Client Background:
The client is a prominent player in the food industry, specializing in manufacturing pasta and pasta sauces. Committed to delivering high-quality products tailored to customer needs, they are seeking new technologies and a market intelligence overview of cereal and vegetable fermentation in the pasta industry to assess product positioning.
Challenges:
- Exploring the current use of fermented cereals and vegetables suitable for pasta and pasta sauces.
- Identifying key fermented products and suppliers relevant to the pasta industry.
- Integrating new ingredients while maintaining existing product characteristics.
Engagement Objective:
Conduct a technology scouting study to provide a market intelligence overview of competencies and applications in cereal and vegetable fermentation for processing pasta and pasta sauces.
Approach:
- Identification & assessment of relevant documents
- Detailed analysis of different parameters of innovative technologies/ingredients
- Insights on innovative technologies and ingredients of companies
Solutions Offered:
- The outlined objectives include exploring the existing applications of fermented cereals/vegetables in the food industry, identifying fermented cereal or vegetable products suitable for use in pasta or pasta sauces, and pinpointing specific tastes or flavors developed through cereal/vegetable fermentation in food products.
- Our analysis also identified a range of stakeholders, including suppliers, start-ups, universities, research institutes, and companies working on fermented cereals/vegetables.
- The suggestions provided encompass technology and ingredient innovations from these companies.
Client Impact:
The client identified fermented cereal and vegetable ingredients, flavors, and technologies suitable for pasta and sauces while preserving their sensory properties. A clear understanding of the suppliers, start-ups, universities, and research institutes working in fermentation helped the client incorporate new technologies and ingredients into its pasta and sauce products.