Articles Tagged with ''food innovation''

Hakuna Brands Takes Stacy's Rise Project Top Honors

Innovators learn from top PepsiCo executives

November 20, 2019

With the culmination of the 2019 Stacy's Rise Project, the program has awarded more than $300,000 to women in the food and beverage industry to advance their business plans.

AAK USA Opens Customer Innovation Center

State-of-the-art facility in Richmond, Calif., is staffed with an expansive team of product development experts

November 14, 2019

The AAK team uses the same or similar equipment a customer would use, enabling them to provide hands-on co-development.

Symrise to Open Creative Center with Unilever

On-site innovation lab to allow for broad exchange of ideas and expertise

November 8, 2019

Symrise is opening an application lab at Unilever’s Foods Innovation Centre in Wageningen in the Netherlands. The state of the art creative center will comprise a flavor creation lab, an application kitchen and collaboration rooms that cover 120 square meters.

Stratas Foods Recognized as Checkers/Rally’s Supplier of the Year

Checkers/Rally’s has worked with Stratas Foods’s Research, Development and Innovation Center (RDI) to develop culinary ideations and innovation

November 1, 2019

The award was presented by Ryan Joy, senior director of research and development and Patti Dumars, senior vice president of purchasing at Checkers/Rally’s.

Kemin Opens Bakery Innovation Center

State-of-the-art facility aids in developing the next generation of flatbreads and baked goods

October 31, 2019

The $1.5 million investment was designed to inspire innovation within the bakery market, and includes all the equipment, capabilities and bakery support team needed for Kemin and its customer-partners to accelerate product development.

Responding to Today's Food & Beverage Consumers

Rabobank survey's readership to offer advice to food industry CEOs

October 29, 2019

In the fall edition of Talking Points, Rabobank offered advice to the CEOs of big food companies based on reader response to the question, “What single piece of advice would you give to the CEO of a big food company on how to respond better to today’s consumer?”

IFF Expands Offerings at New Center of Excellence for Foodservice, Seasonings

New site expands the company's ability to provide innovative offerings to its customers

October 25, 2019

IFF Taste CEO Matthias Haeni said, “With last year’s acquisition of Frutarom, our teams have been working to leverage the increased offerings, such as colors, inclusions, nutritional ingredients and natural food protection, to the benefit of our customers. The new site, with more space, state-of-the-art culinary equipment, and a beautiful customer co-creation space, will allow us to bring more of our resources to the fore and greatly expand innovation in this strategic area of growth.”

Q&A with Charlie Baggs, Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations

A chef's perspective on formulating with grain ingredients

October 21, 2019

Prepared Foods talks with Charlie Baggs, President and Executive Chef at Charlie Baggs Culinary Innovations (CBCI), a Chicago firm with culinary, food science and market analysis services.

2018-19 Spirit of Innovation Winners!

This year's honorees and their award-winning products checked all the boxes for today's top trends

Robert Garrison

October 15, 2019

Learn more about every company’s winning product development story—as well as Prepared Foods’ product award program process and criteria.

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Favorite Products: August 2019

Prepared Foods readers select Artisan Collection by Nestlé Toll House as their favorite new product launch from August 2019

October 4, 2019

Artisan Collection by Nestlé Toll House took 25% of the votes, while Del Monte Foods Bubble Fruit collected 23% and Joia Spirit Low-Sugar, Ready-to-Drink Premium Sparkling Cocktails came away with 20% to finish in third place.

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