Grant: CCI Applied Research and Development Grants

Knocean Foods (Knocean), located in Scoudouc, New Brunswick and Canada’s Smartest Kitchen (CSK), the food product development center located at Holland College are proposing a new applied research collaboration that will reconstruct a popular frozen food product to refrigerated and shelf stable versions. Soaring storage and transportation costs and as well as increased product versatility are the driving factors for this applied research project. By developing a shelf stable version of these products, Knocean will able to reach many new markets, not currently available due to barriers in shipping and storage of a fully frozen product. CSK, a Technology Access Center, consists of a strong multidisciplinary team of food product developers, R&D chefs, and food scientists that possess the necessary skills to help small and medium businesses, like Knocean, to innovate and develop new, market driven products that help create new revenue and economic development. While Knocean does not presently have the necessary expertise, facilities, and equipment to develop these new innovative products in-house combining efforts with the talented team at CSK will enable this work to occur.