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.

What are the EU regulations for novel food?

23 Sep

What are the EU regulations for novel food?

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in EU Regulations, Regulation Updates

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The European Union (EU) Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 defines novel foods as those not consumed significantly within the EU before May 1997.

The regulation requires that all novel food products undergo a safety assessment by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) before being marketed as food products.
The regulation also sets out procedures for authorising novel foods, including an application for authorisation that must be submitted to the European Commission.
The application must contain scientific data and information about the proposed novel food, including its composition, nutritional value, intended use, and potential allergenicity.
Once authorised, novel foods can be placed on the EU market and labelled as such, with specific labelling requirements depending on the type of novel food. The regulation also sets out rules for traditional foods from third countries considered novel foods in the EU.
From January 1 2018, the regulations under (EU) 2015/2283 are applicable, but Regulation (EC) No 258/97 and Regulation (EC) No 1852/2001 were repealed and replaced. This improved the market conditions by which the food industries could bring innovative products to the EU market.
The EU broadened the categories for novel food by including the categories of food sources (from insects, supplements and vitamins in addition to plants, microorganisms, animals, minerals, cell cultures, etc.) from the production process that were not implemented before May 1997.
The authorisation procedure was simplified and centralised by using an online application system.
The authorisation system was made more efficient and transparent by reducing the time for evaluation and authorisation, making the process faster.

To conclude, revising the EU regulations for novel food made the authorisation process faster and encouraged innovation in the food industries [1].