Food service disruption consulting Sagentia Innovation works with some of the world’s leading brands to navigate the changing food service landscape and to be at the forefront of innovation in this space. Contact us Do you have a project you'd like to discuss with our team? Food service is undergoing unprecedented change, driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the short term and by changes to consumers consumption habits – including meals on-the-go, the desire for experience, and the impact of digitisation and automation – in the longer term. We are delivering insights and new products that enable the disruption of the food service channel, from personalisation to product development, dispensers to vending systems, data analytics to user experience. We are supporting new consumer experiences at point-of-sale with autonomous next-generation vending machines, while keeping a focus on sustainable and functional packaging that is shifting the conversation around waste and re-use across the circular economy and we’re seeing a steady increase in the number of food and beverage brands approaching us to discuss novel delivery technologies. We work at every stage of the R&D process, from planning more effective research programmes and generating meaningful hypotheses for testing, through to faster iteration in laboratories and leveraging digital technologies for product development and deployment. Our specialists in chemistry, nutrition, sensors, and fluidics combine to form a bespoke team who can adapt to and solve the most complex product challenges around food service disruption. Our work in Food service disruption Four Square: Raising performance in beverage delivery The production of authentic, coffee shop quality cappuccino milk foam has long eluded drinks vending machine manufacturers. Powder-based food and drink dispenser At-home device for reconstituting, heating and dispensing powder-based food and drinks from a single-serve pod Functional ingredients Our client, a leading multinational, had identified ingredients that convey health benefits as a key innovation opportunity. View more How do we meet consumer needs better and faster? Phil Mackie, Managing Partner - Food and Beverage, shares his thoughts on how industries can use predictive data in product development. Technology for today and tomorrow Technology for today and tomorrow We provide both breadth and depth in technology and scientific expertise to our clients and their projects. By pulling together the best experts we’re best placed to drive cross-sector learning. From physical, chemistry, and life sciences, to digital skills, and from electrical and mechanical engineering, to sensory science, we can drive more efficient project understanding, innovation, and development. 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 Contact us Please provide as much information as possible and we will get back to you soon. You might be interested in... Is ‘customised vending’ an effective vehicle for mass personalisation? Global food trends set to shape innovation in 2021 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.