Impact Sips 2026

Impact Sips is an Open Innovation programme by Corporación Hijos de Rivera and EIT Food connecting high-potential startups with real beverage innovation opportunities. 

EIT Food is looking for science-backed functional ingredients and innovative beverage formats that can shape the future of health and wellness beverages.

Why join Impact Sips?

• Opportunity to explore pilot collaboration with Hijos de Rivera
• Direct access to Innovation, R&D and business decision makers
• In-person Demo Day at Hijos de Rivera headquarters in Spain
• Exposure to EIT Food’s European innovation ecosystem
• Opportunity to validate your solution within a leading beverage company

Hijos de Rivera aims to select at least one startup for a pilot collaboration with an estimated project value starting from €50 000.

What are we looking for?

We are seeking startups developing:

• Science-backed functional ingredients
• Beverage enabling technologies and formats
• Soluble delivery systems
• Smart caps and functional consumption formats
• Wellness beverage innovations with clear market potential

Focus areas

• Healthy Ageing: ingredients supporting longevity, skin health and healthy ageing.
• Mental Wellbeing: solutions supporting mood, focus, stress management and emotional wellbeing.
• Metabolic Health: ingredients supporting satiety, metabolic wellness and digestive health, including solutions complementary to GLP-1.

Who can apply?

We are looking for startups with:

• A market validated functional ingredient for drinks or complementary consumption formats
• Strong scientific or technical differentiation
• Sufficient production capacity to support pilot collaboration with Hijos de Rivera.
• Interest in co-developing solutions with Corporación Hijos de Rivera

Apply here