Articles Tagged with ''food research & development''

Quan to Lead Coke R&D

Coca-Cola promotes Nancy Quan to senior vice president, chief technical officer, effective January 1, 2019.

October 22, 2018

The board of directors elected Brian Smith to serve as president and COO, effective Jan. 1, 2019. He will report to James Quincey, the company’s CEO. Smith is a 21-year Coca-Cola veteran who currently serves as president of the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) group.

Campbell Soup Company Names New Leadership

Craig Slavtcheff to assume new role as vice president and head of research and development

September 11, 2018

Most recently, Slavtcheff served as vice president, R&D for Campbell Snacks and International. Prior to that he was vice president, R&D for the Global Biscuits and Snacks division, a position he has held since 2015.

Sweetening Strategies for Food Product Developers

Prepared Foods’ R&D Seminar presenters take on the challenges and solutions to successfully formulating foods that meet consumers’ desires for lower sugar—and optimal taste

August 28, 2018

The presentation dove deep into the ways consumers are attempting to avoid sugar in their diets. Efforts include drinking water instead of caloric beverages; eliminating certain foods and drinks from their diet; removing table sugar from food and drinks; utilizing nutrition fact labels to find products with less sugar; and using low-calorie sweeteners to substitute sugar.

Beyond Meat Opens New State-of-the-Art Innovation Center

Los Angeles facility will be dedicated to expanding research footprint and fueling progress toward building “meat” from plants

July 25, 2018

Seven-times the size of its existing facility, the Innovation Center supports the company’s Rapid & Relentless Innovation initiative, the goal of which is to continuously iterate the company’s products until they are indistinguishable from their animal protein equivalent.

BENEO Opens North American Application Center

New facility will showcase advances in nutrition and technical food applications

June 21, 2018

The Application Center features a variety of versatile bench-top scale and pilot scale equipment that can be used alone or in combination, giving BENEO the ability to cover a wide range of applications.

AAK: Co-Development Partner

AAK opens “AAKtion Lab” to help customers ideate, develop new bakery foods, chocolates and confections

March 6, 2017

AAK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils, officially opened its new innovation center last Thursday, March 2. The facility, named “AAKtion Lab,” is located at the company’s US headquarters in Edison, N.J., and will be the flagship application lab for the company’s co-development process.

The Lady in Bread

An interview with Lynn Waldman, Director of R&D, Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill.

October 9, 2012

In this edition, “Food for Thought” talks with Lynn Waldman, Little Lady Foods’ director of research and development. Little Lady Foods, Elk Grove Village, Ill., is a national supplier of frozen premium pizzas, sandwiches and hand-held items for private label, foodservice and contract customers.

Bioclinical Research Support

June 13, 2012

Applied BioClinical Inc. (ABC) is a new bioclinical research facility in Irvine, Calif., from FutureCeuticals Inc., a company involved in the research, development and manufacture of fruit, vegetable and grain-based products for the functional food markets. Zbigniew Pietrzkowski, Ph.D., will lead ABC’s research efforts as chief science officer.

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