Food-tech, ingredients, and adjacent providers build the platforms, additives, and equipment the wider food industry runs on. Cloud services, R&D data, and connected devices make them a high-value target for intellectual-property theft, supply-chain attacks, and breaches that ripple downstream to their customers.
Toolkits, portals and standards relevant to this sector.
Curated learning guide by Robert M. Lee compiling foundational books, training courses, standards, labs, tools, and reference materials.
Legislative coverage of the U.S. Farm and Food Cybersecurity Act, explaining proposed requirements for biennial cybersecurity assessments of the agriculture and food sector.
Canadian multi-institution research and training program developing cybersecure, reliable, and equitable AgFoodTech through interdisciplinary collaboration between computer science, cybersecurity & AI
University of Guelph feature describing the Cyber Science Lab's agri-food cybersecurity initiative, including AI-powered monitoring, tabletop exercises and cybersecurity self-assessment tools.
Open-access research paper proposing PrivChain, a privacy-preserving blockchain framework that combines Hyperledger Fabric and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) to enable secure provenance, traceability, a
IEEE conference paper proposing a real-time food supply chain traceability system that integrates HACCP, blockchain, IoT, and BigchainDB to improve food safety, transparency and trust.
IEEE conference paper presenting AgriBlockIoT, a decentralized IoT-enabled blockchain traceability platform for agri-food supply chains
IEEE paper proposing a Food Supply Chain Traceability System (FSCTS) using Ethereum smart contracts and IPFS to improve secure, scalable, and tamper-resistant food traceability.
IEEE conference paper proposing a blockchain-based decentralized traceability system for verifying certified organic food authenticity, improving transparency, provenance, and trust.
Briefings, workshops and gatherings for this sector.
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University of Guelph
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Alfa Laval
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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GEA
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GEA
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Center for Dairy Research
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Auburn UniversityThought-leadership written for this sector.
Cybersecurity Has Protected Data. The Next Challenge Is Protecting Reality.
Jul 28th, 2026 · 3 min read
Protecting Brand Equity in a Hyper-Connected Franchise Model
Jan 27th, 2026 · 9 min read
How AI is Hijacking the Food Supply Chain’s Cash Flow?
Jan 27th, 2026 · 7 min read
Why 2026 is the Year Food Resilience Replaces Simple Cybersecurity.
Jan 27th, 2026 · 4 min read
How “Cyber-Secure” is Becoming a Key Procurement Requirement for Big Retail?
Jan 27th, 2026 · 5 min read
Research and briefings covering this sector.
This whitepaper examines how Alfa Laval’s Olive Oil Booster technology can improve olive oil extraction yield, oil quality and production efficiency. It explains how vacuum processing, mixing, heat transfer and centrifugal separation work together to increase the amount of high-quality oil extracted from olives while reducing water consumption and improving overall mill profitability.
August 14, 2026
Alfa Laval’s Annual & Sustainability Report 2025 provides an overview of the company’s financial performance, strategic priorities, sustainability progress and contribution to global challenges across energy, food and water, and marine industries. The report combines business and sustainability reporting to provide stakeholders with a comprehensive view of Alfa Laval’s performance and long-term direction.
August 14, 2026
This whitepaper explores Alfa Laval’s Contherm Max double-wall scraped-surface heat exchanger and its role in improving thermal processing efficiency, production capacity and product quality. It explains how the technology can help food manufacturers process viscous, heat-sensitive and particulate-containing products while reducing energy use, maintenance requirements and operational costs.
August 14, 2026
GEA's 2025 Annual Report presents the company's financial performance, business development, sustainability progress, strategic priorities and major milestones for fiscal year 2025.
August 11, 2026
GEA's company presentation provides an overview of its business, markets, technology portfolio, global footprint, strategic priorities and financial performance.
August 11, 2026
GEA's corporate brochure provides an overview of the company's global technology portfolio, expertise, markets and purpose, covering machinery, plants, advanced process technology, components, automation and services.
August 11, 2026
Tetra Pak's white paper examines how Industry 4.0, smart manufacturing, connected systems, IIoT and digital technologies can strengthen food safety and quality in modern food production.
August 7, 2026
Tetra Pak's FY25 Sustainability Report details its environmental, social and food-system performance for 2025, including progress on emissions, renewable energy, circularity, nature and food-system resilience.
August 7, 2026
Emerson's 2025 Annual Report provides an overview of its financial performance, business strategy, operations, markets, risks, and transformation as a global automation and industrial technology company.
August 7, 2026
How-to guidance and analysis for this sector.
Alfa Laval will supply pre-treatment technology for a major Brazilian biorefinery producing sustainable aviation fuel from vegetable oils, animal fats and used cooking oil, demonstrating advanced processing of renewable feedstocks.
August 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Alfa Laval strengthens its focus on the global food industry through its newly established Food & Pharma Division, increasing its focus on innovation, customer alignment and next-generation food production technologies.
August 14, 2026 · 1 min read
Alfa Laval partners with Ecovado to support a new avocado oil processing plant in South Africa, combining advanced food-processing technology with local agriculture, job creation and sustainable community development.
August 14, 2026 · 1 min read
GEA identifies four major thermoforming trends for 2026: more sustainable materials, greater production efficiency, stronger food-safety and shelf-life controls, and increased automation and data connectivity.
August 11, 2026 · 2 min read
GEA's new Application and Technology Center in Sarstedt helps biotech and new-food companies test whether laboratory processes can work reliably and economically at industrial scale before major investments are made.
August 11, 2026 · 1 min read
GEA reports strong business performance, with double-digit growth in order intake and revenue alongside significantly improved profitability, reflecting continued demand for its technology and engineering solutions.
August 11, 2026 · 1 min read
Australian cold-drip coffee producer First Press worked with Tetra Pak to transform its craft coffee concept into a scalable shelf-stable ready-to-drink business while expanding into plant-based beverages and new retail and export markets.
August 7, 2026 · 1 min read
Tetra Pak outlines a seven-step approach to help tuna producers identify market opportunities, develop products, optimise recipes, differentiate packaging, establish efficient production and scale shelf-stable tuna products using Tetra Recart® packaging.
August 7, 2026 · 1 min read
Dale Farm invested £70 million in its Dunman cheddar processing facility, working with Tetra Pak to design and integrate a new cheddar and whey processing line that increased capacity, improved plant visibility and supported continuous performance optimisation.
August 7, 2026 · 1 min read