Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Niagara College Canada
$24,998.00
Development of eco-friendly, healthy, single-serving frozen smoothie products
FY 2018-19
Summary
Pearl Strategy and Innovation Design has seven years' experience in creating and testing new product ideas for Tier 1 food and beverage companies. Pearl has started a new division in which they will be developing and manufacturing their own products. Pearl approached the Niagara College (NC) Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre (CFWI IC) with the goal to collaborate on a project that will result in the development of single-serve frozen smoothie products. The research technical issues include formulation, format, processing and packaging. Creating nutritional smoothie recipes on their own is simple; however, special consideration will take into account creating these as single-serve, frozen products encompassed in eco-friendly packaging, using a methodology that can be scaled up and processed at a co-packing facility.*The food and beverage processing industry accounts for 246,000 jobs across 6,500 companies, making it the second largest manufacturing industry across in Canada. Ninety (90) per cent of Canada's 6,500 food and beverage processing companies are small businesses with fewer than 100 employees. This project will help Pearl transition into the food processing business and develop the manufacturing expertise to produce other new innovative products, which will create jobs in the growing food sector. This will directly benefit Canada's food processing sector and also expand the functional-foods and natural-health products (FFNHP) market. One major disadvantage to single-serving products is the production of excessive amounts of non-recyclable waste that must be landfilled. This work will address this problem by developing eco-friendly biodegradable recyclable packaging. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has indicated that there are a significant number of unfilled positions in the FFNHP industry, so this project will also train students with the skills to find employment in this new and important industry. This will benefit private sector employers who have the need for qualified personnel. *
Program
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
530704-2018
Name nom
Nantel, Marc
Department département
Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus
Organization id
22152
Institution établissement
Niagara College Canada
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2018
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
24998
Program id
CARD1
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 1
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
501
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Processed food products and beverages
Area of application fr
Aliments transformés et boissons
Research subject code
6103
Research subject group en
Food science and technology
Research subject group fr
Science et technologie de l'alimentation
Research subject en
Food processing, packaging, preservation and storage
Research subject fr
Transformation, conditionnement, conservation et stockage des aliments
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
Development of eco-friendly, healthy, single-serving frozen smoothie products
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Pearl Strategy and Innovation Design has seven years' experience in creating and testing new product ideas for Tier 1 food and beverage companies. Pearl has started a new division in which they will be developing and manufacturing their own products. Pearl approached the Niagara College (NC) Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre (CFWI IC) with the goal to collaborate on a project that will result in the development of single-serve frozen smoothie products. The research technical issues include formulation, format, processing and packaging. Creating nutritional smoothie recipes on their own is simple; however, special consideration will take into account creating these as single-serve, frozen products encompassed in eco-friendly packaging, using a methodology that can be scaled up and processed at a co-packing facility.*The food and beverage processing industry accounts for 246,000 jobs across 6,500 companies, making it the second largest manufacturing industry across in Canada. Ninety (90) per cent of Canada's 6,500 food and beverage processing companies are small businesses with fewer than 100 employees. This project will help Pearl transition into the food processing business and develop the manufacturing expertise to produce other new innovative products, which will create jobs in the growing food sector. This will directly benefit Canada's food processing sector and also expand the functional-foods and natural-health products (FFNHP) market. One major disadvantage to single-serving products is the production of excessive amounts of non-recyclable waste that must be landfilled. This work will address this problem by developing eco-friendly biodegradable recyclable packaging. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has indicated that there are a significant number of unfilled positions in the FFNHP industry, so this project will also train students with the skills to find employment in this new and important industry. This will benefit private sector employers who have the need for qualified personnel. *
