Overview

Who should attend?

• A valuable course for those new to the food industry
• Product Development and Processing Technologists seeking to improve their knowledge on this broad subject
• Sales and Customer Service staff needing a greater understanding in the product they sell

Course overview

Additives and ingredients are crucial to the successful development of food and drink products. By understanding how and where to add these into your products, and what benefits they add, you can ensure a good quality end result.

Innovation in the additives and ingredients industry plays a key role in the development of successful new and reformulated products, so it is important to understand the main product trends driving ingredient choice. Key trends are health and natural/clean label – how can you meet these with the right ingredient choice, and how do you reformulate whilst keeping product taste, quality and shelf life?

With an emphasis on practical demonstrations and examples to taste, Additives and Ingredients in Food and Drink is interactive and fun, meaning that you will remember more when you are back to your busy roles in industry. The course gives an excellent introduction to the main ingredient and additive types, packaged in a convenient one-day format.

The course is run by Alice Pegg, Head of Food Innovation at Leatherhead. Alice has over 25 years experience in the food industry, particularly in food ingredients and product development. She will be joined by other Leatherhead and ingredient industry experts, all of whom have many years experience in their subject.

From this course you will

• Learn about the main additives and ingredients used in the food industry
• Understand how to meet the main product development drivers, through better ingredient choice
• Find out why they are used, what they do, and how they are affected by food processing 
• Remember more through seeing lots of practical demonstrations and examples
  

Programme

Provisional programme

Speakers

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