Services to business
Product development and innovation
Food and drink is a complex, competitive market. Innovation is vital to meet the challenges of
- public and political campaigns for healthier food consumption
- competitive pressures on costs and quality
- changing market opportunities
- increasing national and global regulation of food production
Innovations that meet these challenges require integrated solutions. Solutions need to bring together new technology, breakthrough use of ingredients, new management practices, end-to-end IT systems, refocused marketing, skills automation and effective logistics.
The Centre can assist food and drink companies develop innovative new product formulations, recipes and products in a variety of ways. We have extensive test and development kitchens, a sensory suite, pilot plant, a range of laboratories and a fully functional presentation suite. The Centre has experience of working on a wide range of products areas including
- recipe dishes
- convenience meals
- added-value products
- nutritional labelling and legislation
- process developments including use of food additives, colourings, flavourings and texture modifiers
