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 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.

Oats Milk

CLIENT

Beverages

High Protein

OUR ROLE

We redefined fast-casual loyalty

The Challenge

What Our client required?

Assignment: The client required oats milk with improved stability.

This case study focuses on the following:

Formulation of oats milk with good sensory properties
Enhancement of stability & Shelf life of oats milk by various techniques.

Challenges:

Sensory characteristics– The high starch content poses a challenge in preparing a stable emulsion. Starch tends to gelatinise when heat is applied, and liquid milk tends to develop a gel-like consistency due to its high viscosity, which lowers its sensory acceptability.
Shelf-life enhancement– The most challenging part while formulating this plant based milk is shelf-life enhancement. So, various combinations of time–temperature have been employed to improve oats milk shelf life to have the best quality product.

What did we do?

Solution:

Based on different trials, the fluidity or beverage–like consistency was obtained by the enzymatic hydrolysis method that prevents the gelatinisation of starch during the heat treatment.
The product shelf life was increased by pasteurisation and with hot filling (bottling). The combination of optimum temperature and time gives the best quality product, and the thermal treatment eliminates the spoilage of pathogenic microorganisms.
The product is suitable for those consuming a plant based diet and lactose sensitive individuals since it is lactose free.

Benefits

Customer Focused –Ingredients (Natural), formulation of vegan milk with good stability& Enhanced shelf life. The product is plant based and an excellent source of vegan protein, as consumers seek milk alternatives, lactose free milk and non dairy milk due to health and ethical reasons.
Evaluation of shelf stability, Consistency, and Sensory Testing.

Testimonials

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Wang,China

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Isabella, America

I was looking to redesign my menus and focus on some lighter and healthier options and got introduced to Food Research Labteam. Read More

Olivia, America

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Nathaniel, UK

I am happy to share my thoughts on collaborating with Food Research Lab. We have been really pleased with the level of dedication and expertise demonstrated during the project's initial phase, specifically in the area of scientific ingredient research. The insights and recommendations provided were invaluable in shaping our product. Read More

Shirsha Paul

Food Research Labi’s track record in delivering on product development challenges speaks for itself. The expert team was responsible for the implementation of many new innovations in the Nutritious recipe category. Food Research Labhas always nurtured a passion for improving the nutritional status of food products. Read More