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Marijuana Infused Food Products (MIF’s)- Controlling the Uncontrolled
The legalities of marijuana are evolving and unraveling before our very eyes and it’s an exciting to watch the industry growing from an underground secret to full blown conventions like the HempCon I...
View ArticleWhich Trade Show is Right For You-Thoughts From a Trade Show Junkie!
Its that time of year again—time for me to hit the road- get on the trade show bus and attend as many trade shows as possible. For someone like me (a consultant) these shows can get expensive but I...
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Fifty Shades of Marketing Manipulation -Expo West 2015
Yea– this product looks like a whole lotta fun! I just got back from Expo West in Anaheim, CA– and I feel like it may be time for a Jerry McGuire style manifesto! Yes, me—the food scientist who is...
View ArticleA Food Science Video— With Justin Hall
I have been a food scientist since 1996— well, really I was born a food scientist but I didn’t know it till the 90’s– It then took a team of experts at the University of Massachusetts Food Science...
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The Food Safety Modernization Act- Coming Soon To YOUR facility
Manufacturing and selling food to the masses is serious business. Its all fun and game to think about the media attention the fame and glory at the trade shows and the fun times but are you thinking...
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I Want To Sell My Idea At the Farmers Market Too!!!!
Even Food Scientists have Farmer Market dreams! Every day I get inquiries from people who want to bring their food product to market. They all tell me their stories about how they want to recreate...
View ArticleMaple Syrup–Its All GRADE A now!
In early 2012 the International Maple Syrup institute (IMSI) put out a recommendation to unify the maple syrup grades among maple syrup producing jurisdictions. Currently the USDA, CFIA (Canadian Food...
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The Food Science Tool Kit For Entrepreneurs: How To Ensure Precision and...
A salt meter can help you measure…. SALT percentages for consistency and accuracy in final products! A carpenter has his saw and hammer, a doctor has wooden sticks and stethoscopes and a food...
View ArticleThe Pink Elephant In The Room
I can’t help but wonder—why is everyone pretending that Hampton Creek is a great company doing great things for our earth? The facts are so clear and obvious but I see the issues being skirted in the...
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Bon AppeTECH a Food Tech conference not Necessarily for Food Scientists!
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend BonAppetech #GoodFoodInnovation conference held at the Innovation Hanger space right by the Palace of Arts (San Francisco). I only was able to attend the...
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Supply Side Show 2015 Not Just For Supplements Anymore!
For years I have been going to the IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) show because it’s the biggest ingredient show for food scientists and a great opportunity to source industrial ingredients like...
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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...
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Bon AppeTECH a Food Tech conference not Necessarily for Food Scientists!
Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend BonAppetech #GoodFoodInnovation conference held at the Innovation Hanger space right by the Palace of Arts (San Francisco). I only was able to attend the...
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