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FoodBuzz is a team of experienced product developers who can create innovative food and drink products for early-stage startups and growing brands.
We can take your product from any stage in our development kitchen to commercialise it and then help with scale up to a successful commercial launch.
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Our Development Centre
Our Development Centre
Our NPD Lab & Commercial Kitchen
Our concept development lab is where we have extensive ingredients and equipment for working on development project for soft drinks, alcohol-based drinks and powder blends. Here we can offer laboratory scale testing (1-3 litres/kilograms) of your product in various formats such as cans, glass bottles, pouches etc that give you the prototypes to move to scale up with confidence.
The commercial laboratory is where we can carry out pilot testing of your product under UHT conditions, can sterilisation and small scale contract packing for carbonated cans and bottles. Our fantastic facilities are in Shepton Mallet at the Rural Enterprise Centre, Royal Bath West Showground which offers good connections to the motorway and direct railway link from London.
Our concept development kitchen is where we have extensive ingredients and equipment for working on day to day developments such as beverages, powdered blends and snack bars. Here we can offer laboratory scale testing (1-3 litres) of your product in various formats such as cans, glass bottles, pouches etc that simulate factory processing conditions, giving you greater confidence to move to scale up.
The commercial kitchen where we can do large baking trials and other products such as ready meals. Our fantastic facilities are in Shepton Mallet at the Rural Enterprise Centre, Bath & West Showground which also has conference facilities and good connections to the motorway and a direct railway link from London.
What We Do
What We Do
New Product Development Services
Scaling Up
Scaling Up
From Factory Trials to Commercial Launch
We can help find the right contract packers based on your preferred packaging format. We have access to a range of partners who can help with trials on a pilot-scale or provide small scale manufacture and scale up to larger volumes as your brand grows.
We work with carefully selected co-packer across UK and Europe to provide the best possible service from concept work to finished product.
Our in-house co-packing services include small scale canning and bottling. All the larger scale production is provided by carefully selected and reliable third-party contract packing service providers.
UHT Ambient Dairy or Plant Based Drinks
Your Dream Team
Your Dream Team
Who We Are
As a team of food scientists with a combined experience of 55 years in the food and drinks manufacturing industry, we have insider knowledge of what will work for your product from a technical and quality standpoint. Due to our backgrounds in product manufacturing, we understand the risks involved in scale-up, how to troubleshoot, what to expect and how to mitigate where possible those risks. We combine a proven track record in creativity, knowledge of ingredients and suppliers and a practical approach to provide an efficient service for helping to launch commercially viable products.
As a team of food scientists with a combined experience of 55 years in the food and drinks manufacturing industry, we have insider knowledge of what will work for your product from a technical and quality standpoint. Due to our backgrounds in product manufacturing, we understand the risks involved in scale-up, how to troubleshoot, what to expect and how to mitigate where possible those risks. We combine a proven track record in creativity, knowledge of ingredients and suppliers and a practical approach to provide an efficient service for helping to launch commercially viable products.
Meet the Team
We’re here to help you!
We’re here to help you!
Sharon Harvey
Director
Over 35 years’ experience in product development and technical management working for manufacturers, including Mondelez, 2Sisters, Lyons Seafood, Tulip and Framptons amongst others. Development leadership and project management provided for all sizes of customers, food service companies and UK retailers such as Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Co-op. Categories include RTE chilled and frozen, dairy and plant-based beverages, allergen-free, raw and cooked meat, cooked seafood, party food and snacking.
Shimi Benarjee
Founder
A creative and knowledgeable Product Development Technologist with over 10 years’ experience and MSC Food Science. Experienced in taking products from concept to launch, with a strong focus on science-based application to create, scale-up and launch technically sound and commercially successful products. Product categories include innovative drink mixers, non-alcoholic drinks, dairy, dairy-free/dairy alternatives, fruit juices/smoothies, sauces, chutneys, dressings and mayonnaise in both chilled and ambient formats as well as soups, sandwich fillings and liquid and frozen egg products.
Matt Wolf
Founder
A Product and Process Development Technologist. Over 7 years’ experience in production line development, processing improvement and product development; BSc in Food Engineering, Human Nutrition and Food Science taking. Proven success in taking products from concept to launch with a strong problem-solving approach. Product categories include dairy (butter, cheese, cream, whey, protein concentrates, etc) and powdered blends, dairy-free/dairy alternative drinks, meal replacement drinks, protein drinks, cold brew coffee and coffee drinks, fruit juices/smoothies in both chilled and ambient formats as well as liquid and frozen egg products.
Nicholas Henson FIFST
Business Associate
Nick has extensive experience in food, beverage and supplement NPD for over 35 years and he brings with him, a broad cross-category expertise with focus on nutrition, health and well-being. He helps brands with guidance on feasibility and viability of ideas and concepts, covering sensory, nutrition, safety, stability, processing, and legal aspects related to nutrition and health claims. Nick’s areas of expertise also include identifying key risks and challenges in the development process and areas of focus for resource and investment as well as preparation and management of NPD project plans.
Sally Brock
Technologist
Has over 10 years’ experience working as a Product Development Technologist working with savoury, dry ingredients, chilled yogurts & desserts, ice-creams & sorbets and soft drinks. Successfully managed the development of branded products from concept through to launch working with all the UK major retailers.
Clients
Clients
Our Work
Who trusted us?
Numbers
Numbers
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Feedback
What Our Clients Say
That’s why we’re so proud of our work.
The Food Buzz team have been incredible to work with They have a methodical approach in taking the initial brief to make the recipes. They are agile, supportive and have a clear process for the development work. During the development process we worked very closely with them in creating several iterations, incorporating the feedback from each round of submissions to improve the recipes to our liking. They are great to work with and we look forward to working with them again!
Mighty Drinks
We had the pleasure of working with FoodBuzz when we wanted to improve the nutritional profile and devise new flavours for our seed snacks. We gave FoodBuzz a very difficult and challenging brief but nothing was too much trouble and they could not have been more helpful. As an added bonus they are a lovely team and it was a pleasure to spend the day with them working on the recipes. A real gem.
Pep&Lekker
We had a lovely day with FoodBuzz consulting helping to develop and refine our blends, they were very knowledgeable and it proved to be a very useful day for us. We trialled a variety of new formulas for our blends using their methods & system of refinement, with a tidy write up/spreadsheet to help.
London Nootropics
Working with FoodBuzz has been a great experience. Team has helped me develop the beverage I envisioned smoothly. They have extensive experience in the industry and has helped us from ingredient sourcing, recipe development, to finding a suitable manufacturer. It was a pleasure working with FoodBuzz.
KayTea
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