Scaling up a recipe can create quality defects that are not visible on bench or pilot plant. The cookies were beautiful and everyone was so excited about them. They ticked all the boxes. Plenty of chocolate pieces, lovely melt in the mouth texture, a balanced aroma of chocolate mixed in with vanilla and baked biscuitContinue reading “Lesson #5 If only machines were as gentle as our fingers !”
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Best Food Films: A Touch of Spice
Sometimes unique ingredients can give a dish its signature and make the difference between a good dish and a great one. This film holds a very special place in my heart, as I recognise a lot of the food and the family idiosyncrasies, even some of the accents, of my father’s family in it. MyContinue reading “Best Food Films: A Touch of Spice”
Innovation tools #2: Coming up with ideas
How many brainstorming techniques are there ? Probably as many as grains of sand on a beach
Innovation tools #1: Practice Makes Perfect
You can become more creative if you turn idea generation into a habit.
Trends #1 A Gut feel!
With science telling us that a healthy gut is key to both physical and mental health, good gut food is a trend that is here to stay.
“It’s only biscuits…”
Stories, lessons learnt, and hopefully a bit of inspiration for product developers and anyone who is passionate about food. I admit that I did not bake the biscuits in the picture, I chose this photo because having worked in the food industry as a food technologist, I have loved every minute of it. I haveContinue reading ““It’s only biscuits…””
