Product Development

From idea to shelf. Formulation, sensory evaluation, nutrition labelling, costing and scale-up of new food products.

• Food Product Development, Formulation & Labelling — From idea to supermarket shelf. Learn the stage-gate product development process, consumer research and sensory evaluation (difference, descriptive and hedonic tests), formulation and standardisation (Pearson square, recipe scaling), ingredient functionality (emulsifiers, hydrocolloids, sweeteners), nutrition labelling and claims, costing and pricing, scale-up and pilot trials, plant layout and regulatory approval, plus trends like plant-based, fortified and clean-label foods — with Python for milk standardisation and a per-serving nutrition label.