Food Industry Consulting

Food Spectrum provides extensive food industry consulting expertise, including comprehensive business development and support services that incorporate innovation and best industry practices for manufacturers of value-added food products, industry suppliers, food retailers and food service organizations.

Corporate Strategy, Market Research, and Business Development

• Strategic planning and business development
• Industry best practices assessment
• Corporate core competency and business infrastructure assessment
• Organization analysis and personnel staffing
• Technology assessment and market application
• Proprietary marketing and technical research
• Project management and implementation
• Due diligence, introductions, and other corporate development activities associated with mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures

Product and Packaging Development

• Strategic product ideation, design and competitive research
• New product development of ready-to-eat, ready-to-heat, and ready-to-cook products
• New technology development, with expertise in an array of formulation, packaging, processing, and distribution technologies, including cook-chill, modified atmosphere packaging, sous vide post pasteurization, acidification, cold pasteurization, etc.
• Shelf life extension and hurdle technologies
• Product cost and quality optimization
• Copacker selection and management
• Plant, process and equipment design

Quality Assurance and Food Safety Systems

• Customized quality assurance and food safety auditing – suppliers, distributors, retailers, and food service operators
• Specification and controls development, including gmp’s, sop’s, and haccp plans
• Crisis management, recall and food security strategy and plan development
• Microbiological and analytical testing protocol and guidance
• Technical services support