NEW PRODUCT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT & REFORMULATION
PRODUCT CONCEPT & DESIGN
We will conduct ideation sessions where we look at your product line and come up with concepts that will be a market winner and would also be tailored to your production facility, capacity and can go to full production with minimal training.
RECIPE DEVELOPMENT
We will help take your already predetermine product concepts and create a product brief to identify product features, dietary requirements and work with your marketing team to create a product that fully represents product idea while also making sure that it would adapt well to your production facility and equipment.
PRODUCT REFORMULATION
We will help reformulate products that already exist but are not doing very well in the market either due to unstable Shelf life, off-flavour development, packaging in-adequacy or functional reasons.
We conduct investigations that will help us identify problem areas and then we reformulate ensuring product selling features remain intact while resolving the root cause of problems.
CLEAN LABEL REFORMULATION
NFC will help find natural alternatives to ingredients, processing aids, flavours, and colours thereby increasing the health value of food and capturing the health and wellness market share.
REGULATORY REFORMULATION
NFC will help reformulate to ensure regulatory conformance in existing and new product formulations.
INGREDIENT SOURCING & REPLACEMENT
SECONDARY INGREDIENT SUPPLIER
We understand the importance of having a constant supply of food ingredient for continued production and profitable business. NFC will help find second suppliers for all your ingredients. This gives you a back-up supplier if your primary supplier runs short or discontinues a product.
INGREDIENT REPLACEMENT
Often times food manufacturer suffer due to ingredient discontinuations and shortages of ingredient that could sometimes bring production to a halt.
NFC has great knowledge and experience to help find that ingredient that would easily replace your discontinued ingredient while still maintaining product integrity, mouth-feel and flavour.
INGREDIENT OPTIMIZATION
NFC will recommend ingredients to eliminate from your inventory by evaluating and comparing ingredients, identifying duplicate ingredients or ingredients with similar function and properties which could replace other ingredients in recipes without compromising quality and cost.
HACCP & Quality Management
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HACCP, FSEP, SPC, Document Control Implementation
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Internal Audit & CAR Implementation
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Nutritional Calculations, Nutritional Panel & Ingredient Declaration.
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Food Regulatory Affair & Compliance Management
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Employee Food Safety Training
OTHER SERVICES & DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDES
SHELF LIFE TESTING
NFC can extend the shelf life of various food products using such methods as formulation/ processing adjustments and packaging optimization while maintaining product quality and sensory characteristics.
NUTRITION ENHANCEMENT
NFC has significant experience in improving the nutritional profile of food products such as
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Reduced sodium
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Removal of trans fat
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Reduced sugar (natural sweeteners)
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Increased fibre
FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS INCLUSION
Functional foods are foods and beverages that have other health benefits that go beyond basic nutrition. Examples are
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Antioxidants
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Probiotics and Prebiotics (Soluble and Insoluble Fiber)
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Vitamins and Minerals
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Easily Accessible Proteins (95-97 %)
COST OPTIMIZATION
NFC will help you stay competitive by reducing formulation costs, where feasible without compromising quality.
TROUBLESHOOTING
NFC will help solve complex food production challenges, find an effective and sustainable solution that adequately resolves issues.
FOOD SAFETY TRAINING
NFC will create customized training materials and conduct training sessions for foodservice and food manufacturing businesses/personnel's.