Why Choose Guires'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. Guires Food Research Lab (FRL) 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 Guires 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.

Beauty and Skin

Our goal is to make your dream concept a commercial product, integrating our strong knowledge of ingredients and techniques to help you make the right decisions

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Beauty and Skin

The beauty and skin market are growing faster and post-pandemic. Consumers are looking for ingredients that are derived from natural products, such as leaf extracts and root extracts, that are safe for use on the skin as they do not show any side effects. At Guires food research laboratory, our scientific expertise formulates a wide range of nutricosmetic products or so-called ‘beauty supplements’ that reduces dermatological problems, resulting in ageing, elimination, or even slowing down. Guires scientific expertise partners to create winning products that meet the above requirements.

Offering General Health and Wellness support and Research-based technical solutions for Beauty and Skin

Studies show that the diet of several people is inappropriate, and the typical nutrition of an average consumer does not fully cover the body’s needs for vitamins and minerals, which is also reflected in the condition of the skin. At Guires Food Research Lab, food products we formulate supplements focusing on particular nutritional purposes, functional food, nutricosmetics and supplements, including supplements supporting slimming, proper vision process, influencing motor organs, concentration, and delaying the ageing processes, supplements for athletes and many others. Our prototype meets your nutritional and sensory within the sphere of physical and scientific possibility by using a unique combination of flavours and sweeteners.
A prototype that meets the regulatory requirement that governs food processing, including those established by the FDA and the EU
An evidence-based prototype that specifically meets the targeted consumer base’s nutritional requirements

Nutricosmetics containing substances of plant origin (e.g., catechins, polyphenols, triterpenes, stilbenes, steroids, fatty acids, peptides, polysaccharides, flavonoids (especially rutin, quercetin, kaempferol)), vegetable oils and other ingredients of plant origin (e.g., borage seed oil (Borago officinalis), aloe (Aloe Vera), green tea extract (Camellia sinensis), guarana extract (Paullinia cupana) and others

We can formulate the products in the form of soft or hard gels, capsules, tablets, syrups, gummies, or sachets containing a concentrated source of hyaluronic acid, minerals, vitamins, or botanical extracts

Guires's scientists and formulation experts identify new delivery mechanisms (such as liposomes) and research-active compounds to develop a highly functional cosmeceutical product that provides the intended results. Through years of expertise and knowledge, we bring in the right solutions that fit your requirements.

Any ingredient incorporated into the formulation needs to achieve its intended function in the human body at the same time, must adhere to safety guidelines. At Guires, we substantiate this from many different types of investigation, including secondary research for existing ingredients or, if it's novel, publishing the work in reputable, peer-reviewed journals. Data for this will be derived from chemical comparisons and analysis, activities (e.g., ORAC or oxygen radical absorbance activities), testing in animal models, genomic/gene expression studies, in vitro bioassays and, most compelling of all, human clinical testing. Through years of expertise and knowledge, we bring in the right solutions that fit your requirements.

We follow quality measures to ensure the products are safe from both the supplier and the buyer's perspectives. We carry out Marker Chemistry (e.g., HPLC, GC etc.), Microbiology tests (e.g., Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Escherichia Coli), heavy metal analysis (e.g., lead, arsenic, cadmium kept below the regulatory limits), Contamination (e.g., metal flakes from machinery), physical characteristics (e.g., powders for tablets must have low moisture content) and stability (e.g., the time for a product from initial production). We use compendium methods (USP and European Pharmacopeia) for an extensive validation process.

We follow a specific set of regulations that a product must adhere to. This includes manufacturing flow chart, solvents, quantitative ingredient lists, physical characteristics, GMO status, certifications, radiations, pesticide/chemical/ residue, contaminants, microbiology, allergens, animal derivation, and safety (Standard Material Safety Data Sheet – toxicity or clinical testing). We assist ensure to clear the ingredient supplier completes clearance through the target country’s regulatory agency prior to its inclusion in formulas. Through our years of experience, our team can speed up the acceptance and inclusion of new material. Our product development team complies with the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act (FDA 2009) and the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (Federal Trade Commission 2011). Our team ensures to use only acceptable ingredients that are found in the INCI, International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, allocated by the American Cosmetic Association

Guires Food & Nutraceuticals Contract Research Laboratory network provides manufacturers with advanced scientific and research capabilities. Contact our scientific experts to discuss how we can help you