASIA, Singapore
Speakers
Alexander Leufgen
Alexander Leufgen, Head of APAC Region - ARLA FOOD INGREDIENTS, Singapore