Why Choose Food Research Lab's FRL as Your Food Product Development (FPD) Consultant and Partner?

There are several options in almost every product area in today’s market, and the difficulty is in coming up with unique items that stand out and connect with customers. Food Research Lab's Food Research Lab (FRL) takes a holistic approach to creating food and beverage products. We define, demographically target, and build effective goods through a sequential process for category selection and comprehension. The client can visit the lab to learn the process. We offer unlimited rounds of revisions to ensure customer satisfaction. The final product prototype, along with the documentation process, including the video (through email), will be shipped to the client, and in case the client is not satisfied with the video, a food technology consultant will visit the place for the product demo at the client’s costs.

What are the different forms that you deliver the Food Product Formulations?

The food industry is witnessing a new form of consumption. Keeping that in mind, we can formulate the products in the form of ready-to-eat, ready-to-drink, ready-to-mix, ready-to-serve, and ready-to-cook food products. We use ingredients that offer an added value to the development and improve its indulgence and sustainability in terms of its functional ingredients, plant-based food dyes, and natural preservatives with a clean label.

What are the sectors Food Research Lab cover?

We cover a wide range of sectors such as soups, sauces and dips, chips, tortillas, dry beverage powder, plant-based products, masalas, puddings, instant mixes and many more.

How is sensory testing been carried out?

Our sensory examination leads to the precise formulation and recipe recommendations. We develop data-driven design models based on sensory research and customer insights. The fact-based design methodology used by Food Research Lab reduces risk and gives our clients market confidence while cutting development time in half. With our dedicated sensory lab facility, our team takes satisfaction in creating and optimizing successful products in the marketplace, generating a favourable return on investment, and developing brand advocates.

Doritos chips recalled due to undeclared allergens

19 Sep

Doritos chips recalled due to undeclared allergens

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Doritos chips recalled due to undeclared allergens

Products Recalled:

A limited number (~ 7,000 bags) of 14.5oz and 1 oz Doritos Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips, since they may contain undeclared soy and spicy sweet chilli tortilla chips, which may contain wheat ingredients.

Problem:

The recall was issued on August 1, 2023, since the chips may contain undeclared soy and wheat ingredients. The products may cause allergic reactions in people who have severe sensitivity. The product recall has been issued since the product has reached the retail stores in Pennsylvania. This recall notice informs the customers about why the products were recalled, the allergic reactions to products and what they should do if they have purchased them [1].

Scientific Evidence:

Food allergy is a detrimental health effect caused by a unique immunological reaction that happens repeatedly after exposure to a specific food.
Wheat and soy are among the most common allergens among grains and legumes.
Wheat allergies are caused only by hydrolyzed wheat proteins. Seed storage proteins contain soybean allergens that cause immediate allergic responses in children.
Wheat and soybean allergies have diverse clinical symptoms primarily driven by their differing allergen components.
The signs and symptoms can be modest and limited to mucocutaneous manifestations, or they can involve many systems that are all affected simultaneously in systemic anaphylaxis.
The symptoms may include skin rash, tingling and itching sensation in the oral mucosa or upper part of the gastrointestinal tract.
Nausea, abdominal pain, cramping, vomiting, and watery/mucous diarrhoea are manifestations of acute GI hypersensitivity to food allergens [2].

What Regulations Clarifies:

Consumers with food allergies should read food labels to avoid items or components they or their families are allergic to.
The law requires that food labels specify the source of all major food allergens used in the production of the food.
Following the ingredient’s name, the name of the food source of a significant allergen must be specified in brackets. Examples: “lecithin (soy),” “flour (wheat),” and “whey (milk)” [3].