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.

Patty Products Recalled due to Plastic Contamination

17 Feb

Recall of Foster Farms Fully Cooked Frozen Chicken Patty

by Food Research Lab

in Insights, recall

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Products Recalled:

About 148,000 pounds of cooked frozen chicken breast patty products have been recalled by Foster Farms, a Farmerville, La. Establishment on October 29 2022.

The product is available in 80-oz. plastic packaging having 20 pieces of “CHICKEN PATTIES BREADED CHICKEN BREAST PATTIES WITH RIB MEAT”. The use-by date is 08/11/2023, lot code “3*2223**” and establishment number “P-33901”. The number mentioned under the barcode is “7527899724”.

Problem:

The chicken products may have been contaminated with hard, clear plastic pieces. The fully cooked, frozen and breaded chicken breast patties were developed on August 11, 2022.
The problem came to light when the FSIS was notified by the firm that it had received complaints from the consumers that clear and rigid plastic were embedded in fully cooked, frozen and breaded chicken breast patties with a use-by date of August 11, 2023 [1].

Scientific Evidence:

Foreign materials can cause serious health effects such as internal organ damage and choking.

Product Image:

What Regulations Clarifies:

Foreign objects measuring below 7 mm barely cause trauma except in some susceptible individuals like infants, the elderly and surgery patients.
The food product is considered adulterated if it had a sharp object of length 7 to 25 mm long and is a ready-to-cook item [2].