New food and drinks product development and problem solving

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WE ANALYZE YOUR CASE IN A FIRST MEETING AND THEN PRESENT YOU WITH A COMPLETE, FREE OF CHARGE WORK PLAN.


    Project construction
    how we do it

    We schedule a first meeting with the client and we aim to identify what is the problem or innovation request that the company is looking for. We then build and send a complete, free of charge work plan, as above mentioned, containing also the terms of the collaboration

    Activity 1
    CFER consultant company integration

    • Production processes
    • List and cost of ingredients used in the products and their sensorial profile
    • Common company suppliers and their contact
    • Internal quality control standards
    • The various teams inside the company and their view on new product development

    Activity 2
    Scientific review, market study and patentability study

    We build a report containing:

    01
    An extended examination of the problem or innovation possibility and a list of possible solutions
    02
    Strong scientific background of the proposed project activities
    03
    Contextualization in the market – market share analysis, key national and international players strategic analysis (SWOT analysis and Porter analysis), competitive landscape forecast, innovative products currently in the market and further opportunities for innovation.
    04
    Scientific, sensorial and strategic analysis of the main competitor products currently in the market.
    05
    Internal and external company analysis – SWOT Analysis, list of suppliers, quality control standards and management system (using the know-how from Activity 1).
    06
    Legal panorama – collection and analysis of all the laws that regulate the specified area of development
    07
    Patentability study – extended search in the literature in order to know what is already patented; from this search an adapted plan of research is drawn.

    Activity 3
    Laboratorial product development and product performance

    Laboratory product developement

    The developments start in the professional kitchen lab, where we produce new products and permanently analyze them in terms of:

    • Sensorial and quality control: aroma, aspect, flavour, pH, volatile acidity, total acidity, sweetness, texture, viscosity, et
    • Cost control: how much is the cost of the several formulas and how can we make the best possible product with the lower cost
    • Stability control: phase separation observation, colloidal control, centrifugation, microbiological count
    • Patentability oriented experiments

    The developments start in the professional kitchen lab, where we produce new products and permanently analyze them in terms of:

    • Advanced food chemistry analysis: molecular analysis, colloidal and rheological profile of the foodstuff, using techniques such as HPLC, DLS, GC-MS, FTIR, rheology, etc
    • In-vitro analysis : study of in-vitro food-driven metabolic mechanisms, molecular in-vitro investigation and compound toxicity survey with human cells
    • Ex-vivo analysis: ex-vivo studies with extracted tissues for the assessment of molecular mechanisms and functional effectiveness.
    • In-vivo analysis: in-vivo research with animal models for the assessment of molecular mechanisms and functional effectiveness.
    • In-silico analysis: highly advanced super computer studies allowing for the research and development of in-silico food and drinks molecules and patentable formulas.

    Pannel evaluation

    We can additionally submit the developed product to a pannel of target consumers and collect their opinion regarding their preference for this product over a competitor.

    Activity 4

    Factory implementation and scaling-up

    We follow-up and integrate all the scaling-up activities in the factory

    Activity 5

    Patent writing

    We will write the national and international (PCT) patent for the developed innovation

    Activity 6

    Commercial follow-up

    We will accompany the client in key meetings with business partners and distributors.

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    WE ANALYZE YOUR CASE IN A FIRST MEETING AND THEN PRESENT YOU WITH A COMPLETE, FREE OF CHARGE WORK PLAN.


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