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A GUM is not a FILLER – Be Nice To Hydrocolloids
Can someone please tell me what is wrong with gums and stabilizers—and why did so many of the beverage entrepreneurs in the beverage competition at the BEVNET show (www.bevnet.com) refer to it as...
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Rethinking Food—The World of Food + Tech Connect In Napa Valley
Cricket Dumplings on the Menu RETHINK FOOD! Last month was the yearly Rethink Food Conference held in November at the CIA (Culinary Institute of America) in St. Helena, CA. The conference addressed...
View ArticleHow Sweet It Is– NEW exciting Sweeteners on the market!
Lets face it, we all love sugar! Not only does it taste great, but it’s incredibly functional providing bulk and structure to baked goods, confections and a multitude of other food products. Sugar is...
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World of Flavors Conference Brings Back Cool Molecular Cuisine
Who said freeze dried fruit powders, foams and sodium alginate balls in fine dining is dead—?! Oops I may have said it a few years ago but clearly I was just thrown off by too much local bay area farm...
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Bringing New Food Products To Market—The Entrepreneurs Dilemma
Years ago the only companies that made food products were large corporations that had teams of industry professionals in marketing, food science, microbiology, food safety and packaging. They made...
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Clean Labels and More IFT Review 2016
Another IFT has come and gone – as I get older my show navigation skills have improved! I noticed this year that all the long timer booths (like David Michael, Kerry and Tate & Lyle) were located...
View ArticleMy Open Letter To Investors That Hand Over Millions To Food Entrepreneurs...
“It’s his evident cult of personality that’s most chilling. Tetrick used anti-Big Food, pro-animal rights rhetoric to whip his employees and brand ambassadors into a fervor, and the technique was so...
View ArticleSo You Want To Hire a Food Science Consultant- Here Is What You Need To Know!
You have an idea for a new food product – your friends think its great and you have never seen anything like it on the market. You want to manufacture it but have absolutely no idea where to begin! You...
View ArticleSpend a day… or two in the lab with professional food scientists
Do you have a great idea for a new food product? Maybe all your friends have told you that you can sell your cookie at Whole Foods or your protein bars are better than anything else on the market! The...
View ArticleStop Looking For The Shortcut- Shelf Life and Challenge Studies ARE important!
As a food science consultant there are a few very common questions that I get asked all the time—the first one is—where can I find a co -packer! The second question following that is usually “how can I...
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