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Unlock your brands health and wellness potential with our innovative solutions.
Why Choose HFI
Experience
Excellence in Execution
Tailored Solutions
With over 30 years of experience in the food and beverage, flavor, ingredient and biotech industries, I have gained the expertise and knowledge to help clients succeed in today's health and wellness landscape.
I have worked for start-ups to large multi- national ingredient and flavor companies and understand brand structuring and costing s
With over 30 years of experience in the food and beverage, flavor, ingredient and biotech industries, I have gained the expertise and knowledge to help clients succeed in today's health and wellness landscape.
I have worked for start-ups to large multi- national ingredient and flavor companies and understand brand structuring and costing strategies for each. I am ready to share that knowledge with you to bring your vision to life. I have a passion for developing innovative food and beverage products and I am excited to hear about your ideas.
Throughout my career, I made it my mission to focus on creating ingredients and solutions for the food and beverage industry that are great tasting and deliver nutritional benefits and promote a healthy lifestyle. Let us transform your idea into a reality!
Tailored Solutions
Excellence in Execution
Tailored Solutions
I understand that every business is unique, which is why we provide tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of our clients. The solutions are designed to help all business types optimize their health and wellness portfolio and achieve their goals. Even if you need help with a growth strategy for your brand, our expertise in leading
I understand that every business is unique, which is why we provide tailored solutions to meet the specific needs of our clients. The solutions are designed to help all business types optimize their health and wellness portfolio and achieve their goals. Even if you need help with a growth strategy for your brand, our expertise in leading growth strategies for organizations will provide the guidance to develop a strong and successful brand. Pairing that strategy with our product and process development expertise will further execute the strategy to deliver your P&L goals and drive differentiation and increased market share. Contact us for more information on our strategy, product development and process development services.
Excellence in Execution
Excellence in Execution
Excellence in Execution
I believe that our client's success is dependent on excellence in execution. That focus on execution is in the commercialization of the product from strategy to shelf. That's why I focus on ensuring the highest quality product is manufactured. The product developed and tasted throughout the pre-commercialization process will be the same
I believe that our client's success is dependent on excellence in execution. That focus on execution is in the commercialization of the product from strategy to shelf. That's why I focus on ensuring the highest quality product is manufactured. The product developed and tasted throughout the pre-commercialization process will be the same product manufactured and delivered to your customers. Commercialization services include identification of manufacturing sites, development of manufacturing manuals with all formulations, specifications, and documentation. Contact us about commercialization services.
What We Do
Strategy
Product Development
Product Development
Manage food and beverage brands product lifecycle with data-driven decisions to improve market position and diversify portfolios. Lead category development by converting consumer insights into successful products for CPG, Foodservice, and QSR channels. Drive cross-functional innovation, focusing on health-centric solutions for market ex
Manage food and beverage brands product lifecycle with data-driven decisions to improve market position and diversify portfolios. Lead category development by converting consumer insights into successful products for CPG, Foodservice, and QSR channels. Drive cross-functional innovation, focusing on health-centric solutions for market expansion. Launch strategic products to create new revenue streams and boost global presence. Generate revenue through technological innovation and advanced ingredient solutions. Implement direct sales strategies for commercial flavors and ingredients, maintaining market presence and insight to managing P&L. Develop go-to-market brand or product strategies that align with corporate growth goals, emphasizing sustainable revenue and market expansion. Align technical capabilities with market demands for business transformation and competitive advantage. Grow business through targeted demonstrations and technical expertise, enhancing client portfolios. Create customized food and beverage solutions to convert prospects into long-term partnerships. Plan strategic accounts for regional market growth through innovative product positioning. Expand territory using consultative selling approaches, turning technical features into business solutions. Transform operations to drive revenue growth and establish key category market presence. Optimize pricing and manage cost reductions without compromising quality or competitiveness. Boost health and wellness food and beverage sales and market competitiveness with strategic account plans, cost analysis, and procurement optimization. Contact us now to develop your next health and wellness brand!
Product Development
Product Development
Product Development
Establish an industry-leading consumer insights program by integrating sensory analysis methodologies to inform product development and market positioning. Utilize Research and Development to create value-added applications that enhance client brands. Accelerate the innovation route to market, ensuring technical and market readiness, wi
Establish an industry-leading consumer insights program by integrating sensory analysis methodologies to inform product development and market positioning. Utilize Research and Development to create value-added applications that enhance client brands. Accelerate the innovation route to market, ensuring technical and market readiness, with a specific focus on health and wellness programs, bioactives, solutions, and delivery systems.
Implement highly successful product development programs that emphasize service, experience, speed, cost savings, custom design, and flexibility. Possess expertise in product development and project management, technical research, lab equipment (specific requests/needs), product shelf life/stability, training of product development employees, nutritional analysis, concept development, custom solution development, laboratory testing, product matching (matching, revisions, and re-formulation), product line extensions, and product cost reductions.
Provide end-to-end concept development for all food and beverage categories with expertise in beverages, savory, and sweet goods. Pride ourselves on fast turnaround times for our development processes, reducing your timeline from strategy to shelf by 70%. Contact us for more information on our product development capabilities.
Commercialization
Product Development
Commercialization
Orchestrate the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from initial specifications through to manufacturing, while fostering strategic partnerships with global R&D contractors for commercialization. Provide support for label and package design. Extensive experience in product start-ups at co-packers, including all manufacturing activ
Orchestrate the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from initial specifications through to manufacturing, while fostering strategic partnerships with global R&D contractors for commercialization. Provide support for label and package design. Extensive experience in product start-ups at co-packers, including all manufacturing activities and the procurement of raw materials for the food and beverage solutions business. Possess expertise in identifying and supervising co-packers, creating co-packer manuals, inventory management (solutions manufacture production and laboratory), regulatory compliance, quality control services, custom solutions development, post-production quality assurance, supplier sourcing, and obtaining certifications (Kosher, Halal, TTB, FDA GRAS, etc.).
Lead supply chain and manufacturing efforts, which include strategy, pricing, procurement, quality, and planning across all supply chain activities. Manage the development and oversight of product specifications, technical documentation, and customer interface during the creation and implementation of new products, their applications, and the transfer of technologies to the manufacturing process. Test new technology through pilot-scale production experiments, utilizing equipment such as quality control instruments (pH meter, densitometer, refractometer, etc.), distillation equipment, retort process equipment, pasteurization systems, Microthermics heating units, chillers, homogenizers, fill hoods, and carbonation equipment.
Contact us today to commercialize your next innovative food and beverage product.