R&D Lab
Product development for food and beverage brands.
What we develop
Three categories, one bench. Each one needs a different eye.
Beverages
Ready-to-drink beverages, liquid concentrates, water enhancers and functional drinks. Our own product, bev., came out of this work.
Foods
Snacks, premixes and everyday food products, built around your format, price point and shelf life.
Nutraceuticals
Health supplement powders, energy gels and fortified products, formulated with the regulations in mind from the first draft.
What the lab does
Everything between an idea and a production spec.
Bench prototyping
We turn your brief into working samples in the lab, and keep refining them until they match what you had in mind.
Sensory evaluation
Structured tasting rounds on taste, texture and aftertaste, so decisions rest on feedback rather than guesswork.
Shelf life and stability
We check how the product holds up over its intended shelf life, and adjust the formula where it doesn’t.
Cost engineering
Ingredient choices and sourcing that keep the cost per unit inside your target price.
Reformulation
Less sugar, a cleaner label, a lower cost or a new flavour: we rework existing recipes without losing what people liked.
Scale-up and tech transfer
Production specs and process notes your plant can follow, so the first factory batch tastes like the last lab sample.
How a project runs
The lab work sits inside a bigger path, from brief to plant.
Brief
Your target consumer, price point, claims and format.
Bench
Lab prototypes and tasting rounds until it's right.
Pilot
Small batch runs to check stability and cost.
Paperwork
Category mapping, ingredient statements, licences.
Plant
Handover to a licensed plant for production.
Have a product in mind? Let’s put it on a bench.
Tell us what you’re making and where you’re stuck. We’ll come back with next steps and a rough timeline.