Challenge: To identify a range of emulsifiers suitable for use in food and beverage applications. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: Emulsifiers are used across a wide range of food and drink products to that stabilise mixtures of ingredients such as oil and water, which would, without emulsification and through the use of […]
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Challenge: To identify a range of humectants suitable for use in food and beverage applications. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: Humectants attract and hold water within a food or cosmetic products. In foods they are effective in controlling the water activity within a product, restricting water availability for microbial growth and preventing […]
The benefits of a different perspective for your discovery Market Mapping and Technology Scouting exercise. Innovation, R&D, NPD, call it what you will, can be a challenging process. It is often driven by different motivators: economic drivers, necessity, opportunity, trends. Regardless of the initiator, from a development perspective, they all […]
The popularity of GLP-1 Receptor Antagonists (GLP-1RA), licensed medications that help to regulate blood sugar and may promote weight loss, have been a constant news item since 2022 due to their use by celebrities to affect rapid weight loss.
Challenge: To identify natural materials, that can be incorporated into a product to provide a phased or pulsed delivery to ensure constant “pH boost”. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: In the product, the delivery of flavour and active ingredients is enhanced at elevated pH (> pH 8.0). However, as the product is […]
Challenge: Enhance the functionality and organoleptic properties of its products through the application of delayed or controlled release technology, such as encapsulation of functional, active or flavour components. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: Controlling the release of functional or flavour components in food and drink products is beneficial, as it allows the […]
Challenge: A perforated packaging material, either permeable or semi-permeable to allow the controlled release of active ingredients. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: A packaging material, similar to a tea-bag, is used to contain a functional product. The current product is limited in its ability to control the release of the functional components […]
Challenge: Identify new or enhanced ingredients or technologies that can provide NextGen energy for non-alcoholic beverages. This can be cognitive or physical energy. Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: Consumers continue to look for food and beverages to address specific performance and wellness requirements. Energy drinks are well established and underpinned by caffeine […]
Challenge: Enhancing taste in beverages Client: Global FMCG manufacturer Background: Consumers often indicate that some beverages deliver a strong and enticing aroma, which is not matched by their flavour intensity. It is believed this is due to the lack of ability to deliver taste in the mouth, rather than through olfactory target […]
The sober curious movement has been in existence, depending on who you ask, for the last five to ten years. It is a term coined by author, Ruby Warrington, that describes an individual’s active reflection of their alcohol consumption habits, and their mindful approach to how and when they choose […]