Reposting a bite size summary of some creative resources from IFST’s Food Innovation Special Interest Group IFST’s Food Innovation Special Interest Group is one of the newest groups at the Institute of Food Science and Technology in the UK. Its purpose is t connect members with an interest in Innovation and drive excellence and bestContinue reading “Creativity Tools and Techniques”
Author Archives: Valia Christidou
TrendCard from Greece
Clean Label There is no legal definition of clean label. A quick online search confirms the confusion. Anything from sustainable, to natural, to unprocessed, to low in heavy metals ! #CleanLabel #TrendCard #FoodScienecandTechnology
Trendcard from America
Trends and product review from recent trip to the US
A Review of the Meat the Future Exhibition
I attended Meat the Future with fellow IFST members in March 2022. This is a review I coauthored with a great colleague, Susan Arkley on behalf of the Institute. Photo from IFST’s Food Science & Technology magazine June issue AN IFST REVIEW OF “MEAT THE FUTURE” EXHIBITION AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORYContinue reading “A Review of the Meat the Future Exhibition”
IFE 2022 Review
Highlights from the recent food show at Excel London in March 2022 Arguably, the biggest highlight of the exhibition was the fact there was one ! Face to Face ! After two years of being glued to a computer screen, we could now meet people in the flesh and see and taste product. There wasContinue reading “IFE 2022 Review”
A year and a half of blogs
“I promise to not set any targets…” When I exchanged life in the corporate world for life in the world of portfolio careers and “giving back” careers in 2020, I set myself the challenge of collecting as many new experiences as I could possibly manage! Top of the list was to create a Blog thatContinue reading “A year and a half of blogs”
ONCE UPON A TIME…
a summary of the nutritional improvement in biscuits in the uk in the past 25 years
Best Food Films: The Chef
Steet food offers new flavours and textures, is informal and approachable, friendly and fun and of course good value for money. A place of inspiration for any product developer.
Trends #3: There’s more to snacks than potato crisps
Alternative bases for snacks seem to be growing in popularity in the snacks market.
Innovation Tools #3: A Development Framework
What are the things that a developer needs to be aware of and develop within so that they can be free to create a fantastic product ?
"It's Only Biscuits..." 