Breakthrough Ingredient Formulation Innovation Sagentia Innovation's work for food and beverage clients doesn’t stop at identifying new innovations or at creating new products. The innovative ingredient and formulation processes we use, whether its transporting complex rheological fluids or creating novel microstructures, can unlock potential new product formats. Contact us Do you have a project you’d like to discuss with our team? We regularly work with clients to meet ever-changing consumer demands for new products, whether that's developing a genuine clean label product, a new high-fibre snack, or a ‘lighter’ version of an existing snack with the same organoleptic properties as the original. Our team manages investigations by deriving consumer-centric needs, developing scientific hypotheses, and rapid ‘proof of concept' testing. We analyse market sentiment and benchmark products with consumers to understand the technical gap and challenge to solve. We quickly and accurately create actionable technical hypotheses, through a structured and thorough investigation of the fundamental scientific principles at play. We identify the highest priority options, providing detailed explanations and science-led justifications. We then rapidly ‘reduce to practice’ in the laboratory or development kitchen, producing a small number of focussed formulations to test our hypotheses and our unique predictive modelling methods can dramatically reduce labour-intensive sensory testing of new recipes, helping clients to reduce the cycle time and cost of product development. Sagentia Innovation has previously undertaken research to answer the following client questions: Can I make confectionery using all natural ingredients? Can I eliminate an intrinsic off flavour from my product? What technologies can I deploy to form a specific particle size? How do I monitor processes to increase efficiency and reduce downtime? How can I improve the stability of my clean label plant-based beverage? Our work in Breakthrough formulation innovation Preventing discolouration of a beverage Our client had recently developed a range of fruit-flavoured beverages containing artificial colourings. The drinks were packaged in clear glass bottles and during storage it was noticed that they rapidly discoloured when exposed to direct sunlight. Monitoring complex microstructure Sagentia was asked to identify, invent and develop a sensor that would enable precise dosing of the coagulant on an in-line, automated basis, in a robust and reliable fashion. How can we build sensory science into our product development processes? Sensory science has emerged as an academic discipline. It provides a scientific approach to understanding how our different senses respond to stimuli like food and drink. View more Predictive analytics: historical data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, have helped us circumvent the need for in person testing panels. Phil Mackie, Managing Partner - Food and Beverage, explains how. Technology for today and tomorrow Technology for today and tomorrow Therma Tru was successfully leading the US entry door market, but large market share, increasing price sensitivity, and rising competition led them to look for new ways to increase revenues per doorway. View our expertise What’s special about us? Why do we do it? Where we add value Innovation. We mix technical depth with a broad range of scientific, commercial, and user-focused skillsets to tackle our clients’ toughest problems. We deliver strategies and solutions that disrupt the status quo Insight. We bring intellectual rigour and experience to our clients’ work; we challenge and drive return on investment Speed. We work fast, with teams focused on end-goals, quality and time-to-market, operating in markets we know and understand IP. We put our clients first. If we work on a patentable piece of technology on behalf of a client, our clients always get the IP Regulatory. As part of Science Group PLC we have access to >100 regulatory and compliance specialists Send us a message Please provide as much information as possible and we will get back to you soon. You might be interested in... Global food trends set to shape innovation in 2021 Nutrition: A personalised future A Science Group company About Services Markets Other Science Group companies Leatherhead Food Research TSG Consulting Frontier Smart Technologies Get in contact Cambridge, UK Great Burgh, UK London, UK Washington DC, USA info@sagentiainnovation.com © Copyright Sagentia Innovation 2021 Terms of use Privacy policy Cookies policy Modern Slavery Statement Sitemap Follow us on: Get in touch Click here to see the latest version of our privacy policy.