Innovators in Food and Drink

The SCFDI offers expertise in developing food and drink product across a range of categories. Our team provides tailored, end-to-end solutions designed with clear commercial outcomes.

Whether you're launching a new concept product or improving an existing product, we can support you at every stage of the development journey. We have experience working with businesses of all sizes - from ambitious start-ups and SMEs to established brands.

Read about recent product development projects here

Product development services

- Recipe development of your product idea
- Creative ideation workshops to generate and refine concepts
- Existing product improvement
- Extending product shelf-life through ingredient optimisation
- Ensuring regulator compliance for UK market
- Preparing initial and commercial prototypes
- Nutrition calculations
- Food labelling advice
- Product costing
- Links to industry suppliers
- Assistance scaling-up formulations

Reformulation services

We can help businesses to reformulate their product to achieve;

new food guidance/legislation compliance (salt, sugar and fat reductions)
health benefits (increased fibre, protein, vitamins or functionality)
shelf life targets
sustainability goals
cost reduction
ingredient procurement

Equipment at SCFDI

We have a range of industry focused analytical equipment to technically assess products in terms of texture, colour, moisture, acidity, brix and fat stability. We have a pilot plant offering a range of industrial processing equipment

Support & Funding

We work with a range of agencies that can offer funding and support for food and drink businesses;